Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-19
WILES OF THE CHEFS
BANQUET TioeIrs ARE NOT ALWAYS
WHAT THEY SEEN.


nirneies" The Breast of One
Chicken" Has Been I<aosvn 60 sat
tsfy Twelve Hungry Dfners.
IL has almost passed into a provert
that many of the dishes served up IL
cheap restaurants, where nothing 4,
wasted, are. to put Il mildly. mysteries
But. on the other hand. most people
who patronize fashionable and more
ambitious restaurants are generals
content to accept the menu for what Il
Is said to be- This blind trust Is some.
what abused, and the amount OF FAX.
ing which goes on today In some OF
the well TO do establishments wouId
probably surprise those who are nm.
initiated In the higher branches of the
culinary art.
For instance, by the addition OF veg
etable juice just before being disbed
up cod outlets are. AT 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 ex.
chef. is wisely practiced not only IN
better class restaurants, but also on
some Of the great liners.
Another popular trick as practiced
by the restaurateur is To serve n veal
beef done up overnight I'm sailed band.
ages, while a sklllful chef has very
little difficulty I'm palming Off fatasb
for sole on epicures who pride them.
selves on the soundneSs Of their judg.
ment OF cooking.
On one occasion some time ago n
dinner for seventy-five people was or.
dered at well known fashionable res
taurant IN the upper part OF New York
y large consignment OF salmon had
been previously ordered. but. 10 the
CONSERVATION OF the chez. the dinner
hour slowly approached and stu nc
salmon arrived.
In despair the chef. a Frenchman
decided to take the bun by the horns"
and procure another fish TO do duty for
the coveted salmon. Accordingly he
sat TO work 20 turn cod outlets into saIn-
on outlets. and this rapid tranSforma-
ton was soon effected by an addition
OF vegetable Juice. The walters. who
naturally We're aware OF this whole.
sale deception. were given express or.
ders to report any complaints TO the
chef at once. However. 10 the intense
delight OF the chef. all passed Off we'll
and on hearing that his subte-fuge had
not been detected he gleefully ex.
claimed, "Ah. cod and n French cook
can work miracles"
Green peas at certain seasons OF the
year are naturally n luxury quite be
yond the reach OF the man Of avera ce
means. while even caterers for fashion
able hotels themselves frequently have
the greatest difficulty in getting a SUI
ficiently large quantity 20 meet the de-
mand. However. to fake peas does not
offer any great difficulty In times OF
stress, and 10y adding vegetable color.
ing matter yellow peas arc quite com.
monty served up AZ green peas alona
with the duck and havorless new DO.
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 1t does
not come altogether as n surprise 10
learn that the breast OF one chicken
has been known to satisfy twelve
hungry diners.
The stan take good care OF the
breast OF a chicken" was the comment
OF u waiter who was being for the first
time initiated into the mystery Of how
10 feed a dozen people or one chicken.
Perhaps the cleverest deception prac.
nv l.. IL.
manufacturing the lobster patty. sc
dear 10 the heart OF the epicure. This
appetizing dainty would at first sight
seem 10 defy even the most ingenious
cookery fakir. However here again
the artful chef has overcome apparently
insuperable difficulties. and many tooth.
some looking lobster pattles are thus
not always quite what they are said
10 be.
The deception IS worked in this way,
y common crustacean Is boiled and the
meat carefully chopped OF and put into
n mortar. while afterward part OF the
shell Is added. The mixture Is then
vigorously pounded as fine rs possible,
and on the addition Of favoring II
would tax the powers OF the most
critical connoiSSeur 10 detect any diff.
ference between the gastronomic mix
ture and the genuine lobster patty.
The various receptions / have told
you Of" remarked famous chef to
the writer. ARE naturally not prac-
ticed every day. but are only utilized
in times Of emergency, and these emer-
gency moments arrive more frequently
than the trustful customer would like
did he but knOw."-New York Tele-
graph.