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Eating is a main event at the Thresher Reunion and a favorite spot is the huge baked
bean pot, sponsored by the Huron County Pioneer Museum. Home baked•beans, corn on
the cob and popcorn, all cooked by steam, are served up. Michelle Cook of Seaforth en-
joyed her fill at last year's reunion.
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A hearty appetite is almost a requirement
when coming to the Threshermen's Reu-
nion, especially when the fare is beans
made the old-fashioned way.
Ray Scotchmere of the Huron County
Pioneer Museum in Goderich has been serv-
ing the savoury dish for the past four years.
Judging from past years, they are gobbled
up by the bean -loving bunch at the reunion
within minutes after they're cooked.
"They emptied the big pot with 50 lbs. of
beans and 30 lbs. of pork hocks within 45
minutes," said Mr. Scotchmere.
On the Saturday of the reunion, the beans
are put on the fire at 7 a.m. and are usually
cooked by 2:30 p.m., says Mr. Scotchmere.
The pork hocks are boiled for one to one and
a half hours prior to adding them to the
beans to ensure that all the meat is off tithe
bones. Other ingredients that further serve
to make the white beans tantalize your taste
buds are brown sugar, onions, tomato juice,
salt and pepper.
If the beans aren't enough to make you
forget your diet for a day, the corn on the
beans
cob surely will. Immediately after the last
bean has been scraped from the pot, it is
washed out in order for it to be used for the
corn.
According to Mr. Scotchmere, the corn is
cooked using the steam from one of the
steam engines. A wire rack is inserted into
the bottom of the pot and a plywood lid is
placed on top. A hole in the lid allows a
steam hose to be put into the kettle. The corn
is put in and allowed to cook right in the
husk for approximately 15 minutes.
After it is taken out, the husk is pealed
back and it can be dipped in a pot containing.
margarine. In addition to the corn and
beans;' cider and popcorn' will also - •be'
available, says Mr. Scotchmere.
He said -the museum appreciates the help
they receive from volunteers at the reunion
when it gets really busy at the food booth.
The museum also exhibits a few farm im-
plements from the age of threshers. An ear-
ly seed drill, land roller, reaper and a
cultivator are dislaiyed at the reunion, says
Mr. Scotchmere.
Models change over years
from page 5
large metal shoes.
Only single cylinder, side mounted
engines were built and the original design
was never changed. In 1916 the Watson
horizontal governor was adopted and late
models had patent adjustable exhaust
nozzles. Two injectors .were standard equip-,
ment. Early engines were rated at 18 hp. A
few 25 hp engines' were supplied to
customers who did sawmill work in addition
to threshing but the 9 in. x 10 in. cylinder
engine, rated d at 22 hp. with high pressure
boiler, was the standard engine built for
many years. The last new engine was built
in 1927. The firm had a novel way of number-
ing their. engines. The east numbers in-
dicated the number of engines built in the
year indicated by the first numbers, thus,
Engine'No..1823-was• the 23rd engine built in
1918...
R. Whitelaw
Robert Whitelaw was born in Rox-
boroughshire, Scotland, in 1827. He
emigrated to Canada and, established a
foundry at Beachville in 1856. The foundry
was moved to Woodstock in 1874 with the aid
of an ,000 loan from the town. It became
the Oxford Machine and Foundry Co. The
loan stated that the company would produce
among other agricultural things, separators
and steam engines.
In the 1880's the Farmer's 'Advocate and
other farm magazines carried adver-
tisements for new agricultural machinery.
One of these was the advertisement submit-
ted by R. Whitelaw for the Oxford Foundry
and Engine Works, Woodstock and pictured
one of his "CLIMAX" portable steam
engines pulled by a prancing team of horses
which looked more like a fire engine headed `
for a fire.
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