The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-03
WILES OF THE CHEFS
BANQUET TlDBlTs ARE NOT ALWAYS
WHAT THEY SEEM.

WHAT THEY SEEM.
"a Cod and a French Cook Can "oEk
,.,,.c,es,,-The Breast of One-
arhicken, Has Been Known to SAT-
,.sv Twelve Hungry Diners.
r. has almost passed into proVerb
that many Of the dishes served up u
cheap restaurants, where nothing IS
wasted, are, to put it mildly, mysteries.
R,,+ an the other hand, most people
who patronize fashionable and more
ambitious restaurants are seneraay
content to accept the menu for what I'll
Is said to be, This blind trust IS some
what abused, and the amount OF 'fak.
ing, which goes on today in some OF
the well to do establishments would
probably surprise those who are un-
initiated In the higher branches OF tnei
culinary art.
For insta1ce. by the addition Of veg.
etable juice just before being d1sneoi
ND cod outlets are, at seasons #nen
salmon Is very dear, set before GUS
toners as salmon outlets and are,
needless to say, charged accordingly.
This deception, according to an ex-s. *:
chef, Is wisely praciced not only IN
better class restaurants, but also Ga
some Of the great liners.
Another popular trick as pracnceds
by the restaurateur is to serve veal
beef done up overnight In salted band
aces. while q skillful chef has very
little difficulty in palming off fatdsh
for sole on epicures who pride them
selves on the souudness Of their juds-
ment Of cooking.
On one occasion some time ago 8.
dinner for seventy-hve people was O..
dered at q well known fashionable res;
taurant in the upper part OF New 1ork.
a large consignment Of salno1-sa
been previously ordered, but, to the;
CONSERVATION Of the chef, the dinner
hour slowly approached and stu na:
salmon arrived -
In despair the chef, a Frepchnan,
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 into osalm-;
on outlets, and this rapid transforma-S
ton was soon effected by an addition.
Of vegetable Juice. The walters, who
naturally were aware Of this whole
sale deception, were given express Or
ders to report any complaints to the;
chef at once. However, to the Intense
delight Of the chef, all passed of well
and on hearing that his subterfuge had:
not been detected he gleefully e1-1
claimed, "Ah, cod and a French cook:
can work miracles" IS.
Green peas at certain seasons OF thas
year are naturally 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 a suf-s
fciently large quantity to meet the de-
mand. However, to fake peas does not
offer any great difficulty In times OF
stress, and by adding vegetable cosos-
ing matter yellow peas are quite COM
monty served up es green peas along:
with the duck and favorless new POI
tatoes, which more often than not
come from abroad
Roast veal served with a thick white.
sauce makes, says well known Chef:
a most satisfactory substitute for the
breast Of chicken, and therefore It does
not come altogether as surprise TO-
learn that the breast Of one> chicken
has been known to satisfy twelve
hungry diners. 5s.sr
1.-THE staff take good care Of the
breast Of chicken" was the comment
Of waiter who was being for the first
time Initiated into the mystery Of how
to feed dozen people OF one chicken:
Perhaps the cleverest deception prac-
ticed by eminent chefs IS the art Of
manufacturing the lobster patty, sos
dear to the heart Of the epicu-e. This
appetizing dainty would at first sight
seem to defy even the most ingenious
cookery fakir. However. here again
the arHul chef has overcome apparently:
insuperable difficulties, and many toothe;
some looking lobster patties are thus:
not always quite what they are said
to be. - 5:
The deception Is worked IN this way.l
i common crustacean Is boiled and the
meat carefully chopped of and put into
mortar, while afterward part Of the
shell Is added. The mixture Is them
vigorously pounded as fine as possibla.l
and on the addition Of davoring III
would tax the powers Of the most
critical ccnnoisseur to detect any dif.
ference between the gasronoudc mix-
ture and the genuine lobster patty. s2
"The various deceptions nave told
you Of" remarked famous chef 20.
the writer, "are naturally not prac.:
ticed every day, but are only utilized
IN times Of emergency, and these ernersa
gency moments arrive more frequently
than the rusful customer would lkei
01d ne Dut KnoW.'-NeW- tG<& 4GsS.i
graph
Scuu and gkuu.
"Sculls" and Skulls" are really cnef
word in origin, and both at various
times have been spelled capricionslyi
with ''c' or 'tk-" Pepys, the dtartst i
tells how he went Oh the Thames atty
one time "in scull," at another In q;
"skuuer." The origin Of the word ts
"skulle'' or "sculle," bowl or gobles
While the Uranium was obviously bow;
like in shape, a distant resemblance to-:
q bowl was also detected In the SCOOP;
ed out blade Of "scull" as opposed ~
the fat blade Of an oar proper.