New-York tribune., 1911-10-10

uncooked food in the bag Anything that
could be dumped in. Ike potatoes. OF any
thing big that wouldn't fan 70 pieces Ike
the roast, was a simple enough matter. but
when IL came 10 decorating fish or mar
shalling little cakes IN the unseen depths of
that buttery cavern. that was not go easy.
Then. too when the viands were done, the
troubles were not. for paper which has
been cooked for half an hour or more is
brittle. and little black crumbs Of II tum
bic into the food In spite Of the most care
ful student OF cookery.
II she is not careful, woe betidel A
crack may come in that little bag. and AL
the Juices so carefully conserved may be-
spatter themselves all over the stove. the
floor. the cook-a horrid mess, as every one
viii agree
Mo- sighed one OF the white robed
cooks, wtping her flushed cheeks, ''as for
saving labor by cooking with paper, there's
nothing IN IT, You get yourself all butter
and you'd have 70 call in the neighbors 20
help you get the thing out Of the oven
It's no Job for a lonely bride"
She was not a bride herself. be IL under
stood. The brides at Teachers College
aren't carrying on scientific experiments 20
ascertain hsw much heat a paper bag VIII
stand and whether steak cooks better IN
manila OF tissue paper. The students In
this class-forty-fve In aI-are sure they
are preparing for Careers as heads OF do
nestle science schools. So they have de-
cided ideas as 10 how things should Be.
THAT roast has a fine flavor" they
agreed when the brown and juicy mass was
tested. and the halibut was moist and
faky but the smeIts weren't brown enough
and the potatoes We're tough"
There was only approval. however, FOR
the Tough old fowP called for IN the
recipe. which was heralded as sure 70 come
out like q spring chicken" Sure enough
he was. gay az a young rooster, and brown
as the handsomest bird ever seen in sd-
vertisers' pictures. He was tender 20 eat.
moist and Juicy too, in spite Of the fact
that his life Juices We're supposed 70 nave
been sapped many moons ago and that ne
was not basted once during the hour and
a half he was confined In his paper cavern
The class seemed TO agree that meats
fish and vegetables OF which the Juice was
nrecious were better cooked under the pa
Der cover. which kept these juices from
evaporating. The meat and fish were
weighed before and after cooking, ana 1t
was found that the loss In weight was al
most a negligible quantity
Meat roasted in the old way loses 25 per
cent Of its weight. In big establishment
where meat ls roasted ~ be served cold
one hundred pounds Of raw meat viii sup
ply only seventy-hye pounds OF cooked
meat so the paper bag is valuable Tor such
cooking.
Careful experiments We're made 90 ind
the correct time and temperature for cook
ing and the recipes in Soyers Paper Bag
cookery VIII be amended when they do not
agree with the findings of the Teachers
College class. for soyer il is understood.
gives the recipes as a chef used them. and
the Teachers College class cooks as the
average housewife would. The class .s un-
der the direction OF Miss May =. Van Ars-
dale. who was very ioath to make amy
statements yesterday as 10 her andinss
about paper cookery. because sufficient data
have not Yet been obtained