Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-06
COOKING TERMS.
Some Bill of Fare Puzzles slated
Into English.

COOKING TER MS.
Some Bill of Fare Puzzles Translated
Into English.
Many cook books and bills of fare at
hotels contain terms not generally under
stood. Here are some of the most com
mon of them, with their meaning:
Au blue-Fish dressed so as to have
blue tint.
Aspic-A meat jelly for covering game
pies, served with boned turkey etc.
Au jus-In the natural juice or gravy.
Bechamel-A sauce made from meats,
onions, and sweet herbs.
Baine- Marie-A saucepan for boiling
water, into which a small pan fits.
Braise-A manner of stewing meat.
Rlanquette-A preparation of white
meal.
nouilli-Beef stewed slowly and served
with sauce.
Bouillion-French soup or broth.
Bisque-A shelltish soup.
Civet-Wild fowl or game hash.
Compote-Something applied to fruit
stewed in strip, and sometimes to
pigeons and small game.
Consomme-A strong gravy used for
enriching other gravies and soups.
Caramel-Sugar boiled until the moist
ure is evaporated, and then used for orna-
mental dishes.
Crouton-A sippet of fried bread.
Entree-Side dish for the first course.
Gateau-A cake.
Jardiniere-A mode of stewing vegeta-
bles in their own sauce.
Maigre-Dishes made without meat.
Meringue-Pastry made of sugar and
white of egg beaten to snow.
Nougat-A mixture of almonds and
sugar.
Pate-A small pie of oysters or meat.
Pot-au-feu-The common bouillion of
the French peasants.
Quonelles-Forcemeat balls.
Raux-Thickening for sauces.
Saute-To mix or unite all the parts OF
ragout by shaking while frying.
Salmis-Game hashed when half
roasted.
Piece de Resistance-The principal
joint of the dinner
Serviette, la-Served on napkin.
Sorbet-A sherbet.
Souffie-A very light pudding.
Veloute-White sauce.
Vol au vent-Light puff tarts filled
with meat.
The Source and Force OF Electricity.
"All the energy in the world, said DIR.
C. F. Chandler, in recent lecture before
the Columbia School of Mines, comes
from sunshine. Even the energy in the
electric battery that rings the doorbels
of our homes has its origin in the light of
the great solar system. The force in the
copper wire that sets the bell to ringing
comes from the zinc plate in the battery
jar The energy in the zinc plate comes
from the anthracite coal with which it
was burned when taken from the mines,
and. finally the energy in the anthracite
coal was put there by the sunlight that
fed and nourished it when it existed, ages
ago as trees and plants.
AN interesting misapprehension that
exists in the minds of a good many per-
sons is concerning the vital dangers that
lurk in the pressure of say thousand
volts. The newspapers often tell us that
a man has been killed by such pressure,
whereas, in fact, such a pressure alone
couldn't kill a humming bird. l have
frequently caught in my hand sparks
possessing an electromotive force of
100. 900 volts without feeling anything
more than a very slight burn.
The danger arises only when the volts
are reinforced by good many amperes
or currents, as when one takes hold of a
charged wire. Then one feels shock
that is unmistakable, because the force
of great many currents in the wire sud
denly decomposes all the fluids in his
body. The salt IN the blood at once turns
to chloride of gas, and the man whose
veins are charged with this deadly poison
can not in reason be expected to live
long. "-[Scientific American.