HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1961-10-12, Page 7Bean.Hole Beans Are
Just Plain Beans
Why people do things =tin-
les to puzzle people, and this
'brings us to the SilbJeet of bean-
hote beans, which are enjoying
*Al astonishing renewal. in Maine
and elsewhere. This bids us pause
.and ponder, The bean-hole bean
is just a baked bean, and offers
no particular excellence you
can't get More easily in some less
tedious fashion. But all at once
people seem to be baking bean-
hole beans with new vigor and
enthusiasm,
I suppose we would look ask-
/thee at some lady who, equipped
with modern laundry, insisteclon
pushing a wheelbarrow of dirty
clothes to a brook and pounding
shirts with a board, But we ac-
cept the odd activities of the
Patio Cook who leaves a fine
range in his kitchen and goes out
on the back lawn to burn frank-
furters on a wire rack. Me, I
sense a big difference between
that and the kind of orderly
home-cooking we do on a camp-
ing trip when we are miles in
the wilderness and make-do.
Our outdoor cooking attempts
to achieve on our primitive
equipment what we might do if
we had a stove with us. Thus,
if we were on a wild mountain
somewhere, and wanted some
baked beans, we would dig a
hole, gather some rocks, and be-
gin the long, drawn-out program
of bean-holing with the idea of
having, come supper, something
like what we would have if we
were home, The point may be
worth extended analysis:
The baked bean had a humble
origin. Historically he was asso-
ciated with near-famine and the
stringency of Puritan days. He
thus suffers by comparison and
has a rude and unenviable con-
text which he does not truly de-
serve,
The long faces of meditative
piety with which our early set-
tlers are always depicted have
a willy-nilly connotation of die-
tary monotony. That their larder
was limited in both quantity and
variety is remembered by the
scholar while more stalwart' nu-
ances are neglected, Much of this
becomes the tradition of beans,
although I may have stated the
thing badly. I think we have
a national ambition to eat some-
thing better than beans, born of
our pioneer reliance on same and
our great belief in progress,
I think to some extent, how-
ever, the bean-legend about Sun-
day cooking can be discarded.
We have been told that Satur-
day baking of beans was to set
up a laborless Sabbath, and it is
a pretty tale and perhaps so. But
beans are an item that are best
baked in concert, and the labor
of preparing a pot in bygone
times made it wise to do a lot
at once.
Beans baked on Saturday
could sustain the body on a
laborless Sunday, but this doesn't
take into account that beans
baked on a Saturday are better
on a Sunday, anyway, and also
on a Monday, and continue to
get better right up to a Wednes-
day, when they should be used
up, The early folks, if this had
been their reasoning, might have
continued several days before
lifting a finger. So, think, a
bean-hole bean• baked specifical-
ly for Sunday,. if that had been
the intent, would often have been
baked on a Thursday, and thus
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ped to talk to a friend, but
discovered that it was only
a sign. He, however, would be
quick ito agree that forest fires
are dangerous and a menace
to his way of life. Smokey turn-,
ed out to be a better friend
than he thought.
Farm Irrigation
Becomes Automatic
Automation or semi-automa-
tion may eventually reach the
.irrigated fields of the West, after
a century of hard labour.
Ordering . "rain by telephone"
sounds easy; but' then the far-
mer has traditionally had to go
out with his long-handled sho-
vel, raise and lower his ' head-
gates, and do a lot of hard work
.to see that the "rain"' is evenly
distributed through his rows.
Then came the era of the
plastic siphon. cut in short
lengths. Once these were laid
over the bank and water started
to flow through them into the
fields' below and between the
rows,' it would flow until cut
off. This beat cutting ,little can-
als in the bank with the longs
handled shovel: But the siphons
still had to be lifted,, carried,
restarted, and watched. •
In a variant of this, many
farmers now practice overhead
or sprinkler irrigation, which
distributes the *water in a spray
reaching out many feet. But this
requires coupling, uncoupling,
and moving, many lengths of alu-
minum• pipe daily to cover a
la r'g e, field, and doesn't save
muscle.
Now the University of Wyo-
ming Board of Natural Re-
sources and the. United. States
Bureau of 'Reclamation, is work-
ing oh a device which ideally
Would compel the water' to move
itself, writes Roscoe Fleming in
the Christian Science Monitor.
The' arrangement is very in-
genious. An' earlier Model mov-
ed slowly ••along the bank on
rubberetired • wheels propelled
by a; small gasoline engine of
the type used for power mowers.
This, however, had the draw-
back that the open‘ended si-
phon gushing water into the
field caused washing, loss of
plants, and so on. So the chief
of the team working on the
plan, an agricultural engineer
named Gerald. Castel, made a
new approach.
Why not make the Water do
its own work, by abstracting
part of its energy as it rushet
down the ditch bank into the
field?
He designed a "rig" in whien
the discharge end of the siphon
has a couple of undershot Water
Wheels Which the water turns
as it rushes out, This has the
added advantage of breaking: its
force, so that it doesn't wash
the soil,
Through a Systern of gears the
turbines, or Water wheels, turit
a cleated track On Which the
whole assembly moves 'slowly'
down the bank - about three-
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rhilippians 3;841
Memory Selections X press to,
ward the mark for the prise or
the high calling of Pod,* Christ
Jesus. Philippians 3;14,
FOR SMALL FIRES - The compact craze seems to be going to ridiculous lengths, or lack
however, this Miniature fire truck (No. 1/4) was built so that it is exactly ot hneeretho ifr. d Atch
tueallsrzie of the 100400 big brother behind, by the city of Miami, Fla. It Will
Make a planned 6,500-mile trip, across country, skipping off at some 31 cities so, that the.
Miami crew can demonstrate the amazing vehicle,
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We cannot grow into the king,.
dom of God; we must .be born
into it, Jesus Made this clear in,
his talk with INTie0denaus. /ohns
chapter 3, 130 having CaMe
into the kingdom by the new
birth it is essential that we
grow, Paul lamented the slow
growth of the Christians in
Corinth, He said, "And I, bre-
them, could not speak unto you
as unto spiritual, but as unto
carnal, even as unto babes in
Christ. I have fed you with
milk, and not with meat for
hitherto ye were not able to,
bear it, neither yet now are ye
able. For ye are yet carnal; for
whereas there is among you
envying, and strife, and divi-
sions, are ye not carnal, and
walk as men?" 1 Corinthians
3:3. How often in church cir-
cles the same situation exists
today, I heard of a place where
they were redecorating the
church. Three different groups
of the members wanted three
different shades of green paint.
They concluded by using all
three, Sometimes when an in-
dividual or a group insists that
a thing should be done a certain
way, the real question is, not so
much which is the better way to
do it, but who is going to have
it his way, Personal pride has
done a lot of damage.
Our lesson shows how Paul
grew as a Christian. He was
made conformable to Christ's
death. He died to self and be-
came alive to Christ. He count-
ed all things but loss for the
excellency of the knowledge of
Christ Jesus his Lord, He re-
nounced his own righteousness
which was of the law and revel-
led in that which is of God
through faith in Christ, He was
completely surrendered to
Christ. And this was no mere
passive surrender. He put ev-
erything he had into the endeav-
our' to' fill the purpose which
God had for him. Like an
athelete he was on the stretch
for the prize of the high calling
of God in Christ Jesus, chri,5;
was all to him. Nothing else"
mattered but to be more like
Him and to carry out His will.
This is the happy Christian life;
when we are completely sold
out for Christ.
EFARM FRONT
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the whole pretty notion ex.
plodes.
Apart from that, however,
baking beans presupposes a
bean pot, and this created
problem. The open hearth on
which the settlers cooked Coffer.
ed no way to handle such a pot
for baking purposes, They could
use a reflector and make pies
and cakes and bread, but the pot
of beans was too big, and need-
ea too long a fire, The answer
was a bean-hole,
A hole in the ground was lined
with selected round rocks and
a fire was kept burning in the
hole until the rocks were hot,
Then a pot Of beans would be
set in and covered with earth,
precautions being taken that no
dirt sifted into the top, Then the
pot of beans would derive heat
from the rocks and would con-
tinue to bake for a couple of
days or more,
But, when an oven of any
kind became available to the
pioneer woman, she naturally
gave up this outdoor, bother-
some, primitive bean-hole, Some
of the first ovens were stone,
such as Quebec folks still use to
make bread for tourists; and
then they got the brick ovens
that were built into chimneys.
The principle of these was exact-
ly like the bean-hole's - a fire
that heated things up, and bak-
ing with the residual heat. The
difference was the convenience
of being above ground, or in the
house,- Next came iron foundries
and stoves with ovens and con-
trolled heat. Woman undoubted-
ly hove a sigh of relief and con-
sidered her burden greatly light-
ened. Never again would she
have to go out and use a make-
shift hole in the ground.
So, emancipated, why do peo-
ple now go out back and dig a
hole and haul rocks and bake
bean-hole beans? My guess is
that we are in a left-handed re-
discovery of the art of cooking,
and we are fumbling somehow
with the great truth that food
has glamour and its preparation
is , an art. We have been led
astray by the grocer, who told
us food should be quick and un-
complicated, much as a litho-
graphed reproduction on a cal-
endar offers us the talent and
skill of a 'great artist, but not
exactly. Somehow, baking bean-
hole beans lets us reach back
and grasp the spirit of cookery.
Because of the way things have
trended, what once was drudgery
and make-do becomes something
of a miracle-who would even
suppose that a great, wonderful
supper could be brought up
from a simple excavation in the
ground?
The great lesson from this,
perhaps, is that you must never
discount the reactions of man-
kind, Just as the space age
bursts upon us, and we are
about to project into a new era
of amazement a n d wonder,
everybody starts baking bean-
hole beans again. This doesn't
prove anything, perhaps, except
that humans are wonderful peo-
ple. - By- John Gould, in the
Christian Science Monitor.
flowers, coming into bloom ftolo
Xoyember into Webruary,
dig amarYills bleolne among
WIG'S house plants are a drktale-
tie addition to the indoor gar-
den. The giant Atnerlean
bridle are of immense else MI
strong stalks, several On a static.
They come in scarlet, crimson/
bright red, and rose, or With red
and., crimson markings on white.
Another variety is called the
South African (although orig-
inally all were from South.
Africa), It is an earlier bloomer,
equally handsome. Bulbs are
big, and should be planted one
to a pot, a third out of the soil,
After blooming, they put out
leaves and should be watered
and fed until the bulb ripens.
Oxalis makes lovely hanging
baskets. Plant six to eight of
the little bulbs to a six-inch
container, in sandy, loamy soil,
covered with about an inch of
soil, Keep close to the light 'to
prevent spindly foligae, Bermu-
da Buttercup is bright yellow,
Bowiei a deep pink, The dwarf
Grand Duchess is available in
lavender, pink, and white, writes
Millicent Taylor in the Christian
Science Monitor.
Freesias are deliciously fra-
grant, filling a whole room with
perfume and of the daintiest
form, They will flower from
January onward in the house.
A six-inch pot will hold about
a dozen little bulbs, set upright
about two inches apart and
barely covered with good, fi-
brous, sandy loam. The Teco-
lote Hybrids are blue, pink, red,
rose, white, yellow, lavender,
and purple.
Ixias are seldom grown but
not a bit difficult. They, too,
are of several colors, dainty,
about a foot high, with con-
trasting centers. Plant them
three inches deep, four to six
inches apart. African Corn Lily
is their other name. Sparaxias
are somewhat similar and very
popular for outdoor planting in
Southern gardens.
White and yellow callas,
anemone, ranunculus, and the
spring-flowering Dutch bulbs
usually planted outdoors in
Northern gardens at this season
can also be raised indoors as pot
plants. Try crocuses, grape hy-
acinths, or scillas.
Forcing 'the Dutch bulbs for
indoor blooming during the
winter includes early planting
and a period of dark and cold.
Burying the pots under leaves•
outdoors until January or so is
often done in the North,
Large hyacinth bulbs also
can be grown 'in special hya-
cinth glasses.. Lilyof-the-valley
bulbs specially bred for raising
indoors will come into bloom
planted in bulb fiber.
overwinter on stored potatoes,
states N. M, Parks, a potato
specialist with the Genetics and
plant Breeding Institute, Central
Experimental Farm, Ottawa.
Last spring a severe infesta-
tion of aphids was found on
small sprouts in a batch of
potato tubers stored at 40
degrees F. in Ottawa over the
winter. * *
Three weeks before planting
they were placed in shallow
trays in lighted storage at 70
degrees F. for green sprouting.
When the sprouts were one-half
inch long they were-found to be
infested with both winged and
wingless forms, of the aphid
Myzus persicae.
These aphids, Mr. Parks
points out, are known to spread
the leaf-roll virus. Outdoors
they may become infected from
diseased sprouts and, in storage,
from the sprouts of infected tu-
bers. •
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ROZ'S SECRET
At an age (49) when most
women are ready to loosen the
stays and let down a little, hy-
peractive Rosalind Russell,
whose energetic singing and
dancing galvanized the Broad-
way musical "Wonderful Town"
in 1953, is busily making three
movies in a single year ("Ma-
jority of One," "Five Finger
Exercise,". "Gypsy") while run-
ning the household for her hus-
band, producer Fred Brisson,
and 18-year-old son, Lance, The
way to keep the pace? "By ris-
ing a half hour before I normal-
ly would," she said. In fact, Roz
went on, "sleep is highly over-
rated."
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rank.
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a knot
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monkey
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fastener
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Indian
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Producers of certified found-
ation seed potatoes, he warns,
should keep: a close watch for
aphids in their storage' rooms.
Aphids may enter the storage
with the potatoes when harvest-
ed and remain dormant' all
winter. Winged aphids can enter
the storage when it is opened in
the, spring,
Because aphids can enter the
storage on other vegetables, Mr.
Parks does not recommend use
of the potato storage as a com-
mon storage. He also believes it
is important to clean the storage
thoroughly during the off-season
so that no vegetable matter
remains,
Fragrance From
Your Windowsill
Among flowering bulbs there
are several, of the- more un-
usual kinds that can be grown
indoors for winter flowering,
or planted outdoors in frost-
free locations. Window-sill gar-
deners can add interest and fra-
grance to their potted plants by
including some of these lovely
flowering bulbs.
Best known, of course, is the
polyanthus narcissus, which can
be grown in soil or among peb-
bles in water. The Paper White
Grandiflora is very fragrant,
bearing clusters of dainty flow-
ers at the tip of each stem. There
is also a yellow variety a bit less
hardy. Allow about six weeks
from planting to blooming. Keep
them away from, the light at
first ' until roots have had a
chance to grow. Planting a few
more at intervals keeps these 1 id
What happens to a highly
selected flock of laying birds
when selection ceases?
A. P. Piloski,, of the Canada
Department of Agriculture, re-
ports that fewer eggs were pro-
duced but the eggs were larger
and the shells thicker.
This was 'one of the changes
observed 'when two strains of
highly selected White Leghorns
were bred without selection for
five generations. Albumen qual-
ity remained unchanged but •the
number of eggs dropped rapidly
at first and egg size and shell
thickness 'increased with each
succeeding generation.
The occurrence of blood and
meat spots varied. in the two
strains, these being peculiarities
which are not influenced by
selection for egg production,
said Mr. Piloski. * * *
A commercial producer with
a flock of specialized laying
hens should get a feed conver-
sion ratio of at •least five pounds
per dozen eggs when using an
all-mesh feed •program.
This was the conclusion reach-
ed by CDA economists after
tabulating'results of independent
tests by breeder, and It9c1 c9iP-
panies and. CDA poultry feed
experts.
An examination was also
made of previous relevant sur-
veys in Canada and the United
States. From these data it ap-
peared that feed constituted
about 65 per cent of total cost
of production for 'an enterprise
of 'more "than 1,000 birds, and
approximately 50 per cent of
the total cost for a smaller
enterprise. „
Court Action by Canada De-
partment . of Agriculture live-
. stock officers to uphold the beef
grading regulations was recently
successful in Toronto.
Magistrate Hugh D. Foster
imposed -fines of $400 each on
Globe Meat Packers Ltd.' of
Tectunseh Street, Toronto, and
two of its officers, Leon Diener,
62, and Aizek Triebicz, 53, for,
selling, offering for sale ' or
pessessing for sale an agricul-
tural product under a grade
name that did not meet the
reqdirements of the Act for that
grade.
According to evidence, a num-
ber 'of ribs and a carcass were
found to have been illegally re-
stamped from one grade to a
higher grade in November, 1960.
The official grade marks had
been stamped over or partially
removed. *
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X1.3 Q. When eating a soft-fried
egg, is it all right to put a small
piece of bread on the end of the
fork and use this to' dip" up the
yolk?
A. This is quite all right.
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This fool point of East-West
steals could become
most important U.N. test. RED CHINA
Perennial, question of seating
Communist regime grows hotter
THE BOMB
Russia's renewal of testing
sisal new urgency to nuclear
. test ban and disaimainent.
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rf U.N. cease-fire troops
still patrol this battle!
ground between tinsel
and Egypt, LAOS.
Edit-West seek tic -Cord on
.future of this jungle kind. BIZERTE
Tunisia wants
trepith itithtleo)tal,
SOUTH VIET NAM
Bloodshed continues as government
fights attdcks,liy guerrillas
From Communist North Viet Nam. ALGERIA.
Violence still piincturitei
riegotiatians between Prance
and Algerian rebels.
'KASHMIR
Indian-Pakistanni claims to
territory deilitia
THE 'CONGO
U.N. control grouts, but 'Situation terrains unstable,
WEST NEW GUINEA
Netherlands, Indonesia' 1)001
lay claini to this territory.
ANGOLA
Portage! is under fire for
bloody su'p'pression of rebels
socking indePendertio,
AGONIZING AGENDA-Opening of the 16th session of
the United Nations General Assembly finds.no less than
77 preSSing international problems on the agenda. News-
ni.ap lists 12 of the more important ones, some new and
Bottle did, While the problem of the future of West Berlin
hot Officially On the agenda, it is expected to dominate
OUT OF.'CHARACTER 'two Ftirstdke. spelling' on the SitiA
at Mira Costa Hi g h School reddened some faces Manhattan
Beach,. Calif. Errors were tjuiCkly corrected.
discussions in the OSSeinbly, The iliteStiOn Of :AdiniSsibit
of Red China. May be one of the midst soiteiy.oughtbvet: Kstteo, Russia's attempt last year, thin the office of
ettetarY.Generat into a three4leaded affair May be Sidi'
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la
sesSion, but almost a' 1liinor issue--.-such
Seating ne* flieinberittittld into.. Major' Crisit