The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-22

We believe that the French cooks have
the reputation. Of being the most Geo.
nomical cooks OF all nations, and the
subioined extract from very gossipy
and interesting article in an exchange
shows how matters are looked after in
the French kitchen
"Suppose that one egg IS left, or one
potato Here. Bridget. or the house
wife herself, says, zone Is not worth
Keeping and throws them into the
swiil-tnb. The French housewife is not
tempted by that unhappy institution al.
ways yawning at hand. On the contra
~, suppose the egg Is soft-boiled; she
drops it into tin-cup. and makes il
hard boiled g. once. One hard-boiled
egg chopped fine Is what she needs iD
composing salad, and the French
housekeeper il wise In behalf OF good
health. Of good taste and Of the beauty
and variety of her table, 10 have salads
inrrnnerable Is many kindsof salads
As Bottom had of wigs. There Is the
eQx--the salad shall grace the tea-table.
%, there il the one potato Your
French housewife knows the value of
soup; she does not make q huge soup
and expect her family 70 dine upon ii;
she does not have her soup always Of
one kind-she varies the kind; and she
has small dish OF soup as prelude 70
our dinner: here si1c serves health and
variety. The potato nicely cut in
wedges shall be one Of the ingredients
-of ihrA coup. Tho begtnDing q her
soup is generally Of bones. She has 4
stone jar and The bones are usually
trimmed closely out Of the uncooked
meat, sprinklsd with salt and pepper. and
put in this Jar, over which cloth Is
tied, and it Is kept in a very cool place
Almn$t eyorfdny, with a few bones and
4 variety As 70 other ingredients. she
will conooct . wonderful soup--a white
soup, 4 brown soup, clear soup. a
vegetable soup, and the spoonful Of
beans OF peas, thefew slices Of tomato,
the remnant Of the rice or the macaroni
shall not be ANONYMOUSLY cast out, but
the soup shall be as is most convenient
to the stock on hand, and all
these fragments, neatly kept, are
to 90 therein. The French are
not remarkably religious, but they
do follow up the mention, gather
NJ. the fragments that nothing
Ut lOcL-r IN Ouc ~ NuL i1uAAN1s rAP
pose that we have a cup OF milk left
from breakfast; in our closet is slice
or two Of sponge or cupcake, small
saucer Of jelly or preserve In The
American household the milk Is fire.
qucntly thrown out or one Of the chill
dren Is sbidden 70 drink il up Biddy
adds the jelly or preserve TO her own
breakfast, 40 she can have the saucer
10 wash The cake Is given 20 the chill.
dren as an interlude TO meals, to spoil
their.appettes. Lot the foreign house
wifei fhe cup okmilk With Ah egg, :
little favoring and & tribe dfthickening
turns 70 custard; the cake IS cut in thin
pieces, spread with the conserve and
laid in white Pudding dish; the Gus
tard il poured over ii; il goes for Ten
minutes into the oven; the white OF IN
other egg Is, with little sugar, convert
ed into : meringue, and spread on top
now the yelk Of the second egg IS beater
. with I little cream or milk, and sugal
ana spice, into Z nance, o. Instead Ia
the cream . little home made wine O
I the juice left from some canned fruit !
/ used, and here Is sauce for the dessert
We eat IL. Delicious, What dainty
extravagant things these foreign PeoP'
2 use. Instead, We Americans woul'
I have thrown away the chief part Of To
!. dish, and would have provided for des
: ert huge pie, more costly and not hal
!. 50 wholesome.