Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-28
san.Eerf,il;,s Cook.


said Mr. w. X. Vanderbilt is TO give $4,000
. year, arrived Sunday on the steamer La
Bretagne He is q we'll builJ iJt!e man on
ly about FIVE feet tail He was born in Biz
mingham, England. He looks like an Epg
lishmea, and speaks the language with =
strong cocsney accent, and be has an Eng.
lishman's love fo, boxing, and uses lhe slang
of the ring. His parents, he says we're
French.
'IfI were rich enough not 10 hRve to
work. ho said, Il should still DO my busi.
ness for the love of it. ana an artist, and
cause man is rich he Cannot eat more taaA
a poor mau, and yet the idea Of fne din
ner has been 10 give q great pun6er Of
courses. II is o mistake. When 3 mar has
eaten his oysters, his soup, his entrees his
fish, what chance has 30 10 enjoy his mutton
or fo@l? When he bas eaten ail his stem
ach q so !" and he raised his het with both
hands slowly above his head to Indicate the
effect OF the fitness
Il make him want TO eat First he must
be hungry, and then ! put things before him
so that he wants them. IL | want him 20
eat oranges, for instance, l offer them to his
neigbD0r He sees them and asks for them"
he comes from the Mnison Pailiard, il
the Chaussee d'AutiD. at is only little
place. he said, "with oaly sixteen tables.
When / went there the business was all run
down. built it up by treating esob person
as if he were nay guest, and studying bis
tastes"
The little director is an autocrn6 at the
taUla. He does not let his guests have what
ever they like, for fear it may clog their
appe;ites II make them ask fcr thing5 and
keep them waiting Suppose have served
q dinner like this 30 day a soup, some fish,
and a woodcOck, with coffee and fruit. To.
morrow ny customer asks foT woodc0c1.
L am sorry, sir but ] cannot prepare IL
But in day or two he will ask for it again,
and then let him have IL. II I let him tire
of anything than my art would be gone"
i great advantage which Mr.. Dugniol
claims for bis system is that it leaves him 50
much greater variety of food TO offer Oh
different days. Suppose" be said, II cook
everything that is to be had foc one great
dinner, what is there for 10 morrow ?'
II is not so be supposed from this language
that Joseph is going to cook anything with
his own hands. He does not even profess
to be able to do this, although his father was
q restGurateuT ard Joseph grew up in the
business.
81 can cook mauy things" he said, land
/ Can carve as few men can, but can tell
the cook how to prepare his food and warn
him if he has failed o secure the proper ia
vor.'
Il may be interesting TO know how Joseph
will sarYe woodcocil to Mr.. Vanderbilt. It
will be cooked Only ten minutes before it is
h-ouobt IN tha te bie ttT will hrirp il on
while the fish is being eaten, and have an
alcohol braiser on the table. 1t has sauce
of red wine and gravy in it. l carve the
bird and put all the bones and back into
the sauce, The odor and appearance OF the
bird oxcites the appetite. L takes twenty
five minutes to cook woodcock The bird
has only been cooked ten minutes when l
carve It. Now, send the meat back to The
oven for fifteen minutes, and the bnck and
bones, in which the richest flavor is found,
are left TO stew. When the meat comes back
it is on q hot plate, and / strain the Eicn
sauce over it.''-N. Y. Sun.