Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-03
Masculine Cookery.


The Christian Tai0H has an article giyin!
nm affecting description of the trials Of tw,
a.ptlemcn who tried to keep house while
tbe,r wives went into the country. We sub
min au extract On our return home from
business, that afternoon, our first move wa,
to invest ia q small gas stove a- the most
convenient and expeditions method of cook
ing the various warm dishes We were to in
duI.e in. As neither Of Us cared for tea, We
decided 10 have coffee; but rs to what
quantity was requisite, or how long 1t should
boil. neither of Us had the iaintest idea. At
q venture. / decided that three heaping Ia
b.e-poonlul- of ground coffee would be about
the required proportion for each person. s.
acting upon this rule, ! immersed it in some
thiug Ike quart Of cold water. setting it on
the ,,a- stove o. boil. where it hi--ed and
-uatterel away for half an hour. now and
then boiling over and extinguishing the
fame. On pouring it out, what an inky
lum presented itself to our view We had
tasted .calc noir' before, but that was pale
beside thi-. We strained and restrained it.
5ul restrained our temper likewise, hut all
DO u0 purpose 1t was black and muddy. and
ten wears standing. Si0pkiu- suggested
eggs and in they went, two of them but
iHc coffee had ceased 10 boil and they did
NOT have the desired clarifying effect Then
we found orr milk lad turned sour. and
there was no milk-man due until next morn
ing >1wc swallowed the ebony fluid rs
best we could. and took such comfort rs
could bee derived from the thought Of the
delicate pancakes the sour milk would make
>.opkins went to the pantry for flour, and
shortly returned with box containing a
very tine white substance which he com
mcuced sitting into the milk. | suggested
l him that soda was also required to coUn-
,r7act the acidity of the lacteal fluid and 10
render the cakes light, when he produced "a
lr from which he stirred into the bowl uf
latter a teaspoonful of white powder. which
be said he was sure was soda. But the bat
ter wa, hy this time becoming wonderfully
stiff and difficult to stir, and we We're both
wondering what could be the difficulty with
the -four, when. accidentally glancingat the
side Of thc box, | discovered the label.
d. Plaster of Paris. There were no cake
i1r us that night. So we again repaired 10
the bakers and bought some fresh bread
and ten cakes. and swallowed them and our
disappointment as cheerlully as possible
The next morning We were up early, and
while made a second attemrt at coffee
~ .1,lins had nreeurel .teaI and eprs and
,,,. rc,din, the morning ua,er in The dim
-r., raon, rino of onr laundress at the
door was heard. The basement door leading
into the ward was omen To let IN tbe fresh
morning air. Leaving it Thus. some bu.i-
mess with tbc laundre,s reauirino NV usr-
anal ot+.,ti,n I r-sbel M, stairs t5 dla,-
-.., summons and ON mv refurn. f,nnd tie
.-e,B missing. 4 hurried scratching up1n
tho lo,.l, fence inst then attracted uvDotice
,,bep l,,tiug out .,y o1r steak di-an-
rs,rin, in me month of an immense cat af
f.. ,,as.8line persua.i5n who was then
,l,isb;o,s into the ward of the third house
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