New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-05
MAYONNAISE AND SALAD.
A COOKING LECTURE GIVEN BY MISS
ANDREWS AT THE GAS EXPOSITION.
RECIPES FOR BAKING POWDER BISCUIT AMI
STUFFED TOMATOES ADDED TO THE LIST

RECIPES FOR BAKING POWDER BISCUIT AND
STUFFED TOMATOES ADDED TO THE LIST
OF GOOD THINGS TO KNOW.
Miss Andrews lectured on cooking again yester-
day afternoon at the Gas Exposition in Madison
Square Garden. She demonstrated the delicate
points In cooked mayonnaise dressing and lettuce
salad. pan Of baking powder biscuit and dish
of stuffed tomatoes
BAKING POWDER BISCUIT.
THE oven" said the artistic cook. is the i'm
portant element in good biscuit. IL must be very
hot" Then she mixed three cups OF flour. with
three teaspoonfuls OF baking powder. one teaspoon
full of salt and three tabespoonfuls OF butter. into
Il dough. and mostened it with milk and water in
equal parts. IF you all milk the biscuit will
brown too suddenly. so l prefer TO mix 1t with
water" said she as she tested the oven and slipped
the tin Of biscuit In.
STUFFED TOMATOES.
Then she prepared tomatoes for cooking. Stuffed
tomatoes. she called them. She cut from the tomato
the heart OF 1t. and filed up the cavity with UNI
cooked rice and raw chopped meat in equal parts.
Placing the tomatoes in dish. she covered them
with broth and covering them up they were al
lowed to boil slowly 70: one hour. The filling
swelled with the boiling. and when the tomatoes
cooked they round and smooth In
appearance though they were fresh from the
vine.
The salad dressing was the mex; thing to be pre-
pared. This dressing" said Miss Andrews. rs
designed for the people who do not like maYon-
naise made Of oil. This will last long time when
bottled and kept In a cool place. | take two table
spoonfuls of butter one Tablespoonful Of -four. and
cook them together. the butter dissoving all the
Jumps in the -four. This season with mustard
pepper extract of celery and onion. Now on the
beaten yolks OF three eggs | pour a cuprul OF
cream and beat them well together. After adding
half a cup Of white wine vinegar TO the solution
cooking on the STOVE. pour il over the cream ana
eggs and as soon as it coos IT Is ready for use.
Your biscuits burning shouted a man :
voice in alarm from the audience.
This was too much for even the soiemh''y OF
such an occasion as cooking lecture, and as Miss
Andrews few to the oven the audience applauded
vigorously But the biscuits were done to a turn
and were the exact counterpart OF the so-caieo
biscuit -colored fabric Of my ladys gown
The cook consulted her watch. The biscut-col-
ored tint was made In exactly fourteen minutes
The audience called for n look al the artistic salad
mat Miss Andrews had also found time to pre-
mare The maid passed II around In the audience;
and one delighted listener sent a large puh,h oi
roses the cook But the eggs OF me saI I "% az
the lettuce and the roses we're no NOR ~
den, in hue than the artistic triumph OF the COOK,
The stage was decorated Win pi"''"' e"'
Il want also to say something on a subject near
est nv heart" said Miss Andrews, ana tna' i
Sret civ n inv the experiment They now have
ff,een schools in which cooking Is department.
Here are just starting TO tram NE lehcn' ia
it. so | anticipate a move III the u''e0"o" VI NV
To.n,ght Mrs Rorer will deliver short lecture.
and Mrs Lernoke will follow with a demonstration
OF how an eghf-course dinner may be prepared III
forty-five minutes.