Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-10

they are, have passed judgment on the
! Georgia baked ham which Mrs. Wood
row Wilson makes, and have said that
it is good. 1t is little begrudgingly
| and patronizingly they utter the YER
! dict, for the chefs of Atlanta are great
men, and rather jealous. But how
! ever the praise is qualified, they say
that the recipe is good And common
! dalton from the hotel kitchens of At
lanta is praise indeed.
None of these masters, mind you,
said that he could do better. Signor
Bicochi at the Piedmont Monsieur
Cancel at the Georgian Terrace, and
Herr Anstett at the Kimball, each lord
in his domain, say that Mrs. Wilson's
dish is good.
! They are hard to see, these great
men, but when you finally gain access
to them you find them very-nice gen
tlemen. like most really great folks.
| The court of Lucullus need not fear for
the quality Of behavior of its Atlanta
ambassadors. They are courtly.
Mrs. Wilson's Recipe.
4 Laying before them the recipe of
Il Mrs woodrow Wilson for the prepara-
ton Of baked ham, you ask their judg-
ment.
Has Mrs. Wilson really got the
goods" you ask, "or is her title to your
domain u BLUFF"
Signor John Bicochi of the Pied
mont, reads it over carefully:
Select a small ham. Wash thor
oughly in cold water and cover with
a layer of baking soda, which is
Il scrubbed into the ham with a
brush. Rinse off and trim neatly
and place in a bake pan Mix the
seasoning, consisting of half tea
H spoonful each of cloves, cinnamon,
i celery seed and pepper.
Rub the whole into the surface Of
Il the ham and cover with a very
thick layer of onion minced fine.
Cover the whole with layer of
pastry made by mixing smoothly a
cup of sifted flour in half a cup of
water. This pastry is rolled out
thin and wound about the ham
closely. The bake pan is then
filled with boiled cider and placed
in the oven to bake slowly and
| SLeduly IOI iOul mum . Win IlC-
quent hastings from the cider
Serve with candied sweet pota
| toes baked squash and spinach
done in butter, with relish of ap-
! pie sauce.
But He Sees Defeat.
Alan Dale looking over a chorus,
Frank Chance sizing up a new pitcher,
your wife looking at that other wom-
ans hat--you see them all in his eye.
| rs it good?" you ask anXiously.
Pretty good. Nice way to serve for
a family Enthusiasm mighty low.
Then, with true Lucullan instinct, he
points out a defect.
If that cider were only champagne!
What a dish it would be! How much
! better!" he declares.
! An. Mrs. Wilson, true Democrat that
YOU are, your dish has plebean smack.
! cider is good for the bush league of the
| family kitchen, but if you want to
| travel in the big leagues with the $10.
/ 600 beauties, you must think in cham
! payne figures.
! Monsieur Joseph Cancel, at the
! Georgian Terrace, reads the recipe.
81 myself have written a cook book"
! he announces, and produces a prospec-
! tus Of Cancels 5000 Recipes TO show
| that Mrs Woodrow Wilson has nothing
on him. What's a mere mistress of the
white house to the author of 5000 ways
of deceiving the insides to the belief
that paradise is attainable even on this
/ sad globe? Then he reads the recipe
again, and shows it to his lieutenant.
Conversation unintelliglble between the
| two.
Always That But
Tres bien,' he announces finally,
"mais-"
oh. Mrs. Wilson. that "mais," It IS
fun of implication that what you don't
know about cooking would fill several
! Cancels 5000 Recipes" books.
But WHAT" you ask, anxiously and
/ yet with a flicker Of personal vanity
that you still are making good with
] your high school French.
tires bien," he says, "mais il a
! longtemps -vingt-trente ans 30 years
! ago l cooked it that way in Paris Very
good, but it is not new"
Oh, Mrs Wilson. Mrs Wilson! Stiu.
as silver lining 70 the cloud. he says
that It Is good. Further than that. he