Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-01-08
AN EMPRESS IN THE KITCHEN.
She LOOKS Arsr r; su1ssIa..nds
EVerythins, arg u 10 wonder


The Empress OF Austria i. the best
royal housekeeperin Europe. She is as
thoroughly acquainted with the details
Of the imperial Austrian kitchen as her
husband Is with the details Of the i'm
perial Austrian Government She
superintsnds the household afaira of
the big palace at the AustriaA capital
with the greatest care She receives
personally, reads and acts upon reports
from cooks, buffers, keepers Of the
plate, and keepers of the linen Cook
/ ing devices which have become Incon-
yenient or Antiquated are abolished
only at her command New methods of
preparing or serving food are adopted
I only at her suggestion Changes IN the
personnel Of the establishments are made
I for the most part only IN obedience To
her orders. Consequently persen can
eat, drink, sleep, and be served better
IN her house than In any other IN
/ Europe.
The kitchen in which the food for the
bluest blood of Austria Is cooked Is a
huge room with all the arrangements at
each end for preparing fish, fowl. and
beast for the table Fifty chickens can
be cooked at once on one of the big
whirling spits. Against the sils walls
scores of chafng dishes. In these dish
e.. all of which are self-w.s ming, the
meats are carried 10 the G wing room,
whence they are returned - the kitchen
ready to be served i e boiling and
baking and frying and carrying and
cutting occupy = small egiment OF ser
wants. Twenty-Five mae cooks, In white
clothes, dress, spit. season, and stut
the meats. As many female cooks pre-
pare the vegetables, the puddlngs, and
the salads. A dozen or more boys
hurry the birds, fish, and joints from
the kitchen TO the carving room, where
long lines of carvers slice and joint
everything laid before them
The kitchen utensils fill big room
opening into the kitchen This room
j. the ideal Of German housewives The
rayed IN her ball dress, OctavIa Narien
high walls are covered with pans, ket-
ties, griddles, and covers, which Ghlne
as only German hands and German
muscle could make them shine There
are soup tureens IN which big boy
might be drowned, kettles IN which
twins could play house, and pans which
would hold half dozen little Hauses
OF Gretchens. In short, about every
culinary utcnsil on the walls Is of the
Missouri barbecue than Of the feasts of
crowned heads and diplomats at one of
the first of courts
For days before the great court festi-
walls the whole Austrian court kitchen
staff, from the head court cooking
master down t. the youngest sculllon,
work like mad The chefs hold repeat
Ell consultations IN their council cham
ber, often debating hour after hour
with all the eurnestness Of a parliament
or congress concerning the best meth
ODDS Of preparing fowls, sauces, cakes,
and soups. The menu, as selected by
tGc CHEFS Is submitted 10 the master of
the provision department, SO that he
may Immediately order from the city
whatever the cellars Of the castle lack
The Austrian court dinners are fam
Gus on the Continent The delicacies
which result from the protracted meet
ings IN the council chamber of the chefs
are often so fine that favored guests not
infrequently observe the old German
fashion of taking a choice bit home to
their friends IN the name of the Empress
and with her best wishes All that re-
mains of = court feast, or dinner, Is sent
TO the NIennese hospitals. On the days
Just after the banquet the Empress Is
very busy looking over the reports and
inventories of the frau head keeper of
the napkins, and the fraulein head
keeper of the tableclOths, and the herr
head guardian of the imperial china,
and a dozen other like functionaries
with iointed titles. She reviews all
these communications with conscIen-
tious care, and orders with strict atten-
tions to minute details the replacement
of all that has been lost, broken, or de-
faced.-SiU1.