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MRS. GEO. HAMPEL 



No hedter in the car. 

 "I'm always so busy I 

 don't hav« time to get 

 cold." 



She Likes 

 To Cook 



And Incidentally Here's How One Farmer's 

 Wife Helped Launch the Producers' Cream- 

 ery and the County Service Company 



By Nell Flatt Goodman 



ENCOURAGING the marketing of 

 farm produce direct to the con- 

 sumer is one way that Illinois 

 Home Bureaus are contributing to 

 a happier and more successful farm 

 life, to say nothing of giving those who 

 enjoy cooking greater opportunity to 

 display and develop the art. 



If you don't believe it, consider the 

 case of Mrs. George Hampel of Cham- 

 paign county. A natural ability to cook, 

 unlimited energy and ambition, and a 

 happy, genial, friendly personality won 

 for her the post as chairman of the 

 County Home Bureau Market and Cof- 

 fee Shop. 



'Teenie," to her friends, doesn't have 

 to work. But work is part of her. She 

 just can't help it! Her family, which 

 includes a very cooperatively-minded 

 husband and an attractive young 

 daughter, can't possibly eat all the good 

 things she cooks. So she shares her 

 marrelous coffee cakes, delicious hot 

 roUs, and pies that melt in your mouth, 

 with others. And how delighted those 

 others are to have her share with them! 

 The boys say "what a break" for them. 



It all started several years ago in the 

 early days of the depression. A great 

 deal of talk was going around about a 

 market where Home Bureau women 

 might dispose of their surplus butter, 

 fresh vegetables, poultry and eggs, 

 strawberry preserves, oatmeal cookies, 

 and other specialties. Mrs. Hampel 

 heard of the plans and decided to join 

 the movement. When the market was 

 opened in November, 1927, she made 

 her first display and sale. After that 

 it was all settled. Settled with Mrs. 

 Hampel because she enjoyed the work, 

 and settled with the customers because 

 they couldn't do without her. 



From an ancestry of staunch, depend- 

 able, thrifty German stock, Mrs. Hamp- 

 el brought into this venture common 

 sense and no little executive ability. 

 She soon learned, as every successful 

 marketer must learn, when the heavy 

 buying days come, and when the slack. 



Before the Fourth of July, or any holi- 

 day, folks want extra food for snacks 

 or picnics. But before Christmas, Mrs. 

 Hampel found, they save their money 

 for gifts and spend little for food. So 

 seldom is she forced to carry home un- 

 sold goods. 



In response to the clamor of down- 

 town customers for facilities to eat the 

 tasty food on the spot, the Coffee Shop 

 was opened in June, 1931. At present 

 about 125 lunches are served daily. 

 Mrs. Hampel takes her turn in the Cof- 

 fee Shop on the day she servfes her 

 cooked foods. The Market operates 

 only on Saturdays and before holidays. 



What does she prepare for the Coffee 

 Shop? Let Mrs. Hampel tell it. "The 

 menu varies with the day. Last Wed- 

 nesday, I took frfed and baked chick- 

 en, dressing, scalloped potatoes, brown 

 and baked potatoes, green beans, com, 

 beets, macaroni and cheese, asparagus, 

 creamed onions, apple sauce and baked 

 apples, carrot and pineapple salad, cot- 

 tage cheese salad, banana salad, over- 

 night salad, pineapple and cheese salad, 

 cranberries, mayonnaise for all the 

 salads, cornbread, muffins, and tea. For 

 desserts, I took berry pies, banana pies, 

 cherry pies, white cake and homemade 

 ice cream. 



"My really good day was last Satur- 

 day. I took four dressed chickens, eight 

 pounds of butter, twelve pints of whip- 



ping cream, two gallons of cottage 

 cheese, a p>an of baked navy beans, and 

 a pan of baked lima beans. 



"I like to make bread, it's my spe- 

 cialty. So I took 27 loaves of bread, 4 

 dozen pan rolls, 4 dozen Parker House 

 rolls, 5 dozen buns, 5 plain coffee cake^ 

 2 apple coffee cakes, 3 dozen cinna- 

 mon rolls, 1 dozen pecan rolls, 1 dozen 

 black walnut rolls, 3 tea rings. 



"Since I had the oven hot, I made 5 

 dozen sugar cookies, 5 dozen mince- 

 meat cookies, 3% dozen oatmeal 

 cookies, and 2 angel food cakes. 



"Eggs? Oh, yes, 31 dozen eggs, and 

 2 jars of the home made mayonnaise. I 

 had with me some jellies and jams, and 

 some country lard, but I thotight the 

 booth looked too full so I didn't put 

 them on display. But, I could have sold 

 more." 



"Don't you ever get tired?" 



"Tired? Why, no. My goodness, what 

 would I be doing if I wasn't in this? 

 Playing bridge? Not for me. I like 

 action." 



Mrs. Hampel was made County 

 Chairman in 1929, a position which she 

 stiU holds. She also serves as adver- 

 tising manager for both the Market 

 and Coffee Shop. 



When we inquired where she found 

 all the food stuffs to bring she ex- 

 plained it was all very simple. 



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MAY, 19.36 



