The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-07
}TILEs OF THE CHEFS
BANQUET T!CB!TS ARE NOT ALWAYS
.rEAT They SEM.
- s,od a.... :. rrenc., Cook Can WORK

,.TH..AAT THEY SEEM.
- s-od .aHs; :. French Cook Can WORK
xs:rac.eS" -E::e Breast OF One
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sscE 7.rci-> .:"a:cy Diacrs.
|: has :l::noSt passed into a proverb
chat man. O.. tire dishes served up il
cheap restaurants, Were nothing is
ysg:astel, are. 10 Dut i mildly, mysteries.
c;.t oa tie o;;::ar ;l;s2d. most people
who rat.o:i:;::2 fashionable and more
ambitious restaurants are generally
content l. accept tie menu Tor what it
is said to be. This blind trust IS some
what abused, and the amount OF fax
i,ic, which goes ca today IN some Of
the veil to do Establishments would
probably surprise those who are IN
Initiated il Tie higher branches OF the
culinary art:
For instance, by the addition OF veg
etable juice just before being dlshed
up cod outlets are, al seasons when
salmon is very dear, set before Gus
toners as salmon outlets and are,
needless TO say, charged accordingly
This deception. according to an e4-.
chef, is wisely practiced not only IN
better class restaurants, but also On
some Of the great liners.
-,o.,1,1o1. +,.iol 1fj jpnR
by the restaurateur is to serve veal
beef done up overnight in salted band
ages, while a skillfCl chef has very
little difficulty il palning OF fatdsh
for sole on epicures who pride them
selves on the soundness Of their juds-
ment Of cooking.
On one occasion some time ago a
dinner for seyenty-fve people was or
dered at a well known fashionable res
taurant in the upper part OF New York.
i large consignment Of salmon had
aaan previously ordered, but, to the
CONSERVATION Of the chef, the dinner
hour. slowly approached and still no
salmon arrived.
In despair the chef, a Fcenchman,
decided to take the bull by the horns"
and procure another fish to do duty for
The coveted salmon. Accordingly he
sat to work to turn cod outlets i2to Salm-
on outlets, and this rapid transfocma-
tlo2 was soon effected by al addition
OF vegetable Juice. The walters. who
naturally were aware CT this whole
sale deception, we're given express Or
ders to report any complaints 10 the
chef at once. However. to the intense
delight Of TIE chef. eli passed of well,
and On hearing that his su5terfuge had
not been detected be gleeGully ex-
claimed. "-Al, a cod and q French cook
can work miracles.
Green peas at certain seasons Of the
year are naturally a luxury quite be-
yond the reach OF the man Of average
means, while even caterers for fashion
able hotels themselves frequently have
the greatest difficulty in getting Gsuf-
fciently large quantity to meet the de-
mand. However, to fake peas does not
offer any great difficulty il times Of
stress, and by adding vegetable cclo--
ing natter yellow peas are quite com
monty served up as green peas along
with the duck and favoriess rev po-
tatoes, which more often than not
come from abroad.
Roast veal served with q thick white
sauce makes, says q well known chef,
4 most satisfactory substitute for the
breast Of chicken. and therefore it does
not come altogether SIS surprise to
learn that the breast Of one chicken
has been known TO satisfy tWeiTe
hungry diners.
THE staff take coed care CT the
breast OF a chicken" was the comment
OF :, waiter w.:o was being Cor tie ars1
t;:l,e initiatat; into t;,e mystery OF how
10 feed q dozen people OF one chicken.
Perhaps tie claverest deception Drac-
e;cei b. GniE:ect CHEFS IS The art OF
manufacturing the iobste. patty, SO
dear to tie heart Of TIE ep;cUTe. This
appetizips dainty would at first sight
seem to defy eTen tie most ingenious
cookery fakis. However, here again
The ariffal chef has overcome apparently
ins oe2aa:e difficulties, and many tooth
some looking lobster patties are thus
not always quite what they gre: saio
to be-
The deccption is worked in this way:
! common c-ust2cean is boiled and TIE
meat carefully chopped OF anu put into
q mortar. while aftcrwarl par: OF the
she'll is added. The mixture is then
iis,orouS;,.y pounded rs fine as possible,
and on tie addition OF lavoring il
wolld tax the powers O. the most
critical conno;sseur 20 detect any dif-
ference between the gastroncmic mix
ture and tie genuine lobster patty.
The various GeeeDtions | have told
you Of remarked I famous chef to
tie writer. ARE naturally not prac-
ticed ever day. but are only utilized
III times OF emergency. and these e2!er-
gency moments arrive more Frequently
than the trustful customer would I-ss
did he but know."-New York Tee
graph.