Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-02-03
JACKETS OR NO JACKETS
This II Not a Fashion Article, but IL
Interesting to womsnkind.

This II Not a Fashion Article, but IL
Interesting to Womsnkind.
II Is rarely in this country that pota-
toes are boiled before they are peeled,
or, In the old-fash!oned way Of express
Ing 1t. in their Jackets" and yet in
Ireland the very headquarters OF this
vegetable, such a thing is scarcely
known as pre-peeling them. Those who
have never tried them IN this way are
advised to do so some day, when they
can make sure they are brought to the
table the moment they are done, and
not allowed to stand any length OF time
before they are eaten. Select those or
equal size. allow them, after washing
and scrubbing thoroughly, to stand
covered with cold water for half an
hour, then throw into plenty Of boiling
water. and after boiling twenty min
utes prick to the heart with a two
pronged forl.; If not soft, cook little
longer, drain, sprinkle with salt, return
to the range. and when the saucepan Is
hot, toss them, to allow the salt to
shake evenly through and to dry well,
place in a warm napkin on a red-hot
ter The flavor Of the snowy, heecy
morsels. taken from the Jackets and
buttered As they are eateD. will be
found to be much better than II peeled
before boiling: indeed. epicures declafS
they can detect the difference at once,
and as the most nutritious part of po-
tato Is next to the skin none OF this Is
lost.
Potatoes in their jackets make suit
able adjunct to oysters baked and
served in the shell. Wash and scrub
the oysters, put them In a large baking
pan In a hot oven. and in five minutes
or less they will begin to open and must
be sent to the table at once, six apiece
on hot plates. 1t is well to have
small red doiley at each plate with
which to grasp the oyster while open
ing. Grilled sardines are also particu-
larly good with these same pOtatoesi
they are very savory, yet easily pre-
pared. Grilling Is merely another name
for broiling. and unless one possesses a
perforated broiler, not expensive, how
ever, shaped Ike waffle iron, which
comes on purpose to cook articles that
would slip through the ordinary grid
iron or broiler. they may be cooked
easily, quickly and satisfactorily by
proceeding as follows: Make the frying
pan or chatting dish sizzling hot, drop
In teaspoonful of sweet butter, or use
the oil In which the sardines are pack
ed as preferred. The pan must be kept
very hot. when the fish will brown al
most instantly on one side, then turn
ed, Drowned on the other, and they are
ready to be served on toasted crackers
or squares OF toast softened with bouill
ion.
The butcher Will supply marrow
bones on purpose for grilling, and they,
too, fit In excellently with potatoes In
their Jackets. as would scallops, done
to a golden brown in boiling olive oil,
fried shrimps, roasted crabs and the
Ike.
People who have an open CRATE with
, = ussiissw'ns Gre ot hard coal. possess the
means, with the addition OF chatting
dish, that make possible most say
ory suppers imaginable. and may oe-
light their friends by novel invitations
to sup. with the words potatoes In
their jackets" added. instead Of dane
ing" cards" or what not