The Washington herald., 1907-01-20
COOK WITHOUT FIRE.
You May Do So in the New
Electric Furnace.
BALTIMORE MAN HAS A PLAN
No More Culinary Troubles II DE-.
Morse Succeeds In Proving Utility
of Turning n switch ON and on
According to Schedule.

OF turning switch Uh anu Oh
According to Schedule.
Electric cooking in every household
may revoluuonize the modern kitchen
should the experiments now being made
by Dr. Harmon n. Morse, professor Of
analytic chemistry at Johns Hopkins
University. prove to be Of practical value,
says the Baltimore News. How much
this would alter twentieth century civil
izatlon. not TO mention the twentieth
century stomach. is a difficult question to
answer
1t viii be recalled that a few years
ago DR.. Morse invented a new type Of
electric furnace that exceIled IN practical
value and ia the height OF the tempera-
ture produced. Lately Prof. Morse, with
his assistant in research on the Carnegie
foundation, DR.. J. c. ". Frazer. has so
improved his furnace that it can now be
used for cooking. The heat can now be
regulated to within less than one degree,
and the desired temperature can be main
tanned at a constant point indefinitely.
The furnace possesses domestic adyan-
tages that are 10 be found In none OF
the ordinary modern ranges. The prob
lem Of hauling the coal up out OF the
cellar is solved. The care Of the range
Is obviated, and there Is no possibility
OF spelling the dinner. No one will be
obliged TO rise IN the cold, gray dawn
to light the fire, and the fuel bill may
disappear.
Experimental Cooks.
The ono disadvantage of the furnace
IS. Of course. the fact that the cooks
viii be obliged 10 experiment with the
furnace TO discover the exact tempera-
lures and times that the various articles
Of food require Cor perfect preparation.
To remedy this defect, or, rather. this
lack Of experience, It Is said by those
who are in q position 10 know whereof
they speak that Prof Morse is amusing
himself IN his leisure moments with
series Of extensive experiments 10
determine values Of various foodstuffs
and the temperatures at which they must
be prepared 10 obtain the best results.
with "a view to publishing a treatise on
the subject Of cooking, including tables
giving In detail the results OF the work
and the temperature and the time neces-
sary for the perfect cooking Of the or
nary staples % food
This cook book may simplify things for
the prospective electrical cook, and will
furnish ali the needful information, so
that a child can cook any size dinner per
fectly with the aid Of Prof Morse's notes
on the subject. Those who have seen
the results OF the experiments that Prof
Morse has made Up 20 date say that the
completed work will take precedence over
Nine. R0rer's similar treatise, owing TO
its extreme simplicity and novelty.
DysDeptics' Friend.
With the support OF the cook book. the
new stove viii stand forth as the friend
OF all dyspeptics. II the instructions IN
the book are followed. there viii be alb
solutely no chance OF burning the food
for the stuff 20 be prepared viii simply
be placed in the oven. the temperature
properly adjusted, and, after the lapse
Of definite time, the food will be re-
moved. done 10 a turn. No more burned
or UNDERGONE roasts- The vagaries OF
the ordinary range. the extreme uncer-
tainty OF the temperature, are thus done
away with, and the heat viii no longer
be tested by the color Of a bit Of paper
stuck into the oven. nor will the done
ness Of a pie be ascertained by prod
ding the crust with "a straw abstracted
from the family broom. Here the tenn
peratUTe is definitely settled at the start
while in the case of the cooking lessons
In the ladies' own papers the constant
use Of "a thermometer and the constant
jollying Of the fire are necessary.
Electrical Restaurant,
One result Of the recent Improvements
made IN the furnace that Is probable is
the establishment of an electrical restau-
rant at the university. Good meals viii
De served. all electrically cooked. at mod
crate prices. This project is only in the
form OF suggestion from one Of the stu
dents interested, who regards the proposed
electrical cafe as an excellent method OF
testing the furnace. Il is asserted that
such a cafe would readily pay for itself.
owing TO the decrease in the fuel bill and
the other savings consequent on the adop-
tiOR and use Of the electrical stove.
One practical use Of the furnace Is the
'telOpyric" application Of the scheme.
This viii be an adaptation OF the 'telhar-
monium," the scheme that has lately been
introduced into New York for the dispen-
sation Of music. A central supply station
viii be established. with powerful dy-
namos for the production Of the necessary
current, which will be distributed 20 the
dwellings Of the subscribers at so much
per. The cook will merely have to pre-
pare the food for cooking look in the book
TO see the required heat and time. set the
hand on an Indicator at the desired degree
and throw on a switch. After tht des-
ignated period has elapsed the circuit can
be broken and the food removed from the
furnace perfectly done.
Fine for the Chef.
The advantage Of the electric stove for
the chef is self-evident. And the assist
ance to the man who has dyspeptic ten
denotes is greater, for he can find out the
exact temperature at which his food must
be cooked to agree with him. The Cocks
Union and the popularity Of Natures
Vegetable Cure for Dyspepsia" may be
come things of the past, and Dr. Morse
may gain many lifelong worshipers in
the persons of the emanCiDated house
wives and the ardent dyspeptiCs. includ-
ing the powerful head of the Standard
Oil.
Remembered the Former Occasion.
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