New-York tribune., 1911-11-11

Being reasonably vain Of my cooking.
when I go and learn new ways the next
thing Is to show them off Hence my
course dinner-paper bagged Of course
Likewise. a company dinner. 1t would be
deadly insult to good food even TO think
of serving 1t in courses TO one lone feeder.
Ny victims were selected with Judgment
omiable folk Of noble appetite. and still
more noble capacity for making the best
of bad bargains. This in event the dinner
turned out a bad bargain. 1t shouldn't II
| could help it--but now and again dinners
are as contrary as husbands
NV guests came n trile late-by the time
they had off hats and wraps / was ready to
take them into the kitchen. This because
Of a shrewd suspicion that they thought
had been telling fairy tales; they could not
conceive Of real food coming really cooked
out of paper bag.
NV peopIe shifted gratefully as they en-
tered the kitchen. Truly things were not
half bad by the smell. II was very mild
hardly more than an agreeable taint "A
hot dish sat ready upon the paper coVereu
table. Newspapers are useful In Saving
grease spots. / lifted out the broiler. set
4. beside the dish. slipped the edge OF the
dish we'll under the bag resting upon the
broiler, showed it we'll TO the middle ana
onened IT, Then came forth in full strength
the smell of fish, not rankly offensive, but
inviting. Inside the bag there was hailout
la minute: It had been cooking hf'eeh
minutes was done to turn, faky' haVoi- :
GUS and literally swimming in a sauce OF
its own Juices, mingled with those OF the
tomatoes covering II, the lemon that had
been squeezed on II and the butter WIN
which 1t had been literally dotted.
To go with it there were baked potatoes
baked in a bag and mealy, without the trace
OF a scorch. The diners vowed they mao
new. a singularly fine flavor, somewhat ap-
preaching that of a roasted chestnut Ihey
praised the ashland ate in way To snow
1t deserved the praise. Still. / think they
wondered a bit-was this one bagful all
they were TO get by way Of reward for
coming all the way to Harlem? They had
not noted that the stove was still In COM
mission-possibly through seeing neither
pot nor pan on top of It,
But when they were graciously permitted
to help take away the fish course and see
the taking up Of a steak. also In Dag'
they evidently felt better. Especially when
the potato bag yielded sweets, which had
been cooked along with the white ones and
kent warm underneath. and still another
bag furnished tomatoes stuffed with scraped
corn. The tomatoes had cooked little TOO
long, and came out pretty much huddleo'
hut good for all that. They were eaten 10
the last shred the steak also looked pretty
ghostly at the finish. 1t weighed almost
three pounds. had been rubbed over with
butter. salted. peppered, sprinkled very
lightly with -four and cooked In creased
bag. tightly sealed. about twenty minutes
outside It was very delicately brown; in
side It was we'll done, but Juicy as any rare
meat could dare be- in spite OF the welter
Of gravy we found about 1t inside the bag.
The butter enriched the gravy, but Its flavor
and SAVIOR were all its own
Since this was a bag dinner, salad was
conspicuously absent. Room must be left
for the apple dumplings. When they came
on. nv guests plainly suspected me Of the
black art The dumplinGs. made ready IN
advance, had been bagged as the bell was
ringing and popped into the oven after
had welcomed my company. and had cooked
there while we ate the other things The
sauce for them. also previously prepared
had kept warm over hot water in something
covered. If anybody ever made better
dumplines 1t was never my luck 10 eat
thereof The crust was crisp outside and
deIicately brown. but tender inside as is
tho crust of perfect boiled dumping
nearly the highest triumph In pastry COOK
ing The apples were well done and per-
yaded with the sugar and butter which had