The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-17

Conservative old New Haven is soon
to have a twentieth century convenience
that will make one of the dreams of Ed
ward Bellamy practical realization. In
his famous book entitled Looking Back
ward" Bellamy describes great co-opera-
tive kitchens from which whole cities are
to be fed. New Haven will shortly have
big kitchen from which her residents
may order their meals and have them
sent piping hot to their homes all ready
to be served. This, in brief, is the
latest idea of Yankee invention, de-
signed to solve the servant girl prob
lem.
This scheme Is not mere dream. 1t is
an idea of New Haven business man
who has made q. success. 1t is backed
by over twenty other New Haven bust
ness men, every one of whom is prac-
teal and successful man in his line OF
business. These men have put their
money into this idea because they be-
lieve that they have in the scheme big
fortune.
Many schemes have been tried in diff
ferent parts of the world to supply
food for families through cooperative
kitchens. These schemes have never
been very successful, because it has been
impossible to keep food hot during trans
portation from one place to another. The
scheme of many families eating together
in one building has also proved objec-
tionable. New Haven has apparently
solved this problem by the invention Of
heat retaining devices by which plate
of soup or a roast of beef may be kept
piping hot for as long as seven hours.
The projectors say they, can deliver,
cook and ready to serve, many dishes
at price equal to that which the house
keeper pays for the raw product.
In speaking of his scheme, Mr.. S. H.
Street said:
This is not mere dream. I have
been studying this subject for years. I
have discussed 1t with the best business
men of the country. 1 have placed my
ideas before them, and they have all
told me that the scheme is practicable.
People do not realize that it is posi-
tIe to cook the cheapest portions of meat
in scientific manner and get as delicious
dishes as are served in the finest restau-
rants in the country. 1t has been demon
strated that you can roast beef that
costs 4 cents a pound-that is sections
of the beef that are not usually used
for roasting-and get a more nourishing
dish than you can from the choicest
cuts. This, however, can only be &C
complished by cooking the meat slowly
and cooking it in a scientific manner
Cereals are very difficult t. cook
properly SO are baked beans and some
kinds of vegetables. We will devote our
selves at first to cooking things that re-
quire long and careful cooking. We do
not propose to NEEDLE with steaks and
chops, which are easily cooked. Later
on we may take up all sorts of cooking.
when 1 put this scheme before the
gentlemen Who have formed the COM
pany 1 cooked a supper at o'clock,
packed it in my heat retaining device,
took it to restaurant, and had the res
taurant man put all the packages in his
refrigerator until o'clock He thought
the packages and found them steaming
hot I did this In order to prove that this
device will work as we'll In cold weather
as in warm weather.
I'VE have not yet arranged the full
schedule Of prices, but in many instances
we will deliver to private families food
cooked and hot and ready to serve for
the same price that the raw food would
cost private Individual. For example,
we will serve enough oatmeal for fam
lily of seven or eight persons for ten
cents. We will be able to put within the
reach of the poor man many good things