Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-26
A PHILADELPHIA oooKERY

advantages OF systematic oulinar
work. Before the neatly.nttired blond
lady and her rosy-cheoked auxiliar
made their appearance, Mr.. A.
Spangler delivered an amusing and @
the same time instructive discourse o
the work of skilltul and unskillfr
housekeepers. When be conclude
one of his sallics amid sho applause @
his hearers, Mrs, Rorer while.aprone
and whito-cappod, stoppsd brislily foI
ward, along with the lpple-cheeke,
young assistant before mentioned, AM
settled right down TO business in a mat
tor-oi.iaot way.
Mrs. Rorer remarked; at vas Ion,
ago said, Let me make the songs of
nation and | care not who makes il
laws We sayin these moder times
Let us make the cooks of nation ant
we care not who makes its ap,theca
ries.' " She said that perhaps a many
men were driven to the drams,op BY
the want Of good living as from any
other cause, "If we wish to keeI
the man from the dramshoJ and
the woman Of the house from kill
ing herself with opium and clloral
we must teach her such ways o. pre-
pairing food as will make it palat.ble.'
What Mrs. Rorer proposed to !how
by demonstration was the preparation
at prices as low as possible, Of articles
from inexpensive materials as wei as
those OF higher cost. Mr.. SpanEler
here remarked that the ultimate object
was the starting OF class in the ilsti.
tute building or some other place to
have evening schools at a lower Price
than the Grard street school. The
expense would be five dollars an eren.
ing for the whole, and the more that
joined the cheaper it would be for
each.
Mrs Rorer then proceeded will the
practical part OF her lecture. There
was handsome gas stove in tho fore.
ground, close by the stove a able
upon which the materials were Mingled
for the various dishes, and in the back
ground was a blackboard, giving the
proportions for each Of the following
viauds Soup stock, pressed meas for
soup bread mutton chops, potatopuifs,
snow pudding, bread, and two why's OF
making coffee. The last named she
explained by using the French per.
colating process and the old-fashoned
method Of boiling. The products of
these two systems were handed around
among the audience, and the general
verdict was in favor of the French
plan.
When Mrs. Rorer was emphahzing
the necessity of bay leaves IN the soup
a stock man arose and inquired what
they were. He had never seen them,
and presumed many others had not.
Mrs Rorer said they decorated figs.
They could be bought in the stores, and
a half pound, worth fourteen cents,
would last four years. Two leaves
were TO be used at time, Note books
were in requlsihon, bntthe trouble ap.
poared TO be that the lecturess spoke
TOO rapidly. When it came to frying
chops she gave the advice:
always save every little particle of
bread left from the table. Have a box
to keep it in. Brown it well. Never
buy cracker crumbs bread answers
Just as we'll"
Tn breaking up eggs, always add
water to the eggs if you are going to
dip anything into bread crumbs after
ward. They go twice as far"
"Always skim soup stock very care
fully Grease is unwholesome and
Butter at high tempera.
ture produces acids very injurious"
In frying the mutton chops they
were placed IN perforated sheet iron
basket arrangement. Seine in the au.
dionce saw that very large amount
Of lard had been melted in another
vessel upon the gas stove, into which
the perforated one was TO bo dipped
Mrs. Rorer was asked why so much
lard was used. She said it was less
greasy by having lard enough to cover
the meat than having just little, and
the latter plan took double the amount.
$50 in the old way Of boiling coffee" "
remarked Mrs. Rorer, "you had to go
into the garret to get the best OF it,
The advantage and economy of a
gas stove, especially in bot weather,
we're set forth, and few hits at the
gas trust were interspersed While the
audience were laughing Mr.. Rorer
and Mr.. Spangler mounted
, chair and asked how many desired
20 join the class. From appearance
about half of the audience desired to
DC further inducted into the mysteries
If cooking as it should be- The ladies
locked upon the stage and sampled the
'old preserved beet, the pudding and
he potato pufis.