The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-30

Home Cooking is Always at
a Premium in
a City.

1T seems strange" says Mrs. C. w,
Musgrave, manager of the lunch room
of the Young Woman's Christian assoc
citation in Brooklyn, that more women
who are forced to earn their own liv-
ings do not open lunch rooms of some
kind The first thought Of a woman
who has to support herself seems to be
that she must do something of which
she knows nothing and which requires
a long apprenticeship and a special ed
ucatlon.
Now one cry that we hear from all
sides is the need Of well-cooked food
and the inability to get it. People
particularly those who are obliged to
take their meals away from home and
who cannot patronize the most expen-
! sive hotels and restaurants, find great
difficulty in obtaining simple, we'll
cooked food
Two or three women could do bet
ter than one. and it would be neces-
sary to attend personally to the work
Of the lunch room first. Later it would
be possible to educate intelligent maids
and to only oversee the work. The
work could be done probably between
the hours of 10 a. m. and p. m.
For luncheon there must be, of
course, the three standard drinks, tea
coffee and chocolate. The coffee
make by the quantity, in a French cof-
fee pot, as coffee made in that way is
most generally liked. I make tea in a
small teapot, very strong, so that it is
| not much more than an extract, and
| as the orders come, | put a little Of
the tea in a cup and fill it up with hot
water and find the results are very
satisfactory Chocolate has to be
made separately. Tt would be well to
have a speciality in some hot bread
Parker House rolls, for instance, as
many people like them. Then eggs
are always satisfactory, as they can be
! kept on hand and three or four differ
ent dishes can be made, in three or four
| different ways, to order. Egg sand
Wiches are particularly nice, and
creamed eggs car be prepared with
very little trouble, and make a very
satisfactory dish to serve.
1T will be necessary to have some
cold meat for people who do not eat
! eggs, and tongue and ham are the best.
| The canned tongue keeps in very good
| condition, and will not dry if covered
with bowl. There must be plain, white
| bread, and graham bread takes well.
! The standard Of homecoming will best
| be kept up if everything is made by
the proprietors of the lunch room or
| under their supervision. One thing.
which will be found very satisfactory
for change will be chopped ham sand
| witches. The ham should be put through
| a grinding machine and then mOistened
| with a little cream sauce
! THE mixture will keep for a long
time, There will not be much cake sold
unless it is very gOOd. 1t would be we'll
| to have one kind of cake one day and
another the next making a speciality of
| several different kinds. Crullers are
good, but not so many will be sold in
summer Coffee jelly is an inexpensive
| dessert which sells well, though there is
| but little demand for orange or lemon
| jelly All of these things a woman who
| has any idea Of cooking could learn to
make to perfection. She must make
| them well if she intends TO do we'll.
| They must be very good and present
| dainty appearance One thing, il will be
| necessary to do always, even after a
| lunch-room is so well established that
maids are engaged to do all the cook
| ing, and that is to carve and serve. l
| have found that l can serve six more
people from one leg of mutton than the
maids can. They do not manage as well,
| and they might show partiality. giving
a larger portion to one person than to
| another.
THE question of location is a most
! important one. 1t must be where there
viii be certain, steady custom, and
| it cannot be where the rents are too
! high. If a person had few rooms in
| a dwelling house that could be used it
would be a great advantage. The
! vicinity Of school would also be very
| satisfactory, as the great thing is to
! secure a certain, steady patronage.
! Possibly. arrangements might be made
! to have a room in a business building,
| There are many things to be considered
! in deciding upon a location, and It
would have to be settled according to
| inltNialln1 cirnIIrn ST q nnHs ~