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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
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By EARL “TIGE” PICKLE
Last week the Aflanta Constitution’s
pretty food editor, Patricia Deaton,
called to ask how you cook blackbirds.
1t seems that some lady in Atlanta had
become the recipient of some black
birds and before she would accept
them she wanted to know how to pre
pare and cook them. Miss Deaton,
who knows nearly everything there
is to know about cooking, confessed
that this blackbird business had her
stumped. So she took the matter up
with her managing editor, Bill Fields,
the old Cdlumbia, Ala., boy, and a
one-time brief resident of Early county
at Colomokee. who referred the matter
to me, which is why Miss Deaton
telephoned me. Editor Fields admit
ted eating blackbirds when he was a
boy, and so do I, hut a boy will eat
anything that won’'t eat him first, es
pecially if he Kkills the fowl or animal
with his own gun or slingshot. My
mother has held her ngse many times
with some of the game I brought into
her house. There just absolutely is no
end what a mother will put up with
when her soi makes a request, even
to cooking blackhirds, grass sparrows,
jay birds, tomtits, and so on. I even
know one boy, Miss Patricia, who
hoodwinked -his mother into cooking
a rat. So 'help me this is the truth,
and this boy, now a grown man, swears
to this day ‘that the rat tasted very
much like a sguirrel. Well, anyway, I
have now come up with the informa
tion, Miss Deaton, that blackbirds can
be a very delectable dish. I consulted
two of Blakeély’s most ardent hunters,
fichermen and all-round outdoorsmen,
Oree Thompson and Grady Holman,
Jr. What these two fellows don’t know
a-out fish, fowl and creeping, crawling
animals 'hasn’t been discovered yet.
And when it iis, tThey'll probably do it.
They both say that you take only the
breast of a blackbird and cook it with
rice or a pie. Just like chicken. But
you'll need a whole flock of black
birds, because a blackbird has a very
small breast. Grady says call it black
bird casserole, on ;account of you write
for a city paper. Says it won't make the
pie any tastier, but it will sound better
to your readers.
111 tell you this, though, Patricia, I
wouldn't put too much credibility in
Grady’s recipe. Grady is an old Clem
son man, who played football under
Jess Neely, and he fought all over
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Europe as an infantryman captain
during World War 11. During this time
he ate a lot of thing just for fun and
some out of necessity. After the war
Grady stayed in hospitals to get patgh
ed up and spent a lot of time in the
hospitals. It was while a guest in the
hospital that he played a great joke
and made a fine discovery about the
worthiness of hawk meat. It seems that
during Grady's long stay in the hos
pital he had great desire to come
home, but the medies wouldn't give
the go-home signal, until one day he
casually mentioned that he resided in
the greatest quail hunting territory in
Georgia and has some land from which
he needed to have these quail eradi
cated. It seems that the doctors were
great admirers of the breast of quail
and promptly reached a decision that
Grady was able to travel, if he would
kill a lot of quail and report back to
the hospital with same in a reasonable
length of time. AIl parties agreed and
Grady came home. And with the aid
of his pretty wife, Mary, a huge sack
of quail was soon procured. To play
a trick on the medics and his buddies
back in the hospital, Grady killed
three big old field hawks—the kind
that catches chickens, Patricia. He
had them cleaned and carried the in
formation back that they were swamp
grouse—a most delicious wild fowl,
which doesn't even exist as far as I
know, and cautioned the fellows to
eat sparingly, it being such a rare dish,
to permit everybody to have some.
Grady says all the fellows dived in
and began to devour the hawk and
everybody raved about the “wild
grouse” in such glowing terms, until
Grady, himself, had to try some. And,
by gosh, Patricia, you know what
Grady swears. He says it is as good
and delicious as anything he has ever
eaten.
So you see, you can't ever tell:
blackbirds are probably all right. But
my idea how to prepare and cook a
blackbird is to clean the bird real
good, salt and pepper same. Place them
on an oak board in a hot oven to
broil. After 30 minutes has elapsed,
take them out of the oven, place them
in the garbage can and eat the board.
LEGAL NOTICE
GEORGIA, EARLY COUNTY:
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned Administratrix of the estate
of Vessie Singleton, deceased, late of
said County, has applied to the Ordi-‘
nary of Early County, Georgia, to sell!
the following land: - |
All that certain tract or parcel of‘
land situate, lying and being in the
City of Albany, Dougherty County,
Georgia, mor particularly described
as follows: ‘
Lot 30 of Union Memorial Subdivi
sion as is more particularly shown on
plat or map recorded in Plat Book 1.
Page 149, in the Office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Dougherty
County, Georgia,
for the purpose of distribution and
payment of debts of said estate. Said
application will be heard at the regu
lar term of the Court of Ordinary of
said County to be held on the first
Monday in March, 1961, or as soon
thereafter as the Court can hear the
application.
This 6th day of February, 1961.
VESSIE SINGLETON, Admin
istratrix of the Estate of Lessie
Bell Lavant, Deceased.
By: Smith, Gardner, Kelley &
Wiggins,
By Asa D. Kelley, Jr., Attor
neys for Administratrix.
P. O. Box 3080,
Albany, Georgia 2-9 4t
Your Questions About |
By MARY GIBBS, Consumer
Marketing Specialist University of
Georgia Cooperative Extension
Service.
Q. My neighbor says cabbage is a
good source of vitamin C. She even
says that at times it is & cheaper source
of vitamin C than citrus fruits.
A. Your neighbor is right. Cabbage
is a good source of vitamin C. One
half cup of raw or cooked cabbage
gives you about one-third of the vita
min C recommended for the day. Cab
bage also contains a small amount of
thiamine, riboflavin and iron.
A Cornell University study on the
relative cost of nutrients showed that
cabbage is usually a cheaper source
of vitamin C than citmis fruits. When
cabbage costs about six cents per'
pound, one serving of cabbage costs'
about one cent. For this one cent (one
half cup of cabbage) you get one-‘
third, of the vitamin C recommended |
for the day. From one-half cup cole
slaw you get one-third of the daily
requirement. From one-half cup of
shredded cabbage cooked in a small|
amount of water a short while you
get slightly over one-third. But if youi
cook the one-half cup in a large|
amount of water for a long time you
get only about one-fifth of the vita-|
min C recommedded for the day.
Here are three tips to help you con
serve the vitamin in raw cabbage:
1. Slice cabbage with a sharp knife.
Studies have shown that some vitamin
C may be lost if you bruise leaves
during cutting.
2. Cut cabbage should be stored
covered in the refrigerater until ready
for use. Only a small amount of vita
min C is lest in 244 hours if cut cab
bage is kept cold and covered.
3. Addition of dressing just before
[serving will insure a more crisp tex
ture and lessen the possibility of vita
min C loss.
Q. Last week there were green,
white and red cabbage in the stores.
Do you have some tips for selecting
cabbage? :
A. Yess You may find cabbage of
different shapes and colors in thel
market. The heads may be pointed,
rcund or flat in shape and green,
white, red or purple in color. The
pointed heads usually appear early in
the season. Late season cabbage may
be round or flat. .
Young cabbage may have bright
green leaves while the more mature
heads have white leaves. Frequently,
‘he older cabbage is a cent or two
cheaper per pound than the young
cabbage. Besides green and white
cabbage, you can select the colorful
purple or red type. This kind may
cost a few cents more per pound thar
‘he green and white.
Regardless of color and shape look
for solid, firm heads that are heavy
for their size with leaves of good color.
Leaves also should be iresh. crisp and
froe frem ivraet fndvry ori bruisss to
insure freshness, good flavor and tex
ture.
Q. How do you estimate the amount
of cabbage to buy? If I wanted to
make slaw for eight people, how much
should I buy?
A. The servings you get from a
pound of cabbage, as with other fresh
}vegetables. may vary considerably.
For cabbage, the amount to buy de
pends on whether it is to be cooked
or served raw. If you serve raw shred
led cabbage, you'll get about seven
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to eight one-half cup servings per
pound as purchased. When cabbage
is shredded and cooked, you should get‘
four to five one-hall cup servings
from one pound. If you cook it quarter- |
ed, you should get four onehalf cup‘
servings. A small head of cabbage
weighs about two pounds, a medium
one from two to five pounds and a
large head over five pounds. !
Q. Does cabbage need to be stored
in the refrigerator? [
A. To store cabbage, remove wither
ed leaves and wash and dry the head.'
Store in a covered container in the.
refrigerator or other cool place. If you
plan to keep the cabbage for a lew;
days, wrap it in wax paper or a damp;
cloth. If it comes in a moisture resis- |
tant bag use this or a plastic bag. When |
you use only a portion of the head,l
wrap the remainder and store in the
refrigerator. Be careful not to bruisel
the leafy outer leaves in storing.
(Selected questions from readers will
be answered by Miss Gibbs in this
column. Address questions to Miss
Mary Gibbs, 329 State Agricultural
Building, 19 Hunter Street, S. W., At
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press cloth), advises Miss Lenora An
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A Thought for Today . By: Edsel W. Bryan
“Those Who Never Retract Their Opinions
Love Themselves More Than They
Love Truth. . . .” Joubert
Inasmuch as it is quite generally accepted that
no person is always right, it then follows that there
must be any number of opinions laying about begging
to be retracted. To stand doggedly behind an opinion
that we know 'to be wrong is a dangerous tribute to
personal vanity that has no place among thinking
people.
It is not a sign of weakness to retract when neces
sary; rather it denotes a strength of character and a
faculty for sound thought and rationalization,
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GEORGIA ANGUS ASSQCIATION
LATE WINTER SALE
SELLING —25 Bulis; 55 Females, Many
with Calves at Side and Re-Bred.
DATE — March 10, 1961.
PLACE — Union Stock Yards, Albany, Georgia.
TIME — 1:00 P. M.
CONSIGNORS — Georgia Leading Angus Breeders.
SPONSORS — Georgia Angus Association.
HEADQUARTERS — Gordon Hotel, Albany, Ga.
FURTHER INFORMATION — Carl O. Parker,
Fieldman, Gordon Hotel, Albany, Ga. Tel.
HEM. 2-1211 or 3858 Mathis Street, Macon,
Macon, Georgia, Tel. SH 3-8285.
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Our business is loans to those who desire finan
cial aid based on weekly and monthly repayment
plan, subject to liberal credit requirements.
SOUTHERN FINANCE COMPANY
149 N. Main St. Blakely, Ga.
Thursday, March 2, 1961
Beef numbers which have been in
creasing rapidly during the past two
years seem to be leveling off some
what, according to Extension Livestock
Marketing Specialist Harold Clum.