Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-21


grease absorbing paper.
Individual instruction in the Kitchen
The fact of the matter Is that he knows alb
solutely nothing about kitchen work or the
articles and labors of cooking. He should.
Not only that he might break in for little
simple cookery when his co-slave in the do
mestic relations partnership Is too i'll to drag
herself down in the kitchen, but in order that
he might have some adequate idea of relative
values. But don't begin on him with fish
ball course. That is almost postgraduate
work for the general run Of men. Let him
begin by boiling eggs. He esteems, probably,
that this is crude raw troglodytic work, You
just drop the eggs in a saucepan, pour on the
water and let 1t go. Four or FIVE minutes
later you take out the eggs. If he really does
know that you must boil the water first and
drop in the eggs while the water continues
to boil he will likely drop them in SO roughly
that they crack.
The next step after you can trust him with
egg-boiling is to instruct him in making
coffee and toast. If he can do these three
things he can supply himself with breakfast
at any old time. 1t is safer If you can afford
1t to give him a percolater to make coffee in;
otherwise he is likely to be messy, particu-
larly If he uses egg-shells and a trihe of the
white or yolk in making the coffee. BY all
means avoid anything messy in the prelimi-
nary steps. If he messes himself up at the
start he will never go on. Therefore, teach
him at first to make dry toast. If over gas
stove provide him with one OF those inexpen-
sive little oontrivances in which you may in
sert four slices. Don't begin with odd pieces
Of bread left In the bread-box. 1t may be
economical. but 1t is unattractiVe. Show him
how to cut from the loaf at the nearest pos
sible ideal size for toast, and then show him
how to cut off the edges so that he may pile
up a uniformly square or oblong product If
he follows without mishap up to this point he
will consider at one bound that he has got
the world beaten as toastmaker. Encour-
age him in that conceit, and he will make
toast without the slightest proVocation He
will generally make twice as much as you
have any need for but do not kick at that.
At least not at first. Later on, by gentle hints
and subtle innuendoes, you can cause him to
unconsciously cut down the trihing waste
When he has come up TO that culinary ex-
cellence that enables him to butter toast the
waste will begin to eliminate itself Be eau
tious what sort of butter you give him to
spread the toast. If it is hard adaman-
tine butter he win bungle the job, tear the
calculations Some would cuss. No hus-
band win get anywhere in the kitchen on
even the most trifing utility basis unless he
Is brought gradually to the exercise of self
restraint. Therefore. have the butter slightly
melted so he can lay 1t on loose and spread II
smoothly to permeate the entire surface OF
the slab. There are some husbands who are
complete artists at making toast and regard
their craftsmanship with aupfeme compla.
cenee.
Don't &c Too Far
When you have brought your victim 10 the
point OF sorambling eggs, stop there, at least
IN the egg-eourse. The shirring OF eggs Is a
tedious baking job, and only your exceptional
man, or one OF the husbandette tyne. win
ever learn to make eggs a la Edward
ereamed eggs a IA Henrietta, eggs source ana
30 on. Having passed the scrambline noint
you have only one more elementary lessor, -
giYe-the broiling OF steaks and ebona ana
the frying or potatoes. These win come alons
as simple addenda and need not be- dwalt an
at length, Don't ask him to peel potatoas
and boil them That Is pushing It a btt too
far. Ihere are lots Of canned vegetables that
can be heated ana look hot when thav gat
not ne WIN not have time TO bother with
e1s.ins o. PIE oF cake making. Don't ask him
% WASH ana Doll spinach, beet-tops or kin-
dFed green's. Il would be an imposition h
ask him 70 shell peas. II he Is Of an sxpari-
mental turn Of mind. be can be persuaaea ~
make biscuits with self-raisinz fiour. ths,ab
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