“Hot Boiled Beans.”
In this game some small article is to be hidden, the player who has to find it being sent out of the room while the hiding is being effected. This being done, the invitation, “Hot Boiled Beans and Bacon, make haste and come to supper,” is given, upon which the searcher returns to the room and begins to hunt for the hidden article. The progress of the player is usually announced by assuring him that he is “very cold,” “cold,” “warmer,” “warm,” “hot,” “very hot,” or “burning,” according as he is far from or near to the article to be discovered.