The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-04


[is" Cooks sIethods-Not 50 Hard to
Digest.
The curious thing about all these late
n ners up town is that you can nearly
always tell what they are going TO eat be-
Tore they order It. In Sixth avenue the
main restaurant is famous for its deviled
crabs, and that's what those who 20 there
"lL re apt 20 order. In the other places
the chances are mainly in favor of Welsh
rarebLts II not a rabbit" or crab, q"
beefsteak Is the rule. bat the rabbit IS in
most demand. Welsh rarehit is what the
men eat aboard the ocean steamships
after the ladies have gone 70 bed and the
night Is we'll spent. 1t is the commodity
most called for late at night at the clubs.
just so at stag card parties nll Ovs- town,
the host whose kitchen can turn out the
incest rarebit late at night is apt 20 lie
praised the most in his own circle
IL IS no new craze, this taste for the
Welsh rarebit; it has been n fashion Of ap-
petite for years, and may be regarded ~
a fixed one. 1t thrives against the most
violent opposition. Half the men and NIL
the women who don t eat rarebit look on
with more or less alarm in their faces, and
either advise the rareJit eater not to in
dulge his passion or eXclaim, almost al
ways in the same words, I'D die IL
should eat thatr' But the eaters 20 on,
Needless Of the frghtfHl fOrebodings OF
those who don't eat their favorite dish,
putting down the unprepossessing food
night after night with accompanying Ii
batiOns Of Bass ale, sherry, lager, cham
payne or those mixed muCilaginOus and
syrupy bleudings called cocktails. They
neither fall dead nor are carried home in
agony, although il is safe to say that they
half expect some disagreement between
themselves and their food each time they
eat a rarebit.
TIE COOKS METHODS.
Welsh rarebits are differently made by
different cooks, but the best results are
obtained in this way: Take old dry cheese
OF any sort that has a tang TO it, CRATE it
thoroughly, pepper and salt it very we'll,
put in a big lump of butter and add just
little fresh mustard. Stir this up and
put it on a very hot frying pan, having
hot fire ready. At this point cooks differ
Some pour in a little boiling water, bat
the majority use little old ale instead,
the object in both cases being to facilitate
the melting Of the cheese so that it will
run together. The cheese in the pan must
be kept over the fire until il is thoroughly
liquid, when it must be poured over
buttered toast. 1t should be served on
very hot plate and eaten at once. Even
then the last of it viii get slightly tough
and rubbery.
DR.. a. r. Wilson was talking Of this
the other night He knows as many of
the gourmets and good fellows generally
as any physician in town, and he says he
has heard a score remark how wonder
full il is that the Welsh rarebits they eat
don't kill them, or even hurt them at all
"And yet, he says, Il never had pa
tent with whom they disagreed. never
yet have had TO caution one not to eat
rarebits, and, ON the other hand I have
in
of them to a patient. The Welsh rRrebit
is very interesting dish. 1t seems from
its appearance and condition and texture
as though 1t must be very unwholesome,
and yet l cannot say that it is. I have
even known it to be eaten and completely
digested in that strlngy condition in which
IL gets when cooling, and in which it is
like a mass of flannel, or perhaps soft
glue would be a better comparison. In
our practice we have way of discovering
how certain dishes act after they are
eaten. You would suppose a man would
carry Welsh rarebit around with him
unsiigestest several days, yet l have known
OF one being eaten at II at NIGHT and not
q tyaCe helrg INft in the stomach next
morning. 1t takes a good digestion TO do
this, but apparently no extraordinary di
2estive power is required. Most anybody
can do it, as the magicians say when
THE DRINKING DONE.
TIE doctor does not think the poached
egg on top Of the rarebit, put there TO
make what is called a golden buck Of the
Cish, makes any difference against it or in
is favor. As TO the drinking that is done
with the eating of rarebits, the sum of his
experience is that the best drinks to take
arc those that are smallest. provided they
are not too strong. a glass Of ale is bet
ter than a bottle, and ale is perhaps the
best drink OF all, better than champagne
or strong liquor. It is slightly squirting
10 the digestive organs, and does no harm
so long as the food is not drowned in it
50 as TO dilute the gastric juices too much
DIR. Smithers, over on the west side, is
very often appealed TO by club men and
brokers who have been run down by high
living, and hope, with his aid, to get well
and 90 at IL again. He has pronounced
opinions on the Welsh rarebit. They
are not good, ~ he says, they are so hard
TO digest. The reason that some persons
can eat them with impunity is that some
sccrete the gastric juices much more rap
idly than others. All eating at night Is
bad for professional men. Men who work
with their heads should eat their heaviest
meal in the middle Of the day. l account
for the nervous and brain troubles 80 com
mon just now by she general habit Of din
ing at and o'clock The trouble with
the eating lust before going to bed is that
it congests the liver and sends the blood
rushing TO the head, causing troubled and
broken sleep Rarebits aren't so bad rs
fried oysters Fried oysters are about the
worst things men eat late at night"
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