Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-07-27
A BACHELORS BROlL.
DEBORAH PLATTER.

Teddy Yes, you may ask; further
more, you shall have an answer, and il
you can throw oil on the troubled
Waters-"
A loud laugh followed, and then the
qUietest member of the group attempt
ed an explanation, by nipping in the
bud the speech of his companion, Gus
Morrison, who was noted for, and un-
meroifully chaffed on account of, his
powers of rhetoric.
"PH tell you, Teddy; the fact is we
are all sick OF chops-at least of Mrs.
Grim's way of serving them; and in
counsel assembled, We are, or were,
endeGvoring to solve problem,
namely"
whether O chop, or steak" broke
in Gus, 'must OF necessity be black,
be greasy, be smoked, or be toughI'
Thanks, that will do; what a string
of horrorsi Judging from your sur
roundings, you have been reading up
your subject"
"Rstherl and, as Jimmy here alwavs
declares when exams. are at hand, the
more we read the more We are mysti-
fed. Ohr' with n groan, chow these
authors hate-I mean contradict-one
anOtherl but come along if you are not
in a hurry, and bring your powers of
concentration and practical common
sense to bear on the subject"
Thanks" with low bow, ''you are
emulating Gus. 1t is, of course, out
Of the question, my dear Chris, that a
trio of such promising medical stud
ents shonld e poi oned in such whole
sale fashion as you all profess to be,
but what is your plan of action2"
"Why, we are going to make some
practical experiments"
"Here, in this room"
"Yes; why not? But let me finish;
We mean to cook a chop, or steak,
each, and then we will show the old
soul downstairs how not to do it in her
own fashion"
''She will never be taught Mt her age,
boys" answered Teddy, with mourn
full shake of the head; chat is, if you
are 'pranky' here as in class"
''But we are not, we ncUer lark with
Mrs Grim, and she is the best old
creature in the world. But to bust
ness See: here are three chops, or,
rather, two chops and a ST eak; we wonld
have had fourth cut if we had known
you would turn up, old man. We have
drawn lots for first choice; l get this
nice thick one. and my ticket says
Fry Jimmy has drawn this"-point-
ing to thinner specimen-''andG Gus
will wage war with this beautiful
steakl'
cor the steak will wage war with
me" responded Gus.
Teddy critically examined the meat,
remarking that it wasn't fair to start
with, for anybody could see with balf
an eye that the chops were from very
unequal specimens, while it would be
f,,r Tbrfu 70
change with Jimmy, whose scrappy
morsel was labelled "GrIll."
"All right; but why? But you can
tell me after Here goes" dropping
his chop into a frying-pan with a
morsel of burnt-looking fat. He was
about to place the pan over the fire,
when it was rescued by Teddy, who
exclaimed
al thought as muchl Cold pan, cold
fat, cold chopl Fires all right, bnt
that's the only thing that ISL
why, would you have me make the
chop hot? What's wrong in having a
cold cbopl"
Nothing; I put it wrongly; your
mistake is in the pan and the fat; and
what a panp-holding it up to the
Gght-"why, it looks as if it had
served for salamanderl Never mind;
we will coax the fat to the side where
II is thickest. May L wipe it out?''
passing his finger round, 'fcr it looks
as if it wants 1t, following up his speech
by r vigorous rubbing with coarse
cloth, without waiting for permission.
"Here," handing the pan to Chris, 81
know enough of the theory of cooking
to tell me that was necessary; now, il L
may make a suggestion, you will re-
place that bit of fat with piece six
times the size, the whitest you can
find in this pot" passing over n
small jam jar which stood on the table,
Chris plunged his knife into the
contents, which shot mp like cake,
and caused him to blink, as something
of liquid nature splashed him in the
face.
"Gravy, I suppose" he hazarded
when he had recovered from the shock,
water, more likely, but theoo Is
some gravy here at the bottom, the
prime part of yonr little roasts no
doubt. but get on; here is beautiful
bit of fnt-beautiful by comparison,
that is Now let it melt and get hit.
Cant I beginp" asked Gus. "My
steak Is ticketed 'Broil, but for the
life of me don't know the difference
between broil and a grill. There's
no special hurry, but don't see the
force of Chris having all the fire to
himself Give me a hand or a hint,
Teddy"
Certainly, but why are you puz'
zled? A broil goes IN front of a fire
q grill goes on the top; everybody
knows that, surely"
"Oh, say, hero minute, this
looks like burningw came in an ex,
cited voice from Chris.
"Don't be alarmed, it is just right
/ meant to tell you to look ont for that
blue vapor. In with your chop; ] hope
you did not salt itl'
mo; 1 wonder / did not; though
ought to remember the effect of srl
on raw meat after the professor de
monstrstion last week. | suppose
can turn it in ten minutes? One bool
Rnys, Give a chop twenty minutes, anC
turn it once; another says, 'ren min
utes for a chop of moderate size, and
turn it very often How is fellow tc
understand which is righ.?"
'.Be guided by your second author
ity, and turn it now, this very second
Abr as Chris was making prod with
O fork in the lean part, "would you lei
out what drop OF gravy there is?'
seizing the chop on the point of pen.
holder, for want Of better tool, and
quickly turning 1t over.