The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-02-27
TIE ANIMAHISCOPE NIGHT.
II Drew a Crowded House at the Food
Exposition.
Fifty Babies Entered to Compete
for Prizes in TO-Day'S
Baby Show.

Last night was animatiscope night
at the Pure Food Exhibition and the
people had read the Record
and found it out, for they kept Ticket
Seller Dodge busy passing out the
pasteboards to them.
At no time since the Exposition
opened has the crowd been so great at
Armory Hall, except on the afternoon
of the first baby show and it is conf
IDENTIFY expected that the attendance
this afternoon will exceed even that.
Miss TracyS lecture was well at
tended in the afternoon and many had
calculated on hearing her in the even
ing, but as so many pictures were to
be shown by the animatiscope it had
been decided to have no evening lee
ture and they were disappointed. How
ever, they had plenty to console them
and attract their attention, for an ex-
cellent musical programme was offered.
Fully !, 800 people We're present during
the evening and at times the crowd OF
promenaders was so thick that one
could hardly get through it. Where
samples We're given at the booths, the
crowd was the greatest and showed its
appreciation of the toothsome viands
given out.
The exhibitors express themselves as
more than satisfied with the success
of the exhibition and are already be-
ginning to lay plans for another expo
sition, feeling that it has been the
means of educating the people and as
sisting them to find out what is to be
procured in the way Of pure food.
CAKES AND OYSTERS.
Miss Tracy was billed to talk on
"Chafing Dish Cooking" but the man
agement although making strenuous
efforts, was unable to secure a chafing
dish by which to illustrate her lecture.
She therefore first took up the subject
of cakes and oysters. In preparing the
ingredients for cake, she said, it is bet
ter to soften the butter. which will save
considerable work. Do not let it get
oily. however. Accuracy of measure
ment is the only thing that will insure
certain results. She would first take
up pound cake. The recipe calls for
one-half cupfuI of butter. This is for
half of pound cake, a full pound cake
being twice as much Pack the butter
tightly into the cup, so as always TO
have the same amount. If it is not
packed tight, there will not be enough.
1t is necessary to be accurate about
shortening. If there is too much, 1T Will
take too much flour and if there is not
enough, it Will take too little. 1t is bet
ter to cream the butter. Use one cupful
of sugar. using the same cup for both
sugar and butter, as economy of dishes
is necessary in cooking and is one of the
things taught in cooking schools.
Add the sugar gradually, Dreaming in
a little at a time. When the sugar is
thoroughly moistened with the butter,
cream it carefully before adding the
eggs Add five eggs unbeaten, one at a
time. beating carefully. This makes
less labor and it beats in the air. Beat
ing the eggs first is a waste of labor.
If more than one egg is added at a time
they do not get mixed in as thoroughly.
The more pound cake is beaten, the
finer it will be. 1t is really the most
difficult kind Of cake to make, as it re-
quires so much beating. 1t should be
beaten five minutes between each egg.
The old-fashiOned way of making
pound cake. with pound each of butter,
sugar. eggs and -four does not call for
baking powder. as the eggs tighten it
is better so use a rounding teaspoonful
to two cupfuls of flour, measured after
sitting. In pound cake never use any
wetting but wine or brandy She pre-
ferred to use neither.
Measure the flour rounding, beat thor
oughly, putting the first cupful before
adding the rest. so as to make the batter
perfectly smooth. In making ordinary
cake where wetting is used, break the
eggs in separately. If all the milk is
added to the butter, sugar and eggs, the
butter viii separate and rise to the top,
so add the milk and flour alternately.
Another way is to add the flour first, and
then the milk. Tighten the baking pow
der, as when packed tight too much Will
be used, and too much destroys the tex
ture of the cake.
She had done away with saying
heaping teaspoonfuls, as some people
do not use judgment and use as much
as can be heaped on the spoon. Mix
the powder with the last Cupful of flour