Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-22

Ready Cooked Food.
Tho idoa 81 spreading that food ready
cooked-arst class, palaablc food--
ought "a b supplied to families at prices
that will make 1t cheaper than TO cook
that fool at homo. Already the plan has
been put In operation IN thrcn citics u
this country--Now York, Boston and
Providence. In Stockholm, Sweden,
5000 pcrsous thus receive cooked food
from one establishment Mt u price which
e. lower than theuuc1ohod food material
alone coald 10 bought for at retail.
There u no reason why tho plan could
not DO put into succowful operation IN
every city Of 10000 inhabitants. The
central station where the food Is cooked
and sold Is called In the three cities
named a Now England Kitchen, and as
this "a name that centuries M tho
thought Of hrat class cooking, cleanll-
moss and economy, that will answer bot
ter than any other Tor nll such placos.
The food material "a purchased ut
wholesale rates by experienced buyers.
II Is pat into the hands Of the best cooks
a good cook Is one who never wastes
anything and makes the moot Of every
thing. a good cook IL one who can
make the cheap portions Of meat and or
binary vegetables into dishes ht for a
king. Tho food Is prcparcdin the most
dainty. appetizing manner. tis sold on
tho promises. carried away and eaten.
Why will not this DO the coming way Of
looping housog A million wasteiul,
smoky little Kitchen fscs can thus DO
avoided, million womon'a timc. most
Of Thorn wives mud mothers among tho
lal,oring classes, can thus 30 saved for
moro important dntios
Tho saving Ia actual money that will
result to each family from the Now Eng
land Kitchen is an impressive item.
Suppose. for instance. half u million per-
SOM In our large cities throughout tho
country got thus the boat food from the
Now England kitchen and saved thereby
an average OF ten cent? day over the
COS, Of 1t % prepared in the present
fashion. This would result 20 the half
million people IN an actual saving OF
ESQ, 900 n day or over fis.OO0,o 900 u year.
Tho gain in tho health, satisfaction and
comfort TO the half million Is not TO DO
calculated Probably $1,000 would os.
tablish ono such kitchen, aud 200 would
serve the hall million. a capi,al Of
5000, 900 therefore would 30 all that iii.
great enterprise would call for. Coop
. erniivo effort among the working people
; themselves could easily secure thl|
I amount. Two or three New England
kitchens could at tho least DO cstab
lishct In any city.
onq prominent feature could DO th'
furnishing Of rich soups for the midday
: lunches of workingmcn. A quart Of TIT
: beat soup could DO provided at fftooi
|, cents, perhaps even ut ten cents. THE
I smoking hot aud savory, might be ohl
4 OF the most important adjuncts temper
: ance ladies could put into the fcll
, against tho archiond drunkenness thu
y they have sworn to down. In any case
y we must come at length TO cooked foo,
' supplied from central kitchens.
= Tho failure Of enterprises OF this kim
!. heretofore has been duo 90 tho fact tina
d the food furnished was wfetchod in quail
i,y. The cooking was no bad that II
= delicate palate could tolerate It int
d mont, and tho management WIS sloy
!. emily and careless. The New Bingham
/ kitchen idea Is the ono that will go. /
/" a kitchen OF this kind already started I
J Now York city tho buyers Of the foo
l. carry 1t away themselves, aud this o
tho whole Is NO far satisfactory. n
y least 1t is more satisfactory than u cal
d rafting tho food over streets, sloppln
7. II hither and thithor. shoyeling 1t out {
d cans amid horse smells, dust and tobacc
Al smoke, and then shooting 1t through IA
70 clean Easements and ash shafts to q
final destination.