The sun., 1896-10-29
PIGEON WITH CHESTNUTS.
PARENT HoUsEWIVEs LEARN HOW
TO COOK THEM.

They and Seventeen OF Their Babies
Waited LonE for Mrs. Lemcko 10
Begin the Work OF Instruetion-But in
the Fad Their Patience Was Rewarded.
1t was announced last week by newspaper
joker that Mrs. Lemcke. the cooking expert,
would lecture TO the Lambs yesterday afternoon
on How TO RoSst Ham," Tho announcement
excited good deal OF attention.
why 'roast2" asked some people. "Tho
Lambs know q thing or two about roasting,
themselves"
About being roasted" objected others.
But why 'ham'P" insisted the first ones.
"Why don't they take up some nice chalng-
dish menus or something like that2 But hamH
And roast ham at that!"
They gave 1t up. Whether tho joke was still
taken seriously or not, fact is certain. There
was crowd nt the lecture. 1t WAS not, how
ever, on " How to Roast Ham," but. by a curl
Gus coincidence, on the topic "Concet," while
the menu was headed bv Roast Pigeon with
Chestnuts" Not n Lamb. not one single-or
married or even divorced-Iamb gambolled
down the aislcs of the Food Show and skipped
into the temporary lecture room in the corner
So much the worse for the Lambs. They might
have drawn several bits of wisdom from the oc-
casion. For instance, In regard to the pigeons
Mrs Lemcke stated this solemn fact: AS for
chestnuts, you must use only the imported ones
The little ones here are of no account"
This is statement which every Lamb should
lay we'll to heart There were other things to
be learned, too and one of them was patience.
Truly. woman is a noble animal. Talk about
Job! The women at the cooking lecture yester-
day sat there and waited one mortal hour. For
q time IL seemed Rs IL 1t would bo an immortal
e!r hs and s mao SsSa sa
wanted TO be right In the front row. under the
very drlppings OF the culinary sanctuary. wero
almost filled and the lecture began. tidy
mulatto girl came out from behind screen and
. tlNA fnI
burner. Then she disappeared behind tho
screen again.
lecture room began to cry. ".Hushabye husha-
bye, At ":l0 ANOTHER one joined In. Patty;
appeared With second teakettle and lighted a
second burner. Al 2:@O n woman. who wasn't
going to miss any of the pearls OF wisdom.
the edge of tho platform. However, sclflshness
doesn't always go UNPUBLISHED. The steam
from teakettle No. took all the curl on. of her
feathers and made an example OF her At t2:25
the anvil chorus was sung by sixteen out OF the
came on the scene with teakettle No. and be
gan wasting the gas from another burner. At
and n the nss Ills w m
The reporter couldn't see the watch. but con-
sideIs it likely that it wrung its hands. At
another chorus OF young voices: 49,
'iMamma! Mamma! MammaV
At 2:45 the mulntto girl appeared once more
and the burners were all going fun tilt For one
moment the situation seemed serious. i looked
Us IL THERE WAS uolniIlE u uo uOut anu IcG-
ture must end right there. The audience
watched breathessly. The infant. chorus sub
midway " 'twixt the range and the screen. Tie
problem was thrilling. Was she shy one kettle
or one gas burner; or BOTH In any iaI TaiG some me
was equal to the OCCASION. that mulatto girl:
She caught up pile OF timbals from one end OF
the table and pvt them down triumphantly at
the other end. Saved! The audience drew a deep
breath. and the cooking lecture wentGn. At2:3o
several women began a tentative shuthng OF
their feet, calculated to betray wild impatience.
The other women smiled YEARLY. but did not
of the seventeen babies tool; aturn at Promen.
ade all around the edge OF the room. At 2:I6
several people left in dnlGeon and disgust; At
and an egg beater. Tho piot was thickening.
Ike cream gravy. Al II needed was IS, a httis ~,
need was fulfilled. Mrs. Lemcke appeared and.
without taking time to apologize for tho delay.
A cooking lecture. as can be seen from the
prosramme already given; Is an Interesting
never in this wide world cook six squads accord
ing to Mrs. Lemcke's directions; but they hung
on her every word and begged the reporters,
almost tearfuly. TO publish the recipe in the
morning papers. So here 1t is
6 @ al, and o wash 0 six
ardns pork over the breast OF each; place them in
fSss Wa aR
."S stS@a sSs % s aH"e Of boiling @ waser5 Whsn
them nicely warm ain oTsraIpnf ons nn9lIST;
Tree the gravy from rat ADD lttle Drtn 10 the gravy
pour II over the pigeons ana serve. or mix one
spoonful OF cornstarch with half gill of cod water:
MD 1t TO the sauce stir and cook TWO minutes add
sufficient brath to make creamy sauce: cOntinusxto
d; for few minutes. strain, ana pour one tabIe.
spoonful over each pigeon and serve the remaining
sauce In n bowl.
Chestnut forc"ment-Place n saucepan with ono
tablesI oouful of fine chopped onion and two ounces
OF butter over the rre; cook nyc minutes. without
browning: add six OF fine. chopped fresh
pork from the oin: add twelve fne.CEoppcd mush.
rooms, twelve finely pounded cooEGd chcStnuts stir.
and cook Ave minutes longer; remove from tho IRE;
season with trnspoOnful OF salt onehnlf ten
spoonful OF pepper. and onehnlt pound Of whole
peeled and cooked ch"snuts three tablespnOnfus Ot
bread crumbs, mix nil together. aud use for su'ng
poultry. Another Is TO boil one pound OF peeled
chestntrs In mix TIL tender then pound them fine:
and mix with two ounces of butter. little salt and
pepper. and for stuiTing: mix with this purce
four ounces of sausage and ounce of butter