New-York tribune., 1911-11-22
A Luncheon for Six
Cooked in Paper Bags

None of the Guests Had
Ever Tasted Any
thing Like Il
Before.
BY Martha McCuloch Williams.
Tho luncheon was its own reason for
beirg-a paner bag function pure and sim
ple This. however is NOT wing that il
would not answer for bridge indeed, for
any mild feminine testivitv This festiv-
itv was not strictly feminine. Like the
moon il had man in it--a man who has
eaten in the most famous places all around
the world Praise from him. therefore. was
appreciation from Sir Hubert Stanley.
meant the paper bag stuff 10 have It
because I knew that II deserved it.
Here follows the menu-evolved from my
culinary consciousness after much thought.
II had 10 be simple. as was bent on
doing everything myself-cookiug. serving
etc. Further. I meant To let my guests
see everything taken up. which meant
keeping weather eye on the Ntchen-if II
were too untidy they would lose their ap-
petites. Finally 7 concluded that 7 could
manage these things:
Cautsioire 2 IA frivole
Rroiled squab vi'h bacon
stuffed green seruer7
Rsish.s.
spiced grapes. Plum Jelly. Tomato chutnsy.
Romsine and tomatoes. French dressing
riment1 cheese sandwiches
Dessert
chseseaske pstties. Grapes. Oranges
Peaches Pears.
Black coffee.
Instead Of wine there was claret punch
to drink-it was along with the salad. can
taloupe and relishes the only thing not
Indebted 10 the paper bag cookery.
After breakfast 7 put my sweet potatoes
on 10 boil. choosing them smooth, Of even
size. and neither too big nor too little. In
thirty minutes they We're done enough,
and peeled under cold water 10 save dis
coloraton. they were out Of hand even be-
fore was through making the sandwiches.
For the sandwiches I made fresh cream
cheese. red with minced pimento. then
softened IT with French dressing. and
spread II rather thicky between thin but
tered bread Then I set 20 work on the
pyramid Of fruit which was TO be my cen
trepiece and the sole table decoration
II was soon finished and set in the ice
box-chilled fruit is twice as delicious as
warm. While I attended to this the SQUAD
livers had been boiling tender in slightly
salted water, with just a dash Of tabasco
a. -, raE
they were tender they We're mashed fine
with a lump Of butter ard plenty Of
Drowned breadcrumbs made ready the day
before The crumbs would have been better
fried. as well as Drowned, but ] mad not
time. The mixing done, I cut out the
cores Of my green peppers poured boiling
salt water upon them. let them stand just
half a minute, then dropped them in cold
water took them out. drained them and
stuffed them with liver and crumbs, after
which they were set TO wait the hour OF
cooking.
Scraping corn for the pudding. I found
that half a dozen big ears Yielded almost
pint Of pulp by Sitting the kernels
lengthwise and ping downward firmly
but gently. Then [ beat up three eggs
very light. with q big pinch OF salt. ia
blespoonful Of sugar and plenty OF red and
black pepper. Into the eggs went the
corn pulp, after 70 half a cup OF soft
butter, last OF all a big cup OF top milk.
more than half cream. II would not hurt
by standing, so It went on ice, like the
other things
The cheesecakes had been baked the pre-
vious afternoon. and there remained only
the salad, the squad and the cantaloupe 10
make ready let them wait while 7 set the
table putting all the extra things in piles
on the sidcboard All this was achieved by
a little after II o'clock Luncheon was 10
be at T. so it was almost time 10 put the
oven I'm commission, because 7 had more 10
cook than # would hold at once. AS soon as
my bags We're CREASED lighted the oven and
by the time had the corn pudding securely
bagged, the sweet potatoes smeared with
butter rolled in sugar and put in their bag
with more butter. sugar and lemon Juice
the oven was ready FOR them. gave them
each a shelf, putting the potatoes on the
lower one-being already nearly cooked
they would take only twelve minutes.
When they came ont the stuffed peppers, I'm
a thickly buttered bag. with a lump OF but
ter ana a ldblcSilOO VI VI NdAFl dutltu look
their place. I turned on fun heat for three
minutes. then Stacked 10 "A 7 had done at
first. Next I washed and wiped my squab
six beauties fatter than butter-stuffed
them lightly with soft breadcrumbs sea-
soned with salt pepper. very little chopped
celery and shreds of tart apple. wrapped
them in thin, broad slices OF bacon and put
them in their bag since they needed no
water the bag could stand a little while
unframed / improved the idle minute by
slipping into my company frock Safely
tuttoned up. / went back TO work. The
corn pudding was done SO were the pep
pers: they had been in the oven about
eighteen minutes NJ the bags were set in
pans down under the oven, protected from
the fame by the broiler pan, inverted
The souab bag now went on the upper
oven shelf. because I knew they were bet
ter II cooked quickly I left the heat on
fun for ten minutes. then Stacked it a little
more than half Al interim ] had been
preparing the cantalOunc, taking out the
seed making tiny cuts IN the flesh and
shrinking lightly with sugar. then pouring
eeutly around the inside OF each spoonful
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