Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-10-19
KAISER WILHELM $ oJORR.
MET.
An Elaborate Kitchen Department
Ministers To Ills Gastronomtcnl


MET.
An Elaborate Kitchen Dcpartment
Ministers To Ills astronomical
Paste.
The emperor as an authority ON the
art of gastronomy Is faoile principe;
Mt least he thinks he Is. and To near
him talk upon culinary matters one
would think him the greatest of living
gourmets but like everything else
William goes In for, he ovcrdoes II,
and he has ovcrdone his cooking To
such nm extent that II is Il hodgepodge
OF every school without any of the sub
tie characteristics of either For in
stance, his majesty is Unfortunately fond
OF truilies and has them introduced
into almost every dish of which he par
takes In the most ludicrous fashion
and quite regardless OF the accepted
canons of culinary art, II Is n wonder
to his courticis how the delicate frame
of his majesty can possibly stand the
perpetual assaults made upon II by the
quantity of exciting articles OF FOOD,
such as hisquc, etc, In which he IN
dulges The court kitchen Is under tho
control and superintendent OF the
court maishafs department, one branch
of which Is known ms the court Kitchen
office. The master of the kitchen has
several chefs under him and each OF
these individuals has from four to ten
assistants, There are separate divis.
ions for roasts, cntrcmcnts, fish ana
| cutrlcs and pastry, The stoves In the
imperial kitchen are of iron, and sauce
pans are placed ON IN Iron grid, by
means of which their contents are boil
ed IN an incredibly short space OF time,
IL you could peep into what Is called
the roasting.room YOU would see huge
stoves let into the walls, The kaiser IN
very fond of steaks, SO there Is n clever
device for cooking them and they are
sent to table point, a fnn.whcel
placed In the big chimney works nn
enormous turnspit which Is regulated
by clockwork, All the pastry Is cooked
In different ovens and iireplaccs, so
that the pies and tarts, etc, are never
tainted by the odors of the meat, game,
fish. vegetables and the like. When
the appctizing triilcs are cooked they
are NIL put into large glass rcccptacles
-cupbonrls, they might be termed
until the time comes to serve them to
the imperial family
IL IN not unusual for n telegram to
reach The master Of the Kitchen bidding
him to hurry to any part OF the country
where the kaiser may he temporarily
staying. Then he has TO take the
whole of the personnel with him, and
the pots and pans and molds mot for
getting the provisions, liquors, etc,
ctc.), and n special train OF ears dnshcs
Off with the toutc In boutluue on board.
This frequently happens when the en-.
pcror IL ut the mancuvcrs and when Inv
wants to let his generals ana the for.
cign military attaches see that he
knows how TO give II good dinner Usu-
ally the kaiserin draws up the menus,
and right wen she does IT, Her i'm
peral majesty IL n very strict ccono-
mist, Ike MI her countrywomcn, aud
never permits anything like waste 10
20 on " she knows II. When, however,
there Is Il big" dinner or lunch or sup
per on. the empress puts the RESPONSE.
bility on the master of the Kitchen,
who dcvotcs as much attention to his
work ns Nntel used to, aud who takes
his bills of fare to the kaiser for that
august pcrsonngcs approval. William
III, Is rather cNigcnt In these mnttey,
ms In I'LL others and he viii frequently
erase this dish and insert one more to
his own liking