Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-05-08
SIMPLE SEASONING A MERIT.
BY Martha MccuIIoch Williams.

BY Martha McCuIIoch Williams.
Paper bag cookery conserves the
natural juices and savors Of food stuffs
and SO requires but light seasoning.
Take the case Of so-calIed melted
butter. Ordinarily, a mixture of but
ter, flour and water, variously spiced
and seasoned and cooked to a pasty
consistency, it must give the stomachs
that receive it a mighty wrestle. Melt
ed butter, viscid and heavy, means
overwOrk for it-potential dyspepsia.
Far otherwise with real melted but
ter-butter pure and simple, mixed
only with the salts and savors Of food
stuffs.
wish you would try this sort of
melted butter for either meats or vege-
tables. Put the butter in an enamel
sauce pan with salt, pepper, paprika,
the least sprinkle Of fine herbs and
a very little nutmeg. Add half the
butter-bulk Of boiling water, cook to-
gether for five minutes, stirring we'll,
then put in either lemon juice, claret
or sherry equal in quantity to the boil
ing water and let stand over hot water
until ready to serve.
Since omelets are possible to the
paper bag, here follow directions for
several sorts, each little out of the
common. All must be cooked alike
in a very well-buttered bag of proper
size, set in a very hot oven at first,
and the heat Stacked third or even
a half, after three to five minutes.
Plain Omelet: This plain omelet can
be the foundation Of many other sorts.
By doubling the egg contents and re-
ducing the milk one-half, it becomes
richer and lighter. But just as given
it is fine for breakfast or luncheon.
Begin by beating very light three eggs,
white and yolks separate. Add to the
yolks a tablespoonful of flour sifted
with half a teaspoonful of baking pow
der and half as much salt. Melt a
spoonful of butter in a pint of milk,
beat it gradually into the egg and
-four mixture-the milk must be hot,
but not boiling-then fold in lightly
the stiffly beaten whites, pour into
your bag, seal, put on trivet and cook
fifteen minutes.
Chicken or Ham Omelet: To turn
this into chicken omelet, add a very
little more flour to the mixture, then
stir in well just before putting it in
the bag a cup of cold chicken minced
very fine and seasoned lightly with
onion juice or minced celery. For
ham omelet leave out half the -four
and scant the allowance Of salt and
baking powder. Water can be used in
stead of milk-in that case, put in
more melted butter. Mince or grind
the cooked ham very fine and season
it with onion juice and the barest
busting of sugar, not enough to taste,
only to throw up the piquancy Of the
ham. Put in the minced ham before
the beaten whites, mix lightly, put in
a we'll buttered bag and bake fifteen
minutes.
Spanish Omelet: Chop very fine a
stalk of celery, green pepper scalded
in boiling salt water but not wilted,
one very small onion, one large peeled
tomato, with salt and pepper to taste,
and bare dash of Worcester sauce.
Mix well, put in a saucepan, and cook
until tender in little butter-say
eight to ten minutes. The vegetables
should only simmer. Make a six-egg
omelet, but do not double the milk
Put in plenty Of melted butter besides
what the vegetables supply. Stir them
in well before the beaten whites, put
in the bag as quickly as possible after
the whites are added, seal and bake
fifteen to eighteen minutes.
Copyright, 1911, by the Associated
Literary Press.)