Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-10-15
CHATTING DISH IDEAS.
POINTERS FOR USERS or PoPu
LAR COOKING APPARATUS.
Recognized az Most Valuable Friend
Of Surprised Hostess, There Are
Things to Be Remembered az
to Care and Operation.

No wonder the chatting dish is pop,
ular. There's magic in 1t. When one
has assisted at chatting dish supper
formality Ia over forever. Besides
allowing a woman to appear at her
best and exhibit cooking as fine art,
the chatting dish will always serve as a
friend in need to the surprised host
ess. A word of caution is necessary,
however. Keep the chatting dish clean.
Under no circumstances place II on
fabric cover, but use marble, slate,
wood or tile. Keep it away from cur
tatns and protect filmy sleeves while
working around the chatting dish. A
piece OF slate roofing is convenient to
hold the lamp. Above all, when the
alcohol has burned out, do not put in
a fresh supply until the tray has thor
oughly cooled OFF, otherwise you may
encounter an explosion.
Keep all chatting dish articles and
utensils ready where they can be
reached without trouble. Use an agate
ware utensil, 1t will heat in a third
OF the time required by tin or copper,
Procure small wire toasteT, that
fresh toast may be served with each
chatting dish delicacy and a second al
coho! lamp to keep one dish hot while
another is in preparation. Do not for
get the various wooden-handled spoons
and mixing forks.
The most important article ON the
laFder shelf Is prepared beef stock;
A great number of chatting dish
recipes have as their fundamental ins
gredient soup stock. This can be
made exeellentiy and at short notice
by dissolying q dessertspoonful of cons
eentTated fluid in half a pint of boil.
Ing water, adding pepper, salt, two or
three drops of extract of celery and
tiny teaspoonfu1 of onion juice. Be,
sides stock the ehaiing dish expert has
In her commissary department come
fine East Indian eurrypowder, caviare.
tomato catchup, anchoyy paste, canned
mushrooms. salmon, chicken, sardines.
cheese and all the ordinary season,
tngs, including paprika.
Bread and butter sandwiches, iced
tea, coffee or chocolate, fruit cake,
pickles and waters form a foundation
for lunch to which the addition of
the hot dish prepared in the chaflng
dish Is the finishing touch. Chatting
dish cookery is really very simple and
anyone may soon learn to stir up dc.
licious things with little preparation,
provided one knows something def.
mite to begin with. Ii would be well
to purchase book of recipes and be-
gin at the beginning,
To make chicken croquettas never.
failing and universally liked dish, take
the following for six or eight people:
Three cupfuls of chicken chopped
fine, one eupeul of bread crumbs and
two eggs well beaten, Roll the
chicken and bread crumbs into small,
pear-shaped balls, dip into beaten
eggs and bread crumbs and fry In
butter In the ehafng dish.
Oysters are aiwaye acceptable and
appetizing, The easiest way to cook
is to pan them. Heat tablespoonful
OF butter and when 1t melts add the
juice OF half lemon and a teaspoon.
full OF chopped parsley and stir in the
drained oysters, Cook only until their
edges curl and lift out quickly on
strips OF buttered toast Oyster stew
is also easy to prepare In a chafins
dish,