The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-11-14
Chatting DISH IDEAS
POINTERS FOR USERS OF POPU.
LAR COOKING APPARATUS.
Recognized az Most Valuable Friend
Of Surprised Hostess, There Arc
Things to Be Remembered as
to Care and Operation.

No wonder the chatting dish Is pop
ular. There's magic in it. When one
has assisted at chatting dish supper.
Formally is over forever. Besides
allowing a woman to appear at her
best and exhibit cooking as fine art.
the chatting dish will always serve as
friend in need to the surprised host,
ess. A word Of caution is necessary,
howevef Keep the chatting dish clean.
Under no circumstances place It on
fabric cover, but use marble, slate.
wood or tile. Keep it away from cur
tains 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
fresh supply until the tray has thor
oughly cooled off, 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 third
of the time required by tin or copper.
Procure a small wire toaster. that
fresh toast may be served with each
chaf1ng dish delicacy and second al.
cohol 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
larder shelf Is prepared beef stock.
A great number Of chatting dish
recipes have as their fundamental in
gredient soup stock. This can be
made excellently and at short notice
by dissolving dessertspoonfu Of con-
centrated fluid in half q pint OF boil
ing water. adding pepper. salt, two or
three drops of 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 q foundation
for a lunch to which the addition of
the hot dish prepared in the chatting
dish is the finishing touch. Chatting
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. It would be we'll
to purchase a book of recipes and be-
gin at the beginning.
To make chicken croquettes a never
failing and universally liked dish. take
the following for six or eight people:
Three cupfuls Of chicken chopped
fine. one cupful Of bread crumbs and
two eggs we'll beaten. Roll the
and bread crumbs into small. f!
balls, dip into beaten
eggs and bread crumbs and fry In
butter in the chatting dish.
Oysters are always acceptable and |
The easiest way to cook |
is to pan them. Heat a tablespoonful |
Of butter and when it melts add the |
Juice of half lemon and q 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
ID also easy to prepare in q chatting
dish.