, 1879-06-10
lIlTISTIC COOKING.
III. Dods' Lectures and Experiments
at Hershay Hall
~. Science Of Milking Soup, Omelettes,
puddiugs, and Pratters.
4, Accomplished missionary In .
Worthy Cause.

:. audience Of nbout 100 persons, mostly
na ., assembled In Hershey Hall yesterday
pa..,s .ssooo to learn something ahout cooking ~
~. sas at, tho instructress in this usefu,' II not
,'..d. Wy NECESSARY, pnrt Of womnn'a ednrat!on
s.1ns stI.s Matilda Lees Dods, late Of the Edfn-
s' ssT schooI Of Cookery, and graduate holding
ssst-e,s.s diploma from South Remington,
,Isa,n. Miss Dods Is = pleasan!-yoleod, highly
.p,,,liscn. young Englishnouan, who, with
,r"e.isdro both theoretical and practical in the
'IsnI,ne. has already lecturcd and given prac-
~, ,ns,,atlons Of her familiarity With her
.,s..n subfcct in most Of the large cities In tho
t'sJ as<'d without making my hIgh-sounding
.s.i,o,es to being missionary to the eoun-
=" ,hera bad cooking IL the rule and
MU,.,,igent prac.ico Of the art l. rare
ttssss.non. Miss Dotls has iatscrly bern lcctMr-
r. d the Eat, and particularly IN boston, Nav
.Sxs interest In what,tl,ey hoard md saw Was as
saIf ss,,If,Iac na It WAS evident. Her reception yes
Eai.y aItcrnoou, In spito Of the fact that hor
Es ssVanc TO Chicago mas only decided upon al the
IIss.nth hour, and wat not, therefore, ~ well
... WA stmlisrly gratifying, II not in point ot
ss,sndspce certainly In the Rrent interest mnni-
~ ~ nv those Who were 80 fortunate as to be
s,,,.ot. It Is nafs 10 say that, when her lame
T.. vouo abroad, the "sstcrs, cousins, and
...t.n At large will not willingly miss an on-
~ and to-morrc " afternoon and evening.
Ths stago In Hershey Hall yesterday after
,ooo ptetcntcd novel appearances. Two or
srts tables, md even the organistfs scat, woro
sn1sfsd with hewlldcr!nE assortment Of cuok-
~ Utensils and receptaclcs for tho products Of
T,s Dods' culinary la!,ort wllcn they should he
ysdr 10 b passed around for The inspection OF
Il, audience. A large gas stove, ot new de-
i'm and most satisfactory in It's workings, stood
r. dc laft Of tile stage, oil ready for operations
eady and ler assistant nttsd ,oI.,, aooa; ths
d sseJsd, md attending to all tho thousand and
~ .s Ma1 sherty sft.r 'ff hatpssst ssts
Ills lis Dods stepped up to tho main
1stsOe and withsut hnr awSra sn,s r.. Il The The
tsso ss "s vii ds th}s 1ternoon aa ae Wit Ss
10 s psske Veuoho pudltps." Her black s!lk
md velvet dress was protected BY an apron Of
fruerous nm proportions, and her baro arms incased
nsunlcts Of similar material. Thus nceoutrcd,
lhs was readJ to mt1 the VARIOUS ingredients
e b.is, or Try, rs the case might be. "For this
nudiips,n she resumed, two shnll require five
ouuees OF brcad-crumh8, four ounces Of sugar,
htte ounces OF raisins, one tcnapoonful Of fresh
Euon Juice, half mint Of milk, the yUlks Of
four eggs, and very email piece Of buttcr.h
WEIGH OUT THE QUANTITIES.,
aexribnc everything as she went aloug. Tile
brad WIS cut into pieces Of ordinary sIzc and
Inn recut into smn1l gQunrG pfeets, which woro
heu reduced 10 crumbs. They we're tnen placcd
habowJ, and to them Miss Doda added three
tunted Of sugar. three Of raisins, md spr.nk-
luz Of lemon.iulce fresh from the acid fruit
Nsti Then In stnu!l saucepan she put one
ounce Of sugar, placed IL over the bro to brown.
iud theinstant It began TO burn, added the bali
pint Ok milk, explaining as sha prnceeCcl that
ha waa the way cnranel8 wcrc Drowned anl
.aded from time to time, but. not allowed 10
bull. Finally, the mixture Of sugar mud milk
io ihe saucepan became we'll Drowned. Then
.hs pull in q smn!l howl the Jolks OF the four
TT, an.! nourcd ovor them tho Drowned SUGAR
,nd milk. These ingredients wore then
&: 'otS eu 'ssSs ioox bowl ,'n In 0satsS aeiS
sn r., helus sure Il was perfectly dry, in etac'
that NIeyc might be no danger Of tho pudding
stormtug" bndly, md into ths mold sue put d
tIeco Of butter. 1t was then transferred to tic
tto!e, The butter becamo melted, and thus the
alng, whea done, should not "sssck.n having
thus prepared lie mold, the mixture In tho
soxl WAS then transferred to 1t, a,id the mold,
toua[ulng the future pudding, wRs put Into tho
pol Of boiling water on tho stoyo md loft 70
soiI, tho instructress remarklng TINT It would
hko an hour and swelye minutes before It WAS
done. Bone other time sIlo aided, she would
lboN the ladies' huw 10 atea1h q pudding. In
1aat Asc It would taka n tile longer, and, II
he pudding could aoak an hour before being
After It WAS put into the mold It MAS vol to
triat over the top piece Of paper, aud not to
allow The water to come more than bali Nay uu
tue aides.
Willie the pudding wns advancing to tho con-
lt1oa in Which 4 would finally bc ready for
hA rn1ftt "a Ait,Kf f1 fk4
"ies in The catlng,'' Miss Duds proceeded to tell
The ladies' how 70 make kidncy-soup. The In
Esdi.nts tur this sAfory decoctton were onu Oh
ihncy, two ouncea 0f butter. ono ounce Ol
lous little pepper aid salt, one quart Of cold
sstsr, desscrtspoonful Of mushroom cntsup,
hme Of Worcester sauce, anu very LITTLE
cayenne pepper,--which Inter served q m,lcl
more bcncliclal use than It did the Otllcr dnJ
shen something ver1 much iilte It wns thrown
iplo Ienson's eyes. Tho Kidneys. rolled II
s,s., s9,. were ncclJ Drowned over The its; TIN TIN
sstt transferred to q saucepan ard put on tht
t!o's, ssfisa Dods stirring the contcntn II
gfeYcot the flour from, gathering II
mnhs, skl!nmthg the substance thor
osSoly esSo,y' and t!lsn adding ne butter
Me other ingredients nnrncd, ami allowed tl,t
MIXTURE TO cook as Hlowiy al possible, remark
Ms mat tse usual time allowed was two koufh
6eloto passing to the next dish. she toll
@s @s4fte ullt SOUP or meat
OUGHT ONLY TO BOIL ONCE,
oeesuso that Was enough. After boiling, I
eaoalu % allowed 10 simmer as slowly as DOS
Nolc. Referring TO her pudding for moment
Ms salu that II the wntcr In the saucepan b.
amo reduced 60 that II Was necessary to adj
" ~ 1t was by nil means best to add ho
.aNr snd not cold, for the reason that nddln,
" asteF would Cause the pudding to split
tas lau!cs' faees ~ much % signil}cd lllut the.
~ heFer thought OF that. anyway, but 1t wa
hmnle and so reasonable that theY won
E!td why they hadn't.
tlH ncIt dish In Tile menu Whs lobster cut
~, ~, ~ lha mention Of which cntfeiug propar1i
~ ~ SFery mouth Ia the audience watercu
iaas uoda raid st!a should use ounce Of but
~, ors Of -four, one ell! Of cOld water, ll.t1
SsRppeE andaalt few drops OF fresh lemon, ,jtitre
w.! ~. o. pound can uf lobsters,-shc wished the
ssIe lfesh and not canned, but coutd't get thet
epe eEg, and, two tablc spoonfuls Ut sifte,
s,ssi,atfEllnios. Dc With shurp knt1e sha cut II
H. %hnater haer Into rough pieces. SElo then mcitc
~ "tsr ID sa'scpan, stirring dry flour int
nt.s.a s"a afterwards adding water anil stirring til
ia, iaufe u I'LL " boiled, rctnarkng "a she did "
so1ta saouid cook Two mfnutta OF the outlet
j.. sua not "toEn y nicely. Al the expiration 0
T.. w minutes she took TIC mixture from tn
nsn sa9so ~; ING pepper, salt, lemon Juice, m
H. ~, ta{c91e, Half 4 teuapoonful OF cream
ses.xs. ss.sM. would Improve It. although It want
r. - ahu sl'e didn't always haya Il band
hb.!M Me mixture titus formed she added I'll
Tler plsces, mixing we'll lu Tho saucepan
s,.n se sae great difficulty, she added, III uforyl
H.. ea!ets nlea!y, and 4he had found ii best t
III ts.At process until thu mixture hecaul
srN. ehG therntorN rprnnvni Il ~ q rlntn M,