The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-13
COOKING IN THE SOUTH
MYSTERTES or IT As THLI ARE RE-
yEALED 10 NOEYHERS yTSIIORs.
The Creole Kitchen, the Barbecue, and
the Attendant Delicacies that Hake
Them Popular.

EXPOSITION GROUNDS ATLANTA.
Sept. 2J.-The secrets OF these southeih
cooks! Dark-eyed and mysterious are they,
and IL vain you try 10 get from them OF
of the culinary knowledge mat makes
them famous. There is nothing quite 50
be found at the places where Southern
deiicacies are prepared before your very
ewes. and Of all these The Creole Kitchen
aud the Georgia Barbecue STAND out
mJst distinctly representative.
The Creole Kitchen is near the VIC
distinctly native as the delicacies 10
mans building, and IS. IN fact, annexed
thereto. Mrs Hugh Hagan, one OF me
Board of Women Managers, mas charge
of it. and IL will probably be the largest
source Of income which the Woman 5
department. will have. The Building l.
made of genuine Georgia logs, IauDed
with clay like The negro cabins or ante
bellum days. In the centre : lunch
counter, and its second story Is convert
cd into a roof garden, With bright avn
ings and decorative palms There are
pretty rooms also. 10 be used ior private
lunches.
The visitor who walks into this unique
restaurants main entrance is at once
impressed by its pretty Southern atmos-
pierre The Mattresses employed there
are nice col0red girls, who wear the re-
gulation black dress with white caps and
aprons bat behind the lunch counter an
old-fash ioned negro woman pTesides-a
genuine servant Of the old time In check
homespuA frock and bright bandanna
headdress. Then there Is the plarine sell
err DO you know what piarines are
Well, then. II you don't you have never
enjoyed the perfection Of New Orleans
MD mis- collier IL M
Orleans. and hers Is a distinctive ana pic
turt sque Individuality she j. as black as
ebony, with a face thaA shines with GOOD
will and cleanliness. ~ skirts are sunny
starched, and II ner dress should be rals-
ed bit, II would reveal that they are
as spotlessly clean as her headdfsss OF
white cotton Her frock is always or that
quaint purple calico which our grand
mothers used to wear. Herr apron is
volumlnOus and perfectly plain, and she
holds upon her head or in her arms
basket covered with spotless linen, and
filed with the cakes OF candy which give
her her name. PIarine is Mexican word
and means some sort OF sweet. Ask the
ebony woman how 10 make this delicious
brown sugar and pecan candy ana she
will nod her head mysteriously and give
YOU an indefinite answer, Tor the secret
is her own, and she does not ihtehd 10
reveal It any more than Helen Taylor.
the negro caterer from New Orleans, viii
acquaint you with the mysteries OF gum
bo. or at least with her own particular
method OF making gumbo, for everybody
has a different method.
This gumbo is a specially here, and so
Is wonderful crab omeiet originated in
the Crescent CITY. Crabs oysters. FISH
OF all kinds are served after the French
receipts that have made Creole cooking
famous throughout the country. The
coffee Is new brand Kobanna, and is
not sold anywhere outside OF New Or
leans.
The ceiling Of the first floor Is decorat-
cd In red and yellow, and the windows