Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-06-16
OLD TAVERN
The Old Cheshire Cheese, In
the Heart of London.
serves A FAMOUS PUDDING.

a Noble Pastry 1t Is, and II Was
Sampled by Such Men as Gladstone,
n;eksns. Thackcray. Tennyson, Troll
looe and Whistler.
Nearly all Americans when they go
% London make it point to visit that
.raint old tavern in the heart of the
sovsnaper and printing business. the
old Cheshire Cheese, to partake of
its famous pudding.
II is the Londoner's delight when he
cots back to Fleet street to make
rush for the pudding. and Ii Is almost
tho last thing he eats before leaving
!. travellers in the Sahara have seen
mirages of that pudding, and during
tho Boer war the men shut up i'll
Iadysmith and Mafeking dreamed OF
II at regular Intervals.
Precisely at / o'clock p. m. Tom con-
veys the pudding from the first to the
main floor. 1t is a big pudding. and
the price of it IS just 2 shillings-that
Is to say, feed of it Is shillings. rs
much as you please, us many shares us
vou ask for, cut and come again. all
for AZ cents of American coin. Cheap,
ave. and, oh. how good 1t is. 1t is
worth crossing the Atlantic to get
sniff of it. and the aroma fingers in
the memory for many day.
Rig? The dimensions are Falstafiian.
II is a round earthen vessel something
more than two dozen inches deep. with
a diameter of about eighteen inches.
A noble pastry, my masters!
When it is placed upon the service
fable an elliptical white crust meets
the hungry gaze. Tom and his myr-
midons take their places in front fac
ING the host, who. knife and spoon in
hand. poses with gentle dignity and
benignant mien. 1t is moment Of
solemn thought when every man hopes
that his portion will Ire larger than his
friends and that he will be blessed
with an abundance Of gravy. But
they ought from years of acquaintance
with the host to understand that his
ndHu Is as Steuus 90 Ills Juuohic -
impartial.
No more and nothing better for one
than for another. He waves his weap-
ons, and the first onslaught Is made.
The room is full Of delicious steam
bearing with it the concentrated es-
sences of ambrosial substances. The
guests sniff it up and murmur choice
| blessings on the cook. the original in,
| ventor, the house and the host. 1t is
time when men feel good, one to-
ward the other.
One smell Of that pudding makes
the whole world kin. This famous
pudding, which has tickled the palates
of thousands, is thus compounded:
A crust Of -four. water and suet.
Beefsteak.
Sleeps kidneys.
LArks
Mushrooms (freshly gatheredD.
Oysters.
Stock
Pepper and salt
But it is the boiling that does 1t
For at least twelve hours this HEAVIER
sent pudding is kept slowly simmerinl
IN an immense copper specially con
structed for the purpose. 1t must no.
boil quickly, but the same tempera
ture be kept up the whole period. The
steak assumes juicy tenderness; the
iarks-not sparrows. as some malig
nant spirit has suggested although
sparrow pudding is not to be despiset
ARE seethed to the bone. and 70,
can chew up each little songster with
out an effort; the kidneys are soft ant
mushy and offer no resistance to tn,
digestive organs. and the oysters. de
spite their heightened cooking. are no
ieathery. The amalgamation and as
summation Of the variety Of constitu
ents are perfect; the result is bliss.
There is story told of one eminen
htterateur who had seven helpings o
'ne pudding and stiI yearned for more
and there is another remarkable mar
ratlve of four men who ordered pud
Jung OF the regulation size and finishe,
1t among them.
. Pierpont Morgan praised the pud
uing. and Theodore Roosevelt was de