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boom {Salix babylonicd), the wilde wilge-boom {Salix capensis) CHAP, 

 or the maeroola {Sclerocarya caffra). To prevent the dry, Xlv - 

 hard grain from scattering during the process of stamping, 

 the succulent leaves of a wilde vyg-bosje {Mesembrianthe- 

 mum sp.) are sometimes added, to be removed again in the 

 subsequent washing. 



642. Whole or CrusJied Maize as a "Cereal Food". — 

 "Sweet corn" or Sugar maize, parched and ground, and 



Fig. 



-Modjajie women stamping mielies. 



served with cream or milk, makes a delicate and nutritious 

 substitute for the boiled breakfast porridge. 



Freshly popped " corn," served with cream, is a much used 

 breakfast food in the United States, though pop-corn is most 

 commonly eaten hot from the popper with a little salted 

 butter or merely a sprinkling of salt. 



643. Corn-flakes, Silver-flakes, Corn-crisp, Fanko, etc., 

 are prepared from grain from which the germ and hull have 

 been removed, and which has been treated with sugar and 

 salt. The prepared grain is cooked by steam, dried, rolled, 

 and toasted in a special oven. It is said that No. 3 or No. 4 



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