The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-04-12
PAPER BAG
COOKING
0reat System Perfected by N.
Soyer, Famous London Chef.
DUEL BETWEEN PAN AND BAG.
BY Martha MoculIoch wIIIlam..

Experience has been mr. only school
which, perhaps, accounts for the
TACT that ! hold no opinions half
heartedly. Especially about cooking.
II seems to me the finest of fine arts,
all too much misprised. and held q
drudgery instead of a privilege. Pos
sibly this makes me reactionary-a
noider-fast to old methods. Certainly
when Soyer's paper bag cookery was
suggested to me, there was not q
stouter skeptic In all these United
States. Soyer's experience did moth
ing to change my mind. Rather, It
convinced me that paper bag cooking
was one OF the things that cost more
than they come to. For i set myself
this sum. Bags, plus greasing, plus
clips, equal the cost Of many sauce
pans. Furthermore, 1t is against
sense and reason that the mere put.
ting OF food In bag should either
hasten the cooking or better the ia
vor Of It. Thus / argued the case
forthrightly. but ended by conces.
sion-l would try out paper bags and
see what should see
The first bag left me warmly tri-
umphant.
Wisdom ferments like yeast. As
acquired 1t, there was no keeping 1t
to myself. II. dripped down upon my
next story neighbor. a cook both born
and made. She was interested but
skeptical-less so than l had been,
notwithstanding. of an, open mind. So
when proposed an experiments
culinary duel. IL you please-whose
result was to be decided by the scales,
she was ready. even eager to engage
in It. 4-
Each of us bought a rib roast-hers
Weighing four pounds, mine but three.
To the eye, they. were identical save
in the matter of size. And our gas
ranges are oven-brothers, made by ex-
sctly the same pattern. Her roast
went into a pan, mine into bag. Not
having to haste nor watch mine, after
the flame was turned down properly,
had liberty to run In on her and see
how she Jared. She was doing her
watching and basting her beef with
the skill OF chef. The result was
something beautiful to behold when
she took 1t out after little more than
an hour. Mine was still In the oven.
its bag intact. though I had turned
out the gas after uforty-fve minutes.
II had not been on full for forty min.
utes. whereas my neighbor had kept
hers lowered only the least bit. The
exact saving of gas / do not under.
take to computsr-but that there was
., saving Is beyond question. 81
= The scales showed her roast to
have lost in weight . fraction over
Atne ounces. Mine, lighter by .
pound. had lost fraction under two
Ounces. Furthermore, all the strength
Of my meat was In the gravy. A NTH
ct least Of hers remained sticking to
the Rep. though phsstrseted 1t ipstAe
nsual way. We reckonea. that q pc
per bag would have sayed her . half
pound weight Of beef equivalent TO
Nrslvs csRtasthe cost Of many paper
bags. Indeed. felt that the gas say.
ms alone would have more than paid
for the bag. the clips, the greasing.
Neree&ex. my beet xas tepdsrsr than
hers, haA richer taste. ana wAs
taicief, sa y sss-arag ktsss skAes nan
smothered chieken.-Have . good
died brciler cut into Joints, taking
care not to leave sharp bones to tho
joints. Salt and pepper them lightly.
dredge with -four and lay In q well
creased bag upon thin slices Of bacon.
Cover with more bacon slices, taking
care. to keep the chicken spread
rather fat Add y tablespoo nful at
water. or q couple Of peeled and
sliced tomatoes. Shreds Of green pep
per add somewhat Of flavor to the to-
matoes. i Seal In bag and cook for
forty minutes, Stacking heat almost
half after the first Ave minutes.
Copyright, 1911, by the Associated