Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-12-23
PAPER Gag COOKERY.
Ne~ Method Of Cooking is Patterned
After the Famous clambake and
Retains All the Nutriment.

Retains All the Nutriment.
/ Select bag that fits the food to
be cooked. Grease bag we'll on in
side, except in case OF vegetables or
when water is to be added. When
food is seasoned and otherwise re-
pared, place in bag. fold mouth OF
bag two or three times and fasten
with wire paper clip. Also fold and
cnp corners Of bag to make it fit food
snugly. If bags leaks In cooking, do
not transfer food to a new bag.
Simply put the bag within another.
Place bag In oven (gas. coal or
oil on grid shelves or wire broilers,
never on solid shelves. Place seam
SIDE up always. Do not move or open
bags when once placed for cooking.
Put roasts and entrees on lower shelf,
fish on the middle, pastry. etc, on the
| top, where heat is most intense
Have oven hot GOO degrees Fahr.l by
| lighting the gas eight minutes before
putting in bag then slack heat one
| third to one-half as soon as the bag
corners turn brown. Do not let bag
touch sides of oven or the gas flames.
Adhere to time given in recipes, then
food will be well cooked.
! Take UP bag by slipping the lid of
| tin pot underneath it. To secure
gravy, let out water. ETC.. stick pin
hole in bottom of bag and drain over
dish
Except in case of pies, no dish
should be used in paper bag cooking.
Some months ago NJ. Nicolas Soyer
chef of Brooks Club. London-him-
self one of the worlds most noted liv-
| irg chefs, and grandson OF that Soyer,
''the immortal Alexis" who has been
called the gastro1omic regenerator OF
the nineteenth centnry-worked out
and perfected a system of cooking in
paper bags the plain and fancy dishes
that are so dear to the heart of the
average Englishman.
After years of study and effort he
did this--and then he told the Brit
ish public of his system, claiming for
it, among other things:
/ That it did away with the cleaning
of greasy pots and pans.
That it kept the odors of cooking
from permeating house or apartment.
That it conserved the health-giving
juices of meats and the hfe-giving
salts of vegetables. which wholly or
in part are lost in the pot-and-pau
system of cooking
That, because Of this conservation,
paper bag cooking makes every dish
more satory and nutritious. and it is
economical. the food weighing prac-
tically the same when drawn from, as
when put in. the oven.
That it means quicker cooking
hence, lowering of gas or coal bills.
That it saves time and anxiety--the
housewife doesn't have to keep look
ing at the food from time to time as
il is cooking to see if everything Is
all right. but, instead. she puts the
food in the oven, shuts the door and
leaves it there until it is time to re.
move it.
That food cooked in paper bags
cannot burn, or be underdone or over
: done.
A Big Hit in England.
;, At first these claims were received
with more or less incredulity by the
/, conservative British public, but pub
lie demonstrations OF his paper bag
method of cookery by NJ Soyer him.
self speedily convinced the British
housewife that the system had all the
advantages that M. Soyer confidently
claimed for 1t, and the cult of paper
bag cooking at once spread like wild.
fire throughout the right little, tight
little island" Today SO great is the
. interest in paper bag cooking in Eng.
land that M. Soyer is spending all his
time travelling up and down and
across England conducting demonstra-
tons, and thousands of housewives
have been converted TO his method OF
cooking in paper bags. Rich and
poor alike have been affected by the
Juror; for as NJ Soyer declares, paper
bag cookery is easily adapted TO any
household, whether rich or poor in
purse.
NJ. Soyer's system of paper bag
cookery is unquestionably fast revolu-
tionizing household cooking in Eng
land, for thousand years noted for
its ultra conservation. All classes of
housewives are hailing it with delight;
and, to cap the climax Of praise viii h
has risen about M Soyer's ears. his
FELLOW chefs have pronounced his pa
per bag system Of cooking a practi-
cal success in every way, and have
adopted 1t for much. of their cooking.
Spillman Bros, Inc, have ia their
grocery department an assorted stock
Of these bags
IirrI EpANE ON rnMnIrrcE