Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-17
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WITH A CHATTING DISH

A MENU for chatting dish supper
II which is certain to be acceptable
n to persons in general and the prin-
cipal dish of which is not so well known
as to pail on the appetite, says an ex-
pert, consists of the following:
Spanish Chicken.
Whole Wheat and White Bread Sand
Sailed Peanuts. Stuffed olives.
Fruit. Coffee.
For a party of six the cost was
found to be as follows: One five-pound
fowl at 16 cents a pound, 80 cents; a
loaf of whole wheat and loaf of New
England bread, 10 cents; two quarts
of raw peanuts, 20 cents; large bottle
of stuffed olives, 40 cents; half pound
of coffee, 16 cents; pint of cream, 20
cents; two sweet peppers, cents; one
tomato, cents; half pound of butter
is cents; fruit mandarin oranges
white grapes and fig bananas), 70
cents. Total, $3.50.
Spanish chicken-Select a fowl Gas
tender as possble) because there will
BE more breast meat and the flavor will
be richer. Cut up as for fricassee,
wash, then cover with cold water and
bring to the boiling point. Add sew
eral stalks of celery, season with salt
and pepper and simmer until very ten
der, then let the chicken cool in the
broth. When cold skim off the fat
take out chicken-the broth may be
used for the family lunch-remove the
skin and bones and cut in small pieces
the white meat, also the meat from
the points of the legs. Pour boiling wa
ter over the sweet peppers, which have
been cut in half and the stalk and
seeds removed, rub off the outer skin
with rough towel. Skin the tomato
in similar fashion. peel a small silver
skin onion. At table put tablespoon"
full of butter in the blazer and stir the
vegetables in this until hot, then pour
in and heat a cupful of cream, and last
of all the diced chicken, which, being
already cooked. only requires thor
ough warming. Moisten half tea
spoonful of arrowroot with little cold
cream and thicken the dish with this.
Cover and let get very hot, then pour
over small rounds of buttered toast
trimmed to. fit the ramekins. Lobster,
crab meat sweatbreads or calves
brains may be prepared in similar
fashion, being first boiled and cooled.
but for these the peppers tomato and
onion should be omitted.
Sailed peanuts-Shell the raw pea
nuts, blanch in boiling water, put in
baking pan. sprinkle lightly with melt
ed butter and brown quickly in hot
oven, NNHQ OH Oui SpIliihle Will
fine salt. Keep in closely covered tin
box or screw-top glass jar.
CHICKEN AU SUPREME.
Cold roast or boiled chicken, cut into
slices. The white meat is preferable,
but both may be used.
Two tablespoonfuls olive OIL table,
spoonful butter, l tablespoonful -four,
Y pint milk, 1 gill cream, salt and
white pepper.
Lay the chicken in the oil for an hour
before using. Turn it once that each
piece NAV be well coated When at
table melt the butter in the chatting
DISH stir in the flour, add the milk and
the cream and stir until smooth. Put
in the chicken and cook three minutes
or until the chicken is hot through.
CHEESE FONDU.
A cup of fresh bread crumbs, 2 cups
grated cheese, 2 eggs beaten light In
the chatting dish, over boiling water,
melt q tablespoonful of butter, add a
cup Of milk, a bit of soda. then the
crumbs and the cheese. Salt and pep
per and cook five minutes until smooth.
Last, put in the two eggs and stir for
about three minutes.
LYONNAISE POTATOES.
Slice a small onion very thin. Fry it
in the chatting dish in tablespoonful
of butter or dripping. Slice half
dozen cold boiled potatoes and fry them
with the onions. When they are done
sprinkle over them a tablespoonful Of
parsley. minced very fine
GREEN PEPPER SAUTE.
Slice green peppers, removing the
pungent seeds. Melt 2 tablespoonfuls
of butter in the blazer and cook the
peppers until they are brown and ten
der Salt to taste