The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27
ROYAL PANS AND KETTLES.
SILVER PLATED WARE sold WOW
FOR THE KITCHEN.

NoWen nave been TnklnE Increased In
terost In the Culinary Art-The CoHeo.MaL.
Ing Frobiem-The View Chinn Chatting Dinhen.
There is no better proof OF tho increased and
personal interest that women nrc taking in
culinary matters than the dainty and costly
cooking utensils to be found now Mt tho house
furnishers'. A saucepan mnde of tho beat con.
per, silver lined, and costing 81, tells it's own
story. Never before in the history Of housefur-
nishing goods has an assortment of culinary
ware so expensive been nut on the market.
There arc long.handled frying pans of the
best grade OF copper, lined with silver.
and costing as much as most people would
give for q handsome sugar dish or n
! piece OF bricA.brac for the drawing room.
Dainty little stowpans cost from $40 up to
1880. according to size. Tho smallest are
hardly larger than n muffin ring. There are
water boilers Just as shapely and costing quito
as much as a handsome WISE or drinking cup,
and what women would BIO inclined To class as
dear little recoptacles," of make and quality
so fine that terrapin stow made in them can he
set before the diner in tho same vessel that IL is
cooked in. Yot a half dozen Of these terrapin
stcwpans, made of copper and silver lined. cost
$20-ftting holders for food so rare and far
famed as Long Island and Chesapeake terrapin
at SO and 50 a piece.
Two found so many of our patrons wanting
only tnO DoSt DOSSlDlO make OF cooking uten9ilB.
that We were induced to get out these goods
lincd with silver" said n member of n house
f,rnisb,n, Arm "Thoro = n,,nv ...,,.x
80" "o many "o"i'h'
women nowadays VINO take n peculiar pleasure
In puttering over food preparations. A large
nu,,h,r -, this o,,v uro I, ro,r,. ,,,,a,...
"n'oo =" '"'o y oo"S apartments
in the winter and cater for themselves; atleast
they prepare tho more delicate dishcs-the ONE
let's. bouillon. stows, &C.. and have the other
cooking can be relied Ie,i'V on a'''I A large "n num sep
OIL ias'ia,ous women make 'neir own eofeo
or tea anu thelr own cocoa or chocolate. oven If
Tho.o yrnuaon want - bo amso ,Ha, ,hnn n"n.
i"ese o"0" ""n 10 sur 'n"' 'he' nave
good. fresh drawn. fresh boiled water as a
oma,,or,ha. ,,nv o,n,t - 49, -" -
nma'.or 'nat .ney IAN. MAKE sure Oh unless
me the other day that cooking was a delight to
her. Thai she tool, tho same interest in n thu,
some take in crochet and fancy work.
The cooking itself takes n high order OF in
over she said. 1t is getting the food stuff and
the utensils together. bothering to keep up tho
fro and tho inevitob,e cleantnc nm .f,or,rord
n'', II 'no 'ne'i."U.e e'e"n,ns up a'ter"aru
that make women dislike cooking. Now l have q
1narnod ~ rom,,at Itha oIoa,. 80
",,"'u of'sui"'o i'Ho ''oeA l ave F" a'co-
hollamps besides and these pots and pans are SO
ing with them is more Ike play than work. of
ing mp. Ionly do tho actual cooking
she said that, from her. point OF view, the
able was the one best fitted to do the cooking in
2 houscnoid. ana She was sure she had more
maid could do the cleaning ana clearing up and
the errands. but The important. artistic part Of
the work she did herself. 4 man who was in
been at light housekeeping in an uptown
apartment This, season and that they were
actually spoiled now for ordinary viands
cooked In the ordinary way. Each had a theory
about how different things ought 10 be done. and
each cSperlnlcnted with the INTENT TO md ont the
best way to get the whole flavor and quality Of
different foods, They tried four different styles
Of coffee pots before they found one to suit:
ished ptheu utensils make a handsome show"
In this collection OF costly cooking apparatus
there are a half dozen or more styles OF coffee
brewers. Including the plebeian aGateware
and tinware coffee makers, there are nineteen
different - best style coffee. pots In the store.
The %costliest OF the high.Rrade pots sells at $l2.
o. course cheaper duplicates can be, secured.
for $40 and $50. One Of the $l2 coffee brewers.
with, its nicely adjusted alcohol lamp under.
of the cook or mistress. The lamp simply goes
out when the coffee Is ready to drink, and that
p 1s al be snsre i ,h so SaIu ct; and nt p ls fn1lsd ar fes So o syenIS
1t is formidable in appearance, a GROSS between
used in chemical experiments or various stages
Of germ culture. Nickel;plated and glass globes,
tubing. and brass framing are used In its con-
struction. The water passes from one globe TO
the otner and back again before the null havor
OF the bean is extracted. There are imposing
cohee brewers or pewter, aluminium. silver
lined copper, and hreproot china in the collec-
ton. Some have individual French burners
underneath. and others are to be set on ordi.
nary stoves or ranges. some very expensive
P ppsse Sne s or simple construction ana unusually
| want a plain, common sense coftee pot"
said a young matron as she eyed the assortment
displayed on shelves behind glass doors. Il
want one only large enough to hold four cups.
i have one that cost Sls and IFS no good" she
remarked to her companion while the salesman
WAS absent hllinR her order,
!" My coffee is never good. was the response.
II have given up trying to have it SO. 1t all de.
ponds on the cooks. II they know how TO make
1t they make II; and II they don't they don't,
and that all there is about IT,"
Both women were good-looking and eXpen.
siyely dressed, and the one who had arrived at
thls conclusion finished up with a sigh and an
air OF resignation. as though, the aGgravations
OF housekeeping were more than might be told:
"Of course, a good deal depends on the cooks"
aUrnnd fhn nthar 'hItf n,r pnffaa Ia IN ltun u q