New-York tribune., 1896-01-12
THE BAKERS SECRET.
HOW GOOD THINGS ARE sPOILED-THE
MYSTERIOUS FIVE DEGREES OF HEAT.

son adds 10 the list 'Fcrmulae abound for dishes
| OF every nation The wearied housekeeper may well
exclalnl that Of the making Of many recipes there
IS end. Yet In spite Of this 1t Is matter or
| doubt whether cooks are much wiser today than
when cook books few. Set formu.ae are OK lit
tle individuals who do not know how to apply
! them. Wat the novice IN housekeeping needs is
! instruction in methods OF work.
Even the average cooking school pays more al
tent.on to explaining rues than 70 method Tho
| manner OF putting together ingredients is seldom
explained nor the exact method Of baking. orolling
or boiling. Yc, the last essential, many recipes
demand slow baking. O.hsrs quick fire. and others
a medium oven. Any variation IL fatal 10 the
cess OF the rule, Unless the cook IS already an
! pert baker ard understands generally how to treat
/ various recipes. The simple directions TO bake
/ ten" twenty" forty minutes" the case may
/ BE-. convey donaite idea % the degree of heat
Required. When the novice IN 60. h.ag tas learned
10 bake boil fry and bro scientifically she is able
| ID any cock book ard can easily excel pr)vilcI
/ she knows how to put the forlu.ae together.
There are countless intelligent housskeepers who
! have never mastered the methods Of baking The
| ere uncertain w.o.ner they viii have "sood luck"
| With their bread VIII It out with a charrsd
crust or hopeessly slack baked. The professional
! baker has ID such DOUBT Ee must know what WI
be the result Of hs baking. The average novice
has but idea % baking strong oven. Her
sole effort seems u b. 80 get the not enough
under the mistaken impression ihat all baking re-
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the article * not burned, and that is the proper
desree OF heat for pastry. bread cake mer!ngles
ard everything e.s4
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moisture driven out Of it. while sponge cake AMI
merngues are reduced 70 the consistency of lther
fruit cake baked at such heat without being
o'''i o''oineS I'Huc'h % 'ne consistency OF chp
| II j. matter ~ regret that stove ovens
regulated in domest. Kitchens bv the th.rr,ooa;s-
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repeated e,Dr. I'm minutes t.!I The m,ar is done
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tn" oven should p, a. hot as 10 Is possible 10 get
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reduce the beat of the hr" huf the damp"r over
the oven should never Doc TURNED Off except when
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