The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29
RAISIN BREAD
JUDGES BEGIN
THEIR TASTING
Chefs Enthusiastic Over Sample
I-oaves Submitted in The
Calls Competition
With Tired Palates They POST
pone Final Selection of the
Cup Winners

Praises lin the superlative degree
were bestowed upon the contestants in
The Cau's raisin bread competition by
The judges-Ernest Arbogast, chef Of
& the Palace hotel; Victor Hirtzler. chef
. ~ the. St Francis. and Arthur Logan.
. chef e the Stewart-who began their
work yesterday afternoon.
Never. they declared unanimously,
lad they. faced a finer lot of bread than
the rows Of loaves which awaited them
I'm The. Gail business office.
.~.:..Even that which we call bad here
=a6d can. NOT permit to enter the contest,
/: lis good bread elsewhere. Not one sour
.ioaf among them all" declared Chef
.s1fiClzIer. E..
=@@@..:-.It IS good bread, every grain of it,
Sa5si. Logan. and Arbogast, nodding ju-
*ajciaIt, said: TT is easy TO be seen
z.t5ia3.. only experts have enoked their
..bread#6pr The Can.
a. W. J. Gibbs. secretary Of the Pa
GJi@ coast master bakers association,
.la.sle IN TO see the baking display, and
ire expressed MS surprise and delight
rms Is a finer exhibit than we had
z4r tie pure Goodf show he said, and
.1be. people Of California should feel as
yf6Jd of it as they do Of their raisins
.=I have not seen one loaf Of poor bread
LoAVNs ARRIVE EARLY
Early yesterday morning: the bread
.Began To. arrive at The Call office, some
.g6ares stil} warm and exhaling spicy
-.od6rs some. of it was brought by the
contestants themselves. each bearing
the. precious loaf which may win the
Handsome silver :cups offered by The
.lSall. as. tenderIy as though it were an
infant some was brought by eager
*.srnaII boys. other loaves by father on
i5is way to work; manly by express. but
gal Il carefully wrapped, marked with
.nanies and addresses and bearing the
4urther Information as to whether the
contestant was professional.
I5read appeared from all parts of the
eitJ. Oakland. SaUsallto. san Rafael.
santa Rosa Sacramento. Santa Cruz
and elsewhere. and even from the far
away Point Arena lighthouse in Men
docino county came d delicious haky
Loaf studded with raisins.
SOME Of the bread was wrapped with
@arveioping folds of tissue paper and
Knots Of soft hued ribbon. several had
roses slipped beneath the covers and
one was in q dainty white box with
bunch of raisins tied on the lid.
9 When the judges arrived they be-
"a u. briskly 10 unwrap- the loaYes, then
segregated the nonprofesstonaI. and
the professional work
POINTS FOR JUDGING
The points were, primarily the
wei ght-many a fair seeming oaf was
cast aside after being balanced Tor an
instant in the hands Of the expert
then color, taste odOr and consistency
PLAYED an equal part
IIirtzler was the operating surgeon.
Armed with a knife with : ferocious
blade he hacked. the. leaves apart
sometimes taking. slices, sometimes
digging ont bits like boys plugging"
.VFaterrlel ons..
These he generously divided with
his fellow judges-too generously, for
ArbogaSt protested at the first loaf.
Make III small, make it small. Think
how many we must ~taste--giVe- US
little pieces" .-.t.
u
as they nibbled loaf after loaf
Too dry ION, yes, like paper
no. taste : Well baked" a good
flavor Of raisins." Bread? All. no,
my friend. it is cake, nothing more
than cake
one from san Rafael had cloves in
il which caused shudders and d de-
spairing cry Of cinnamon" brought
+: about q hastv exit for another. Some
:: times there were quick glances of de-
Light exchanged when particularly
fine loaf came up for inspection, again
hasty No settled the question.
one seeming treasure was discovered
by Arbogast in the midst OF his en-
thusiasm 10 have a spongy spot in the
middle.
HAD HIDDEN RAISINS
airtzler cut d loaf and exclaimed.
The woman forgot her raisins."
Look further counseled Arbogast.
Here are three" said Hirtzler. All,
the stingy woman.
-. Finally three loaves from the pro-
fessional class Were put aside for
comparison, with the choice to be made
this afternoon, the bakers being T.
Molinai Torino bakery, 1929 Dupont
street; Ernest Jensen, 1888 Ninth
avsuue.- Sunset, San Francisco; r.
Kfrschner,. 1925 Fillmore street.
Thirteen loayes of nonprofessional
most serious consideration, but finally
ii was decided to draw the line still
closer Six Of these loaves were judged
less excellent and then Arbogast pro-
tested. Il can no longer taste,' he
said "All the bread is the same to
me now" TRY a drink of water %
advised Logan. No, ii is no use. -
said Arbogast. I can taste nothing; my
Judgment would be worth nothing !
shall dream OF raisins tonight, any
way,
at is the same with me- said Hirtz-
Ter. Il thihk we viii return tomorrow
to complete our task. Who Will take
these and put them carefully-very
very carefully-away TO he sayed?"
QUALIFY FOR FINALS
The seven housewives whose bread
viii be IN the finals tomorrow. are:
Mrs william Blackwell 2965 Wash
ington street, San Francisco; Mrs
Marie Adler, 1870. Haigilt street. San
Francisco: Mrs. F. Bella Good. " 1908
Steiner street. San Francisco; Mrs A
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