The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-10
BAG DINNERS FOR THE WORK.
lNGMAN.
BY M. Soyer, Chef Of Brooks CLUB,
London.

The era of paper bag cooking, which
! have had the honor of recently per-
fecting, opens up a happier prospect
to the wife of the workingman, the
clerk or other employe on small
salary, not only in the quantity of the
dishes she may prepare. but in more
leisure for herself.
Lest any frugal house mother may
pc appalled, at the prospect of having
to use some two or three bags before
she can produce dinner, let me state
that all the following recipes, each OF
which l have tested personally, can be
cooked in one bag, leaving only the
pudding, pie or tart to be considered.
In drawing up these dinners for a
week have had in mind household
consisting of mother, father and three
pr four children, ranging from twelve
10 five years of age.
It must be borne in mind that meat
wastes practically not at all during the
booking process in the bag; therefore,
II you put four pounds into the bag,
four pounds will come out.
Sunday.
Allow quarter of pound of meat
per head for each child, and half a
pound per head for the two adults, end
you will have two pounds left over,
either for Sunday nights supper or for
next Gays dtener. AS to vegetables,
get some carrots, onions and turnips,
mixed, and two pounds Of potatoes.
Peel the potatoes, slice them very
thinly. and leave in water till needed.
Peel and slice the onions and turnips
and scrape the carrots. Cut all into
small squares. Wash we'll; leave on a
plate till needed. Take q little suet
or two good tablespoonfuls of drip
ping. Rub this into half a pound of
-four, and salt to taste, being careful
not to overdo this and a little pepper.
Mix to the ordinary dumping co4sis-
tency with cold water, and shape into
dumplings about the size of a big
Brazil nut.
Wash the beef we'll, but do not dry
it. Sprinkle it with seasoned -four
that is, flour to which little pepper
and salt have been added-on both
sides. Now grease the large bag thick
ly with beef dripping. Take the pota
toes out of their bowl Do not dry
them, but sprinkle them lightly with
the seasoned -four. Then take the
pot toes. carrots, turnips and O.. ons
and mix them all we'll together, sprinx.
ling them with very little salt. Take
a handful Of this mixture and some
dumplngs, and put them into the bot
tom of the bag. Then put In the flank
of beef Press it in as tightly and as
closely to the vegetables as possible.
Light the oven gas beforehand. lot 1t
get as hot as it can for eight minutes
Then place the paper bag on the hroil
er, put the broiler on the shelf OF
the oven, and close the door. Turn
the gas down half way, and leave
the bag in from an hour and half
to two hours.
Monday.
What is left over from Sunday will
make dinner for Monday
Grease a bag we'll as before. Cut
up the remains Of the stewed beef into
small square pieces. Dust these with
fresh seasoned flour. Put two pounds
of potatoes, cut small, and busted with
salt, into a creased bag as before
Sprinkle the meat with little pow.
dered sweet herbs pat in the bag, and
add to it handful OF either rice, bar
ley or oatmeal, which has been soak
ing all night in cold water. II the
water has not been quite all absorbed
add this also. Now add the remains
of any gravy which may be over from
the previous day. Close the bag, place
it on broiler as before, and cook for &C
minutes.
A jam turnover will be just the
right sort of substantial dish to follow
the beef. For this you must have q
bag.
Rub four ounces Of lard or good
dripping into half pound OF flour sailed
to tasto till it crumbles well. Add
sufficient cold water to make to a stir
paste; roll out twice. Mark out q
square and spread this thickly with
any kind of jam liked. Fold over the
two sides first and pinch we'll together
Now fold over the two sides in the
same way. Brush over with water OF
milk, and sprinkle we'll with brown
sugar. Put into the creased bag and
bake for forty-flve minutes.
Tuesday.
Take two pounds Of cold boiled po
tatoes, pour on to them two wineglass'
fnla of hot milk or water add q good