Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16
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good for upholstering and are curiously
wry materials, with enough weight to ne
effective. Old style moreen is a fax goods
both striped and plain and in art colors;
arras. a drapery not unlike burlap and
Guldhall tapestries of both linen and cot
ton in every desirable tint; plain in pattern
except for the small raised dot of the
Guildhall weave and some bold design of
stripes and flowers.
Calcutta net for the window comes in
cream, delicate green and pale yellow. The
cream is the best, and all of 1t Is more
durable and far heavier than most window
nets Anatolian net is prettier because Its
mesh is finer and is marked off into four
inch square blocks with plain half-lnch
wide stripe. Nitrage net Is heavier than
the others and has an open mesh like them
You
May not have tried the flreless hay cook
stove but the United States army officially
has taken II up. and from the official re-
ports of the training school for bakers and
cooks at Fort Riley, Kan, the fireless stove
promises to become one of the striking ad-
dtions to the pharaphernalia of the army
in the field.
Captain Murray of the commissary de-
partment of the army took full charge OF
the experiments The first experiment in
cookery was with a half pound OF rice, a
half pound of hominy and one pound OF
beans The rice and hominy were placed
in empty lard cans; the beans were put
into the ordinary mess pan. Each portion
was boiled for five minutes and nested IN
the hay box. where they were left TWO full
hours. When taken out the rice was done
perfectly but the hominy and beans were
uudercooked.
An Irish stew and a dish of macaroni
Were the next tests. The stew was mace
Of fresh meat. potatoes and onions. Inc
meat and raw potatoes were cut into cupeS
averaging an inch square or less. The
onions We're smothered in bacon grease
which added much to the haVor OF the
stew The vessel used was of earthenware
and the stew was boiled on the fire six min
utes before placing in the hay. The maca-
roni also in earthenware, was Doied tEe
six minutes. Removing the stew at me
end of two hours 1t was found cooked to
the taste of an epicure; the macaroni at
the end of an hour and a half was trlfie
overdone, but was served acceptably at
table.
A second attempt with macaroni and to-
matoes followed the next day. 1t was
boiled five minutes and put into the hay
box for an hour and ten minutes, coming
out. as Captain Murray says as palataple;
in fact, l would say better, than if it had
been cooked in the stove" This seventy
minutes establishes the commlssary time
for that dish.
Beans were soaked over night, the water
poured off, and. with the necessary bacon
and seasoning placed in a jar and boiled
six minutes before going into the nay poX;
In two hours they were thoroughly well
done, ESTABLISHING lIlt Aiiiic AOi NiAS AK" >
bean.
Looking upon the experiments at Fort
Riley as something of value In the neld,
Captain Murray means TO design nay
stove of standard pattern for service
which shall ride in an escort wagon. He
has ordered powdered cork and corrugated
paper as substitutes for the hay in garri-
son, feeling that the non-conductivlty OF
the cork especially ought to give better
and quicker results in the fireless stove.
But he will make further tests with the
hay as something far cheaper and always
to be had in the field. From this training
school the army may expect tabulation of
foods and their necessary time in the hay
box.
This hay box was simply an old trunk
with close lid, filled with hay, into which
the food that had been brought to a boiling
point could be closely nestled, covered with
the vessels lid and a hay pillow laid over
all before the trunk lid was shut down
There Is no stirring, no need of attention
no fear OF burning or boiling over. The
scheme Is worth the while of any house
keeper, especially in hot weather.