Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-07-17
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mists would have us believe. OF course
there will be exceptions to the general
felicity and the good time will not bs Tor
the el0, 900 cooks, but the average man,
who il q slave to the cook and Q victim
OF dyspepsia, and the average woman.
Who is either slave 10 the stove Of
equally q bondaga h the kitHhAn ass-
pot are In aagAt o. d1liverAnce aud hap.
piness, il they will only open their eyes
and see Edward Atkinson, the emf
nent tinancier, statistician and econo-
mist, Of Boston, told how all this was to
be accomplished to Z large audience,
composed mainly Of women, In one Of
the lecture rooms Of Columbia College
the other afternoon. DR.. Atkinson is
not dreamer, and he puts his theories
into actual practice before the eyes Of
his audience.
The lecture was on the progress made
in applying scientific methods to the art
of cooking. Around the lecturer we're 3
number Of curious arrangements that
mystified the audience greatly. The
lecturer said there were about 200
pounds of food of every variety, fish,
desh. fowl, puddiags and potatoes. cook
ing in what looked like four cardboard
boxes bound with tin standing over four
ordinary lamps beside the platform.
There was absolutely no odor Of cook
ing in the room and the audience were
curious but non-commital. The lec-
turer said the cost OF living to about
nine.tenths Of the people in the United
States absorbs one-half OF their income
aud they did not get much satisfaction
even then. The solution of the food
problem, Mr.. Atkinson said, will be the
solution Of most of the social problems
that are troubling the world.
The lecturer told how . man could
live on q dollar week, and live excep-
tionally we'll on twenty-five cents day.
The average cost at present, he said,
was SO cents day. A man could not
possibly consume more than 25 cents
worth of food at present prices; the
other half is simply wasted. The stove
is to blame for xll this. "The Lord
sent the meat and the devil sent the
stoves" Mr.. Atkinson has invented a
stove by which he claims the cost Of
cooking will be reduced to almost moth
ing, and the waste equally reduced.
He calls it the Aladdin oven. It is
simply an iron box 1S inches long by
IA inches in width. 1t is inc!osed in .
case made Of wood pulp. Under the
box is An ordinary lamp burning about
quart Of kerosene oil in eight hours.
All the heat is retained in the oven, and
it is never higher than 36O degrees.
There is absolutely no smell. and food
is cooked without distilling the juices
or desiccating the solids. All there is
to do with this oven is to put in the food
aud the lamp does the rest. No atten-
tion whatever is required.
After the lecture the food was taken
from the ovens, where it had been cook
ing, and distributed among the su-
ilience. In one oven was . four-course
dinner for ten person. Among the food
served we're thirty.pouud sirloin Of
beef, several chickens, fish, vegetables
and puddings. The delicacy of flavor
was retained in each dish, and, though
oil the courses were cooked in the same
oven, everything retained its distinctive
taste. Indeed, Mr.. Atkinson claims
that the flavor is intensified to marked
degree by this system of cooking. The
cost of the fuel for cooking the 200
pounds of food was about 40 cents, and
OF 36 pound, OF food put in the oven 80
pounds were taken out.
In addition to the Aladdin oven Mr..
Atkinson has invented workmen's din
ner pail. in which dinner Of two courses
caE be carried to the workshop aud
cooked over an ordinary lamp during
the morning ready for consumption at
the noon hour. Several Of these pals
were on exhibition, aud in them were
cook ed the most delicious lamb chops
with tomato sauce, halibut steaks, pud-
dings and . variety OF dishes. The lee
ture was repeated before . number
of physicians at night. A. New England
kitchen on Mr.. Atkinson's plan has been
established in Boston and is much ap-
preciated by the working people, who
latronize it largely. The lecturer in
tends to establish similar kitchen in
New York.-N. J.. Recorder.
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