New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-24
And There Is No Watch
ing. Stirring or APP
prehension of
Searching.
BY Martha MeCulloeh Williams.

A French woman. student OF medicine,
has Just won her Doctors degree with a
paper on scientific cookery. In it she i'm
presses forcibly the fact that good feeding
is not merely necessary TO good health, but
essential to its restoration. Further, she
sets forth that the Stops and messes TO
which invalds are commonly condemned
not merely have no reason for being. but
that they are positively hurtful They over
work stomachs already weak. IN sympathy
with debilitated bodies; worse still, there
is no commensurate return for the work in
the way Of nourlshment Yet It il mani
testify impossible for sick or weak or aillng
folk, old people and little children to feed
upon the hearty" things. or those highly
spiced and sauced. which suit healthy per-
sons Of strong appeutes and stronger diges-
tons.
Right here comes in the paper bag cook
cry. BY It's aid food IS made tender, easily
digested and is favored az nature wills,
with only the added savors that fire brings
out. Not only meat and vegetables. but
fruit as well. The French woman lays
stress upon the fact that fruit IL almost
curative for many things II properly pre-
pared. Stomachs running TO acidity. which
viii not tolerate raw fruit, take it CRATE
fully II II is stewed v,.y tender and, in
stead of being sweetened. treated with a
little bicarbonate Of soda. This not mere
ly takes off the edge of flavor, making
the fruit more palatable, but serves in It.
IL 81 Ia
tons.
Stewing fruit slowly is work demanding
the incest care. II demands also. especial
ly for an invalid, scrupulousness as TO the
vessel used II it is Of brass or copper It
must be secured very. very clean; II of
enamel it also should be secured. with the
further precaution Of seeing that there is
nowhere a crack or chip I'm its surface. The
crack or chip let's the fruit Juice get through
to the iron, with the result Of corroding IL.
But that is far from being the worst. In
cracks and Clipped places microbes gath
err staying there past any dislodging, ex-
cept through fire. Now, an enamel vessel
cannot be burned out" as our grandmoth-
ers burned out their cast iron pots and
sllillets, by turning them upside down over
a glowing fire. leaving them ill red hot,
then cooling them slowly and afterward
securing well. Such treatment for enam-
elled surfaces spells destruction. A chipped
kettle or saucepan is a constant menace
unless one IS at the pains Of boiling water
in It for several minutes after each using.
dropping a lump Of soda I'm after the boil
ing ceases, and letting 1t stand until cold.
But fruit cooked in a paper bag is wholly
sanitary. There is, further, no trouble Of
watching, OF stirring; no apprehension Of
scorching. Still further. the skins OF such
things as plums. grapes, etc, become so
tender that they resolve themselves into
the pulp with a little stirring Cook fruit
in paper bags without sugar, adding only
a little water, if you want It very tender.
Peaches should be scalded I'm boiling
water for minute and a half then the
skins removed, and the fruit, on the stones
put 10 stew in a lightly buttered bag Add
a tablespoonful Of water for a dozen large
peaches-less II they are very juicy. Cook
for twenty minutes in a fairly hot oven
Stacking heat a third after five minutes
from the putting in. The pits give an
adorable bitter-almond favor. Add sugar
to taste. while the fruit is very hot and
an invalid choose sweet. very juicy peaches
cook in small quantity-say, half a dozen
al a time-without adding water, and but
tering the bag well. Serve unsweetened
with thick cream
Malaga grapes. cut in half the seeds re-
moved and cooked for twelve minutes On a
hot oven. then sweetened very lightly and
dashed with sherry vino @,ill tempt a
tickle appetite and even stimulate &c. Use
the very best sugar-crushed loaf, If posso-
bic Powdered sugar has a slight tendency
20 clot. For diabetes sugar % any Kind is
forbidden. Either peaches or grapes may
be served without % IN such cases. But TO
convaIcsccnts from wasting fevors, or peo-
Die I'm low and run down condition, sugar
and cream will be found as helpful as they
are tasty.
Wash gage plums very we'll put them
in a buttered bag with Il very little water
and cook twelve 90 twenty-five minutes. de-
pending Oh the quantity, in a fairly hot
oven swcctsn while very hot, or add soda
il swcetcning IS forbidden. Add IL very
gradually tasting often 20 End when The
acidity is sufficiently ahated. Too much
soda makes the fruit tasteless and may also
disturb a weak stomach
Baked pears are Ielishcd by almost every
body. Ripe fuu-navored fruit o. medium
size and evuu As the best Cut off the
stalks close. snip out the blossom end and
stick in q Glove there. Pare thinly. pack
fin q buttefad bag with little water and
cook dfteen TO thirty minutes in a fairly
hot oven. tic time depending partly on the
quantity Of fruit partly on It's rpeness.
Hard pears require longer and slower cook
ing than soft.
Leg OF Lamb with Turrips.-Get a fat
leg Of lamb. have the butcher take OF care
fully the outside mcmbrane-in that most
Of the "sheepy" taste resides. scrape well.
wipe over with a damp sof, cloth. and Z
necessary wash quickly in cold water. but
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