South Bend news-times., 1915-03-04

That's something like iti''
promptly wiping his hands on it,
Got any OniOns2 Here. Nora. YOU
chop up that big one-and this green
pepper"
Yes. sir"
Nora had never seen Mr.. Curtis in
the kitchen before, and she seemed
TO enjoy this unexpected diversion in
the monotony OF the work
Now. here's the recipe" taking il
from his pocket. The real thing.
Can't get this in any cook book"
"Oh. where did you get it," Helen
looked eagerly over his shoulder as
he unfolded the typewriter sheet.
From the Italian portep in our
/ building. Asked him this morning
/ II he knew how TO make spaghetti.
Said his wife did. He went home to
lunch and brought back this-writ-
ten IN Italian. l had him translate it
while the stenographer took il down.
Now where's the olive oil?'
While Warren measured out and
heated the oil Helen quickly read
/ over the recipe.
Spaghetti a L'Italiene sauce.
! Tnree-quarter cup olive oil.
! One large onion.
/ one green pepper
1 one teaspoon salt.
one tablespoon -four.
Three cloves OF garlic.
! One fve-cent Italian tomato paste.
! One scant pound fine spaghetti
! Chop together onion, green pepper
! and garlic. Stir in sauce pan with
/ oil, and let fry for about five minutes.
until onions begin to brown. Then
add can OF tomato paste. salt and
4 "a !, rr~ff
I tomato paste is too thick to mix with
/ oil. add a little water. Cook on slow
/ fire until thickens. about five min
\ utes
Spaghetti.
Into good sized stew pan Of boil
/ ing water stir two tablespoons of salt
and a few cloves. Put i'm spaghetti
/ by dipping in ends first, as they
| soften the long stocks 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
I at the core it is done. Usual fault IS
/ to cook too much. When cooked
place in cOllander and drain thor
/ oughly. Pour over sauce Serve
while steaming hot with grated Par
| mesan cheese.
"Oh, it says garlic-and we haven't
| any" deplored Helen.
Got il right here. How much
! three cloves? Here. Nora, chop
| these up with these onions. 1 say
| jubilantly, this is going to be great"
Although Helen knew that Warren
I could cook, for he had been on many
camping trips. he went about it now
; with capability and assurance that
! astonished her. But it took both her
and Nora to wait on him, and he
evinced a strong tendency to use
4 every saucepan and bowl in the
kitchen.
"Oh. hadn't you better weigh it?
1t says "A scant pound" suggested
Helen as he coiled under the boiling
salted water the third large handful
of spaghetti
! That's all right-want to have
enough. Darnation"' as the hot wa
/ ter splashed on his thumb. "Got a
cover for this kettle?'' he growled
! How about this sauce-think that's
| too thick? Jove. that's out of sight, +"
I tasting it critically Here" holding
out the spoon
! taste things. 'Pd rather wait"
! by jingo," he had lifted the lid
from the spaghetti TO find that it had
swelled TO almost three times the
amount put in.
"Oh. 1 was afraid you were putting
4 IN TOO mucn!
That's all right" defantIy.
| Nothing like having enough. But
who'd have thought the blamed stuff
would blOat like that"
When the Il minutes were up he
| drained off the kettle and drained
| the spaghetti in the colander.
But we haven't any dish big
enough to hold it," protested Helen.
| What shall we put it in?"
L.. IA .
( Unpin this thing" trying to squirm
out of the pink kimono.
When they were finally seated at
the table Nora brought in the largest
meat platter heaped high with the
spaghetti
Looks like enough to go round"
/ grinned Warren.
! cheese! We forgot about that" ex-
claimed Helen as he helped her most
/ literally.
Guess we can worry this down
without it," shifting appreciatively at
the steaming dish. Then after a ten
tative forkful he demanded triumph
antly, how about it? Pretty good
Ell? Ever taste anything better than
that. Some flavor to that sauce"
Yes. dear. it's delicious! 1t really
is!''
Not Satisfied.
But Warren was not satisfied with
anything less than the most fulsome
and repeated praise. His conceit
about other things was mild COM
| pared TO his egotisrn about cooking
| Every few minutes he would lay
down his fork and demand with great
| enthusiasm:
Great. isn't it? The real thing
Told you I could make il, Just com
pare this with that tasteless. sloppy
stuff We had at the Astoritz! Now.
why can't they serve it right? Easy
enough To make. and cheap. That
whole dish didn't cost over a quar-
ter"
"Oh. Warren. more than that
Count IL up, Tomato paste. five
cents: spaghetti. eight cents a pound
that's thirteen. And the oil-what
do We pay for the oil2"
a dollar and sixty a half gallon. ="
We'll. three-fourths OF a cup
fifteen cents for the oil that's twenty
eight cents, and the onion. garlic. and
/ green nennpr Mpnldn-f ne five cents