Along with petroleum, and sugar refineries, the corn refining business fell on hard times. Imported tropical starches, such as sago, tapioca and arrowroot, became popular and less expensive. In 1889, ...
Her father has arrived several months ahead of the family to work at the Argo Corn Products Refining Company. Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till is born in Chicago's Cook County Hospital to Louis and Mamie ...
He found work in the small industrial town of Argo, Illinois, near Chicago, at the Argo Corn Products Refining Company. Alma Carthan joined her husband in January 1924, and brought their two-year ...
The crushing is a very inconvenient operation, especially with indian corn; and Mr. Watt, of Belfast, Ireland, has taken out a patent in this country for the manufacture of starch from indian corn ...
Cover with cling film and leave to stand in a cool place for 24 hours. After 24 hours, grease a 1.2 litre/2 pint pudding basin with butter. Cut a circle of baking paper and place into the bottom ...
The Christmas pudding we recognise today is a Victorian dish made from suet, dried fruit, candied peel, breadcrumbs, spices, egg and grated carrots and apples. The Victorians shaped their puddings ...
This plum pudding recipe is a take on a classic: Steamed cakes like this are a fixture on a traditional British Christmas table, popular around the holidays since at least the Middle Ages.