The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-12-03
Their Married
5 II s F Life : II s :
Warren Makes Some Real Italian
Spaghetti and Proves His
Ability as a Cook.
Bv MABEL HERBERT URNER


its thin. watery tomato sa,ca
why IN the devil can't you get de-
cent spaghetti outside Of an italian
restaurant Look at that sapca-
. nothing more than a thin Tomato
soup Here. waIterl Take thar hao,,
Ina bring what. I ordered-Spagbett,
sfr.'' oiIS way we serve it
Ut lis, is it9" fumed Warren .rnsr
mIlas 90 you mean. by putting on your
Sarreo S uisn you don't know how to
2 se.: send the head. waiter here,r
nytnhg 1 can do for Won. sir,-
% asked the head waiter, who now an
preached so1icitously. ap
want to know if you call that
G spakhetu Italienne9" clustered vVa~-
en, showing the dish toward him
Is anything wrong with it, sir?"
e. s - HARD ON THE CHEF
% Wrong? That's no nora m A.
real thing than But he could t,,, tne
OF no. comparison strong eponpb
% " ny. don't you send your chef 70
some 90 cent Italian table d,hote and
st Shem learn how to cook spaghetti ?
axe mat away Take It of NV hin
O too' I'm not going to paw for anv
stopped up sstuff like that. Bring ne
an order of .caulif1ower insteadr'
o. me waiter TOOK away the .offen5ine-
oIsh, gut Warren fumed on. He RACED
RESTAURANTS that put evervtbIng On
thelr menus whether they knew bo1,
TO serve it-or not ~"
Couid' make it myself If I rad the
Fecipe There, with Sudden vabao
mence, BY jove. I'll get that redina -.
- me next evening he came bon,a
cary bringing. g number of small
. 'packa ges, which he slammed down On
- Sne dining room table. Ignoring
Helens questions. he hurried to wash
=: Get me- an apron" he -aemands.5
as ne came .out.in his shirt sleeves.
" n.y. dear, what are you going to
DOR persisted Helen. "
wake some*real 'sPaghet,' briefly.
% as ne took up. the packages and
xtal Red Quito the kitchen.
sSut'Nora has dinner almost ready"
following him. anxiously, s-and she has
: might - ~
Where's that apron? And give me
. can opener,". unwrapping a tiny red
iaoelsd can of Italian tomato paste.
% :sieaeh got him q can opener and ran
..sfor an apron. =
? =. 'soh, get a. decent sized one" as she
started to tie AROUND his waist a ruff
.. He'd white apron: while Nora with diff
ficulty suppressed. a. giggIe.
But. Helen had none large enough.
so She fnafiy pinned around him bib
1ashlcR' an old. pink kimono.
..s".:.: VERY BUSY
- That's: something liket PROMPTLY
.wipings his hands on it Got anv
onions? Here. Nora. you chop UP that
pig one-arid this green pepper" :.
yes. sir
g Now: here's the. recipe taking it
FROM his pocket. THE real thing
Can't get this~in any cook book"
oh, where DID you get ftp" Helen
= looked eagerly over his shoulder as
he .upfolded the typewritten sheet i,
e: From the Italian porter in. our
building. Asked him this morning If
>. he knew how TO make spaghetti. Said
Ibis wife did. He went home to lunch
.. and brought back this-written in
% italian. I had him translate it while
the steHographer took it down. Now
where's the olive oil2"
. While Warren. measured out and
heated the; oil. Helen quickly read
:. OYER the recipe.
SPAGHETTI a LTTALIENNE.
,: :. SAUCE
:: large onion.
:; IL green pepper.
: II. teaspoon salt.
1 tablespoon -four.
& cloves of garlic.
:. =. 4 i've cent can Italian tomato paste.
-: scanf pound fine spaghetti. !.
:: :: Chop together onion. green pepper
ard. garlic. Stir in sauce pan with
+. OFF, and let fry for about five minutes.
: mt
Ode can of tomato paste. salt, and
: 1our rubbed smooth with water. If
!: tomato paste is too thick to mix with
oil. addsa little water Cook on slow
fire until thickens, about FIVE minutes
= Into good sized stewpan of boil
fhg water stir two tablespoons of
salt and a few cloves. Put in spa
ghetti by dipping in ends first, as
they soften the long sticks may be
coiled under the. water without
breaking.
Cook for about IL minutes at a
hard boil in covered kettle. Test by
biting As soon as no white shows
at the core 1t is done. Usual fault is
TO cook too much. When cooked.
place IN colander and drain thor
oughly Pour over sauce. Serve while
2 steanang hot with grated Parmesan
cheese.
"Oh. it says garlic-and we haven't
any, deplored Helen.
Got It right here. How much
three cloves? Here, Nora, chop these
up with those onions. I say" jubi-
lantly. this is going to be GREAT
Although Helen knew that Warren
could cook, for he had been on many
camping trips. he went about ii now
3 with capability and assurance that
astonished her. But it took both her
and Nora to wait on him. and he
evinced strong tendency to use
every saucepan and bowl in the
kitchen.
"Oh, hadn't you better weigh it?
Tt says a scant pound" suggested
Helen, as he coiled under the boiling
salted water the third large handful
of spaghetti.
That's all rigilt-want to have
enough. Darnationi" as the hot
water usplashed on his thumb. Got a
cover for his kettle?" he egrowled
How about this sauce-think that's
too thick? Jove. that's out of sight"
tasting it critically. Here" holding
out the spoon.
.'No-no. DEAR for Helen hated to
taste things. I'D rather wait"
by Jingov He had lifted the lid
from the spaghetti to find it had
swollen to almost three times the
amount put in.
.Oh, ! was afraid you were putting
in too muchr'
That's all right" defantly. Moth
ing like having enough. But who'd
have thought the blamed stuff would
bloat out like THAR
When the II minutes were up he