Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-02-26
PAPER BAG
COOKING
Great System Perfected by M.
Soyer, Famous London Chef.
GOOD THINGS FOR HUSBANDS
CRONIES.
Nv Martha McCuIIoch Williams.


Mans part at home is to endure all
though he liked it all, whatever the
facts in the case may be. And most
men, l believe, nobly fill the part.
Therefore, it seems to me fitting that
every once in while they should be
given, by way of reward, "a supremely
masculine evening, whereat it is un-
derstood that woman's part is to
stand in wait and supply the good
things to eat-good things that have
been cooked to perfection in paper
bags.
AS to the nature of the evening, let
the man himself decide.
Many things heretofore described
in this column suit such festive occa-
sions. Savory mouthfuls, hot chicken
biscuits, hot oyster sandwiches, paper
bagged oysters either in shells after
Soyer's recipe, or cooked in quantity
with butter, cream and lemon juice
and their own liquor added later
they all will satisfy hungry souls and
whet the palate for things potable,
cheese crackers, also not, sailed nuts
of any sort, olives warmed in very
little sherry, or crisp radishes and
invariably good sharp cucumber
pickle.
Sliced beef crisped is not to be
despised, especially if the man of the
house has a weakness for ale or 'alf-
and-'alf. To go with it make pricked
biscuit; none you can buy will match
them The foundation is puff paste,
and do not spare either shortening
or work in its making. Put in
trifie more salt than for pastry uses,
roll out less than a quarter inch
thick, and cut in rounds two and
half inches across. Prick them we'll
over and bake crisp in well buttered
bag Sprinkle about half Of them be-
fore baking lightly with dry mustard
or black pepper and paprika, or even
the barest busting Of cayenne. Keep
these seasoned biscuit separate from
the plain ones and serve on separate
plates. Instead of the mustard and
pepper, you can use finely grated
cheese, or lay very thin slice Of
cheese between two biscuit after bak-
ing and heat in bag until the cheese
melts. Pimento cheese spread be-
tween such biscuit, which have been
very lightly buttered, also makes
we'll favored mouthful.
Raisins cut very small, mixed with
sharp cucumber pickle, also cut very
fine, and worked smoothly through
the best cream cheese with a very
little French dressing or else a bare
busting of black pepper make a
novel and appetizing filling for these
biscuit sandwiches. You can split the
biscuit, or make them very thin, but
ter the under one on top, end bake
them together The baking can be
done in the afternoon and the biscuit
heated before filing them with the
ready prepared filling.
Serve all things from a buffet, even
if you must improvise it, by Impending
a dry goods box and covering it with
a cloth. Set things on it, and let the
eaters wait up,n them elves, your
self discreetly withdrawing, but re-
naming within call, so as to renew
supplies at need. When the hot
things have been duly eaten, the cold
ones duly drank, and the serious bust
ness of the assemblage is again under
way, as unobtrusively as possible re-
fill the buffet with platters of sliced
cake, all sorts at hand, tartlets, turn
overs-all manner of good things, in
deed, your pantry or your cake box
can furnish forth. With these supply
fresh potables-the sort depending on
the individual taste and purse.
Copyright, 1911, by the Associated
Literary Press.)