Evening star., 1909-07-06

Out-of-door life breeds mighty appeules,
and hunters, or those who are simply
'Ioafng" close to natures heart. will find
this recipe furnished by Andy, the Nestor
Of old chop house proprietors. dish to
conjure with. "Slice," he says, two
green peppers and ten good-sized raw po-
tatoes. Saratoga style. Slice also in the
same way six good, big onions. Put In
good sized iron pot in layers. Chop one
quarter pound kidney fat and mix with
the rest Season with pepper. salt and
celery salt, add cold water to cover all
and steam until soft stirring occasionally
while steaming. Slice liver one-ha1 inch
thick. rub in salt and pepper and lay on
top. adding one-half pound of good butter
ten drops tabasco sauce ana Two 'aoie-
spoonfuls Worcestershire sauce
Steam five minutes. turn the liver ana
steam three minutes. Cover platter with
toast and pour the stew over ALL Garnlsh
with mushrooms and tomatoes ana serve
hot. This declares Andy, lis not only a
dish for the gods. but 1t is heavenly. II
will serve six hungry hunters
Mountain Steak for Six.
This. too, Is one of Andy's specialties,
and deserves to go down to posterity with
his name attached like the chef d'oeuvres
of other Gordon bleus. Take" he says,
"a large porterhouse or a fiat bone steak
weighing about six pounds and remove all
fat and gristle, but leave the fat on the
steak. Nett one-half pound best butter in
q large wide iron or porcelain pot that
has a tight-f1tting cover. Lay in the meat
and par-steam on both sides.
Slice eight good-sized potatoes Sara
toEa style, eight large onions and three
fresh green peppers in the same way.
When both sides of the steak are golden
hue take from the pot and put In the
vegetables. Season with white, pepper,
salt, celery salt and a saltspoOnful ground
allspice and cloves. lay the steak on top
of all and cover tightly.
stir the ingredients often. removing the
steak each time and reversing sides when
and onions are soft. remove the steak and
put on a hot platter. Add to the pot
half bottle of good catsup, eight table-
spoonfuls English sauce and ten drops to-
basco. and simmer ten minutes. stirring
often with a skinner and with care.
when ready, shake Hungarian paprika
over the steak, or parsley. chopped fine.
or both. Garnish with frianges of but
tered toast and tomatoes quartered. This
dish Is generally washed down with ale
or stout"
Oriental Kabob.
Sharpen a small, straight stick. and on
1t skewer small trout or other pan fish.
alternating with slices of beef or pork.
Build the camp fire an hour before meal
time, to get a good bed of Goals. Then
set up forked sticks on each side of the
Goals. and between these lay the prepared
spit Turn constantly. but not too rapidly,
until crisp and brown. This is the old
Homeric method, and there is none bet
ter Lamb or beef cut in inch pieces. al
ternating with sliced onions or egg plant
well seasoned with salt and pepper, may
be cooked in the same way; also liver
and onions or a young chicken Slit and
spitted whole.
Sea Pie.
Take equal quantities fresh beef and
pork that has been freshened in cold wa
ter and cut in pieces. Cut potatoes the
same size and enough onions to agreeably
flavor the pie. Season with red and black
pepper and a sprinkling of any preferred
sweet herbs, cover with cold water and
simmer gently for two hours. adding boil
ing water occa sionally as the water boils
away. The meat must be kept covered.
Make good baking powder pie crust In
this fashion: Sift together four cupfuis
fIonr. three teaspoonfuls baking powder
and a teaspoonful salt. Rub in lightly
one cupful lard, then make soft dough
with cold water. Roll out. dredge with
flour. fold and roll again. Make about an
inch thick and of a size to f1t the pot.
Cover the meat with this and boil without
stopping for half an hour or longer When
ready to serve cut into sections and give
one TO each diner, with its accompanying
meat and gravy If you have no fresh
meat, fresh Ash or chicken may be sub