Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-06
TRIPLE TRICK STILL DRAWS
Husbands and Wives Continue to
Throng Gas Office.
MISS PHELPS AN ENTERTAINER
In Demonstrating Cooking Device It's
Inventor Lectures on Principles
of Cooking, Describing Best
Methods, old and New.

Husbands and wives continue 10 storm
the Omaha Gas company office with their
numbers and show of high interest in the
"Triple-Trick" cooker Miss Phelps has
proven an entertaining demonstration not
only Of her unique cooking device, but Of
all the principles of cooking.
Following Is in part enc of the demon
strRtor's little lectures. in which she points
out the Inconvenience os the old method
Of roasting in All old fashioned oven
In the first place the roast, being thicker
than a steak, is almost sure to catch fire,
which Injuries or destroys the meat and
frightens the cook.
II one succeeds in preventing a blaze
the roast must be turned every few
moments or II win burn on one side and
fail to cook on the other. This necessitates
almost constant attention. and there are
many other duties to perform in the prep
aration of a meal besides meat cooking.
Then, too, where women are using stoves
with broilers below the ovens they must
get right down on the floor every time
they turn or look after their meats. This
ia the proverbial last straw" and women
dodge the issue By baking meats occasion
ally, but far less often tnan they desire
first, because of the cost of operating an
oven rooster, and second because OF the
heat and discomfort which attends the
process. The woman who solved this
problem for her own convenience is Miss
Minnie Agnes Phelps of Princeton, ILL.,,
ana she has named the concrete expression
OF her ideas the "Triple-Trick," because
it combines with the roaster toaster.
warmer, steamer--yes, and it will success
fully heat fiatirons, too, and save both
the heat and the irons in the doing. But,
as Kipling says: That's another story.
Boiling Principle Applied.
The triple trick" applies the boiling
principle for the FIRST time successfully in
the heavier meats. 1t is used over one
small top burner of a gas or other flame
stove or on top Of a coal or wood range
A thin sheet steel plate shuts out the flame
so no blaze is possible, thus overcoming
the first great cause for nonsuccess in a
broiling oven.
An adjustable crate creates an air space
which minimizes the danger OF burning and
suits the triple trick" TO any pressure and
cooking degree OF heat and in consequence
the roast requires TO be turned but once
Cwhen II begins to look moist on top) This
turning saves the juices, insures ever
browning and an equalization of moisture
distribution in the roast or bird. You've
heard the old saying, The nearer tn,
bone the sweeter the meat haven't you
There's real scientific truth in 1t. TIT
juices in meats follow the law of gravita
ton as does water in the street-both run
20 the lowest point which in a fowl. TO
example is the breast and other bones-i
the bird Is placed its back in tn
rooster. as 1t all too often done. The breas
bone acts as a water shed-the juices follow
1t and large portion is lost in the back
The leg extrenities suffer the same los
and no wonder they are called drum
sticks" ~
Always put fowls on their breasts Unit
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