IX.] CORN IS APPLICABLE. 



an equal number of names, in which corn is used 

 as food for man. These are as follows : Green 

 EARS, SuppAWN, Mush, Romany, Samp, Pud- 

 dings, Cakks, Bread ; to which may be added 

 Beer. 1 shall speak of each of these except the 

 last under different heads, and shall give as plain 

 instructions relative to each as it is in my power 

 to give, at the risk of the reader, when he has 

 heard me out, exclaiming ; " Surely this man 

 " was born and bred in a kitchen, and never 

 " did any thing but cook in the whole course of 

 " his life.'^ To do justice to myself, however, 

 in this respect, 1 must observe, that I am not so 

 much the actor here as the historian j that I 

 am indebted to others for the greater part of 

 my matter, particularly to those " indispensable 

 and valuable members of civil society,*' the ladies, 

 154. Green Ears. I have said a good deal 

 about these ears, as used by the Israelites ', but, 

 I must here give minute instructions with regard 

 to the manner of cooking and eating them. 

 Early in the month of September, or late in 

 August, if you turn aside, or rather open with 

 your fingers, the green husks of the ear, you will 

 find the grain, apparently bursting with milk. 

 This milk afterwards becomes oneal, as is the case 

 with wheat, rye, and other grain. Towards the 

 top of the ear, where the grains are formed last, 

 they will not be arrived quite at their full milky 



