Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-08-29
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The BIsT FfRE 10 BRofL STEAK
Now, let us suppose similar beefsteak
to be cooked by radiant heat, with the
least possible cooperation OF convection.
To effect this our source Of heat must
be a good radiator. Glowing solids are
better radiators than ordinary flames;
Therefore coke, or charcoal, or ordinary
coal, after its bituminous matter has
done its flaming. should be used, and
the steak or chop may be placed In
front or above surface of such glowing
carbon. In ordinary domestic practice
it is placed on a gridiron above the
coal, and therefore will consider this
case first. The object to be attained is
to raise the Juices of the meat through
out to about the temperature of l6O deg.
Fahr. as quickly as possible, in order
that the cookery may be completed
before the water of these juices shall
have had time to evaporate 10 any con-
siderable extent; therefore the meat
should be placed as near to the surface
of the glowing carbon as possible. But
the practical housewife will say that,
if placed within two or three inches,
some Of the fat will be melted and burn,
and then the steak will be smoked.
Now, here we require a little more
chemistry. There is smoking and smok-
ing-smoking that produces detestable
flavor, and smoking that does no mis-
chief at ali beyond appearances. The
flame of an ordinary coal fire is due to
the distillatlon and combustion of tarry
vapors. If such flame strikes COM
paratively cool surface like that of the
meat, 1t will condense and deposit there
ON film of crude coai-tar and coal
naphtha, most nauseous and rather
mischievous; but. if the flame be that
which is caused by the combustion of
its own fat, the deposit on a mutton
chop will be a little mutton oil, ON a
beefsteak little beef oil, more or less
blackened by mutton carbon or beef
carbon. But these oils and carbons
have no other flavor than that of cooked
mutton and cooked beef; therefore they
are perfectly innocent, In spite of their
guilty black appearances.
COLD WATER CURE FOR BURNs.-A
correspondent writes-Many years ago
1 scalded one hand very badly with
boiling water, and 1 found the pam
stopped on keeping the hand IN cold
running water. 1 repeatedly took the
hand from the water to let it be dressed
with the usual remedies, but every at
tempt simply ended in the bandages
being pulled off and fresh application
of the cold water. Under every other
remedy the pain was unbearabie. In
tins instance blisters did not form, but
a small open sore came on the wrist and
kept open several weeks. l used the
water continuously for four or five hours
until the pain was greatly reduced on
removing the hand from the cold water.
L treasured this experience and gave
the remedy another trial III a tar more
unequivocal case. / was boiling gly-
cerine and gelatine for hectograph,
and the composition was about free
from water when the bottom of the ves-
sci blew out and the composition went
over my hands There was no mistake
about the temperature, as the skin was
destroyed specifically. The shock
produced intense nausea and made up
my mind to expect very bad hands and
the loss of several nails. applied cold
water at once. The water not being
very cool l added pieces of ice to it.
After five or six hours treatment, the
pain did not recur on stopping the
treatment. Neither hand was disabled,
and the only inconvenience 1 suffered
was from few trihing blisters. l have
no hesitation whatever in condemning
the usual remedies, and In recommend
ing the prolonged application of cold
water. think it probable many lives
have been sacrificed by an adhesion to
the old remedies, for the pain of large
burn or scald is so severe as to do seri-
GUS mischief if prolonged for hours.
The use of cold water is recommended
in little medical book by DR.. Russell.
He recommends the addition OF soda to
the water. A plentiful supply of cold
water agitated and changed if necessa-
ry so as to stop the pain will, am
convinced, prevent the mischief of
which the pain is symptom.