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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 Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking S S N 0 V 3 3A n 79 BEAR FACTS - This bruin stop- 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- fourths 'of a foot a initittte iii the university eicperiirtoiiiS, But it could be made f aster or' SloWer, 11111111g411111111611Riir W11111.11111111111112111111111 111111110W1111111111111/111111111 •••••••••••4111111111111111W. $'*::;::hillr111111111 illillinall111111WIRM111111 ii1111111 i:611111111111WINNE 1111111111141111111116111110111111111111 11111111111041111111111111M111111111 WIIIIIIINWI111111110‘11111111 Answer elsewhere on this page ey, H. B. Warren, B.A., 1L.D. uy Xtew Christians Grow 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, ,,,, . ...... 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 Joku 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. • CROSSWORD PUZZLE shore inland 34. Stammer 7. Mimics 37. Sap. coin 0, Fruit 39. Title 9. Procession. 41. Covered with 10. Mean baked clay 1. 1. Rainy 43, Frolic Tennis stroke 45. English 9. Constellation 14. Try 31 1 . Epochs county 1. Allusions 24. Plunges Into 47, Quote 1. Harden , water 49„ Young . Regulation reporter 4. Framework 2 . Allot 111 51. Worthless 8. Come in of strips . Gibb on 8. Self 31. Ferment 51 Cyprinoid 8. Channel from 39. Faithfu fish DOWN 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." 3 H S V .1. VI3 S 1 CI V 3AV M ACROSS 1. 'To speed 4. Lawful 9. Handle roughly 15. Tavern 13. Staring open-mouthed 14. Thorough- fare (a lb, 12. Kind of buoy 11. Indian fetish 7. Steep 12. Regale 10.Of the sun 12. Pressed into rank. 15. Pertaining to a knot 17, Bitter 29. African monkey $0. Boy 3 2. Roof edge. 5. Stitch 36. Eons 18. Chair. 40. Metal fastener 42, Water gates 46. Bracing 48. Rubbish 49. Anchor tackle 50.Restrict 53, Gr. letter 84. Shoshonean Indian 05. Musical study EL Spike of corn 17, Couch 88. Discourage 81. Gypsy gentleman 3 3 O V a 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. * The leaf-roll virus may pos- sibly be spread by aphids that (JO V N 0 S V.;1 V 3 a a d 3AV M V d 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. InN iNt m t I H BERLIN 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. 13101 Sd V V 1V 0 1 United Nations Agenda Is Long and Crucial--- 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' Welted la sesSion, but almost a' 1liinor issue--.-such Seating ne* flieinberittittld into.. Major' Crisit