Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-12-25
CHATTING DISH IDEAS
POINTERS For USERS OF PoPu.
LAR COOKING APPARATUS.
Recognized as Most Valuable Friend
OF Surprised Hostess, There Are
Things to Be Remembered az
to Care and Operation.

No wonder the chafng dish is pop
ular. There's magic in 1T. When. one
mas assisted at a chafing dish supper.
formality Is over forever. Besides
allowing a woman to appear at her
best and exhibit cooking as fine art
the chafing dish will always serve as a
friend In need to the surprised host
ess. A word of caution is necessary,
however. Keep the chafing dish clean.
Under no circumstances place 1t on q
FABRIC cover, but use marble, slate.
wood or tile. Keep 1t away from cur
tains and protect filmy sleeves while
working around the chatting dish. A
piece OF slate roofing is convenient to
mold the lamp. Above all, when the
alcohol has burned out, do not put 4 in
fresh supply until the tray has thor
oughly cooled of, otherwise you may
encounter an explosion.
Keep all chafing dish articles and
utensils ready where they can be
reached without trouble. Use an agate
ware utensil. 1t will heat in q third
OF the time required by tin or copper.
Procure a small wire toaster, that
fresh toast may be served with each
chafing dish delicacy and second al
cohol lamp to keep one dish hot while
another is in preparation. Do not for
get the various wooden-haIdled spoons
and mixing forks.
The most important article on the
larder shelf is prepared beef stock.
A great number of chafing dish
recipes have as their fundamental In
gredient soup stock. This can be
made excellently and at short notice
by dissolying dessertspoonful Of con.
centrated fluid In half pint Of boil.
Ing water, adding pepper, salt, two or
three drops sf extract of celery and
tiny teaspoonful OF onion Juice. Be.
sides stock the chafing dish expert has
In her commissary department some
fine East Indian curry powder. caviare
tomato catchup, anchovy paste, canned
mushrooms, salmon, chicken, sardines
cheese and all the ordinary season
ings, 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 chafine
dish is the finishing touch. Chafins
dish cookery is really very simple and
anyone may soon learn to stir up de
licious things with little preparation
provided one knows something def
mite to begin with. II would be vel
to purchase book of recipes and be
gin at the beginning.
To make chicken croquettes a.never
failing and universally liked dish, TAX,
the following for six or eight people
Three cupfuls Of chicken chopped
fine, one cupful OF bread crumbs ant
two eggs well beaten. Roll the
chicken and bread crumbs into small
pear-shaped balls. dip into beater
eggs and bread crumbs and fry ir
butter In the chafing dish.
Oysters are always acceptable ant
appetizing. The easiest way to cool
is to pan them. Heat tablespoonful
OF butter and when II melts add tn,
Juice OF half lemon and teaspoon
full OF chopped parsley and stir in tn,
drained oysters. Cook only until theil
edges curl and lift out quickly OF
strips Of buttered toast. Oyster stew
is also easy to prepare in a chafini
dish.