The age-herald., 1900-03-28
Birmingham Men Interested in
 Results of Cookinu Lectures

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 The fashions may be a subject that men regard as far beneath their notice, for If woman discusses any late mode within their hearing the resigned air with which they listen to any description of modes would indicate their superb indifference to the subject. But if the subject of cooking en- ters into the conversation a man fairly beams with contentment, because he in- variably has favorite recipe that his chef has used on various and sundry fishing and hunting occasions. and judging from the Ingredients 1t is fearfully and wonder fully made. The many appetizing dishes that have been served at hunting and fish
 ing parties even take precedence over the deeicacies made by "his mother"
 The cooking lectures that have been so popular among Birmingham women have created no little interest among Brming- ham men, for as young bachelor express ed it, they are the sufferers"
 "Every woman" he continued, "who has attended these lectures has gone home and expermented with numberless recipes, and, of course, her husband has to be the suf- ferer I would be willing to bet that one half of the men in town whose wives at tended these lectures are now victims Of indigestion"
 But he was told that the lectures were given to really show that good cooking was an art and science, and that the woman who realized this fact would ',e able to distinguish between the dlgesto-e and indigest.oe dishes. The woman "le allows her family to eat careiessIy pre- pared food and unwholesome diet does not know the first principles of scientihc cooking and these lectures and demonstra- tions will be of immense value to her In se- lecting proper foods and preparing them Tor her table But this particular bachelor refused to be convinced, and insisted that his sympa thies were entirely with his friends whose wives were now experiment. ing with creamed calves brains and mush- room sauces, the recipes of which they learned at the lectures.
 There is one little woman in Blrming- ham, he said, "who is a most domestic little body. She is a leader in society, and goes to all the smart functions,' as you would caM them. But she really spends more time with her flowers and the domes- tic part than any woman l know who has as many social duties.
 In the first place, si1e is a good cook, for she realizes that unless she knows some thing of the "art," she will not be com potent to train chef. But I am certain that she never attended cooking lesson in her life. She has even got a chicken yard and her chickens are prize winners She is so successful with them that she fulnisnes her own table with chickens and eggs and sells all that she can spare. He went into raptures oyer this young matron, who was his ideal of domestcity. "Once," he said, "a heartless person careessly placed some poisoned sand witches near the c'hicken yard for the pur- pose of killing off some stray dogs that were annoying the neighbors, but the chickens by accident took an early break fast. My charming friend, on going out on the rear balcony, was mortified 10 see her favorite Bramahs and Plymouth Rocks stretched out Emply. But she began the work of resusctation, and with the aid of the cook, the butler and the maids, the chickens were really revived"
 The little group of friends to whom he was chatting laughed immoderately But he told another "At the fair last autumn" he said, "she sent a fine chicken to be placed in the poultry exhibit. But there was not any class in which to catalogue it, and tae chicken was left all day in the womans building. My friend was assured that it was being cared for, until the fol- lowing evening. She was accidently pass ing through an apartment where the chick en lay with it's feet tied. There was some thing very familiar about it, and she de- termined to make further investigation. She said to one of the watchmen in the building that the chicken belonged to her, and that she wanted to take it home There was a great deal of red tape about 1t, but finally the chicken was wrapped in a paper bag and restored to its owner who brought 1t in town on the car. The chicken | was so delighted that 1t really crowed all l tfhea way to Birmingham"