. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . ORN It would surprise you to know in how many waysthe savages cook Indian corn. Mother says that 8o STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA while she is not favorable to these brown women ascooks, believing they are not cleanly, we can learn verymuch from them in the way of preparing dishes fromcorn. First, and that of which I have already told yousomething, comes the roasting of the kernels in the -ashes, and then the pounding into meal by the use ofthe stone mortar and pestle. Whether it is the asheswrhich give the peculiar flavor, I cannot say, but this
. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . ORN It would surprise you to know in how many waysthe savages cook Indian corn. Mother says that 8o STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA while she is not favorable to these brown women ascooks, believing they are not cleanly, we can learn verymuch from them in the way of preparing dishes fromcorn. First, and that of which I have already told yousomething, comes the roasting of the kernels in the -ashes, and then the pounding into meal by the use ofthe stone mortar and pestle. Whether it is the asheswrhich give the peculiar flavor, I cannot say, but this nookick, as thesavages call it, ismost pleasing tothe taste, and fath-er says that a verysmall quantity ofit eaten at regulartimes, is sufficientfor a laboring man,although for mypart I would choosewild turkey, roast-ed until the skinis so brown and crisp that it breaks when you setyour teeth into it. However, Jethro and I have eaten nookick manyand many a time; but not that of the Indians roasted and bruised it, and therefore we knew. COOKING INDIAN CORN 81 it was clean; otherwise it would not have been sopleasing to the stomach. The savages make bread in an odd fashion, and al-though I have never eaten any of it myself, there aremany in this city of Philadelphia who have, declaringit to be fairly good. I have seen the Indian girlscook it more than once; but have never yet beenable to coax mother into trying her hand at it,because she insists that it would be a sinful waste ofgood meal. The Indians fill one of their clay pots halfway tothe brim with water, and then drop in stones whichhave been heated as hot as fire will make them, untilthe water boils. In the meanwhile they have mixedlittle balls of corn meal and water, making each aboutthe size of a babys fist. These are dropped into thekettle and allowed to remain until well soaked, afterwhich they are taken out and spread on a smoothstone in front of the fire to brown. Jethro, who is not overly nice as to wh
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