Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-14
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Chef of DelmoIic O's, New York
AUGUST CHANCoUJCEY, CHEF OF vICRRR'S, GIVES
SOME GOOD ONES.
There are persons who affect to decry the
cooks profession. They represent him as one
that caters only to the sensuality of man and
fosters gluttony, sloth and self-indulgence.
They deuounce cooking as unworthy of a man,
and hold that it should be left to little girls and
old women.
A calm. disrassionate, commor-sense view of
the subject will at once prove the fallacy of such
ideas. Food is the fuel which feeds the fire OF
life. Without its nourishing stimulus the
the athlete could not perform his feats
OF strength, the singer could not pour
forth those liquid notes which harm breath
less multitude, the orator could not let loose the
food-gates of eloquence to wash away the forth
writer could not conceive those grand thoughts
and weird imaginings which live upon the
printed page and in the memory forever. For
the proper preparation OF their food-the pre-
sentation of 1t in its most healthful and palata-
BILE form-nankind are dependent upon
their cooks. Since, then, food is the
and preserves it and which, in short, keeps it in
existence, and since the cook is the preparer of
that food, is he not, therefore, the nearest OF all
men to Deity? The Supreme Being creates life,
the cook furnishes the means to maintain it. Is
not the maintenance of life second only to the
creation of it? surely the answer must be in the
affirmative; and that answer once given we must
admit that the cooks profession is OF all others
the noblest and most entitled to respectP
Ject OF fine cooking is to present food in as en-
attractive guise as possible. To do this sue
cessfully the first essential is well arranged
bill OF fare. This is one Of the highest, most
important branches OF the culinary art, and one
in which many who are masters OF every other
department of cookery lamentably fal. Before
some Of my original and favorite dishes 1 will
outline what to me seems model bill of fare
for dinner, after which, without further preface,
I will furnish the recipes desired.
MENU,
CLANS on half shell, consomme, plain with
cream of asparagus.
mackerel, soft shell crabs, sea bass.
EntreeS-Sweet bread croquettes, chicken
saute Ia chasseur, lamb chops a la Maintenon.
Roast-Beef chicken, lamb, ducks.
Game-Woodcocks, squads, quaiIs.
egetables-Asparagus, peas, beans, cauli-
flower.
Dessert-Pudding de plumet, queen fritters.
maIGngues. glaces, bayarois au tramboiSe.
CHICKEN sAUTE La CHAssEUR.
put in frying pan with little olive oil and fry
till brown, adding little flour. Add few
chopped onions, shallotes and mushrooms. One
glass Of claret wine and two tablespoon fuls
spoonfuls of minced CELERY.
LAMB CHOPS La MAINrENoN.
Fry or broil two pounds OF lamb chops. Slice
four onions, fry in butter, sprinkle with little
-four, and add sufficient milk to make thick
sauce. Then add the beaten yolks of four eggs.
Put on disk to cool. Spread on one side of
chops and then brown them in the oven.
PUDDING DE PLUMETE.
Take as many pieces of sponge cake as desired
and pour hot custard over them till soaked. Then
take one-fouTth pound dried cherries, two
ounces citron, two ounces large raisons and two
ounces dried prunes. Soak in half pint Of
brandy. Add and mix half package of dis
solved gelatine and one pint OF whipped cream.
Place In mould.
QUEEN FRITTERs.
Take one glass of water and two ounces OF
butter and put on the stove in q sau cepan.
When this comes to the boil add half pound Of
-four and stir till stiff. Take off the fire and add
sir raw eggs separately, beating each one es
added till q soft dough results, then fry in lard
AUGUST CHAEcoUNcEY,
Chef Of Welckers. Washington, D. C..
HERMAN J. BERGHAus, CHEP OF YoUNG's HOTEL,
BOSTON, DIscoURsEs on LOBSTER.
There are few articles of food which are sus-
ceptible of greater variety Of methods Of pre-
paration for the table than lobster. This fish,
by the way, one of the most nutritious as it is
one Of the richest and most tempting to the
epicurean palate. It is regarded by many as
highly indigestible, but 1t Is not necessarily so il
properly prepared and eaten with judgment and
discretion, care being taken to avoid excessive
indulgence in it, and also to avoid taxing st the
same time of other kinds OF food which are
tagonistic to and do not harmonic with it. The
recipes for the preparation Of lobster, which /
append below, will be found to be among the
best and most palatable ways OF preparing this
dainty and delicious edible.
LOBSTER MARYLAND.
Cut all the meat of q good sized lobster in
pieces one inch square. Place in saucepan on
q hot range with an ounce Of fresh butter, Sea-
gou with a uiuch Of red peuuer and Cook