Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-15
EATS ACCORDING TO HE L0CALlTY
Favorite Foods of Different Cities and Countries Gasro
oraphical Rivalries-The Ridiculous and the Sublime
Merits of Baked Beans and Terrapn

chicken state par excellence. Every ss..
Is fried chicken day in Indiana es
connoisseur: Fried chicken at its bes. 4.
chicken as II can be and should be IL t.
only in the Middle West and South 49,
where has the art of frying IL been -
mastered as in Indiana. New Enplaoa
fricasseed chicken smothered chicken NJ
chicken, but to fried chicken In its pat,s.s'
1t is stranger. The cold storage eh,.s..
to which Eastern cities are condemnas /.
not possess frying properties. Fried eh,e,.
Is the reliance and the comfort Of the H.
cry housewife in emergency. fat uulls,
beheaded, It's feathers removed its bodv a.
membered and the pieces placed in ire i.
ing pan before the unexpected guest has n
to think of dinner. In an hour or less !.
the time that unsuspecting pullet was -
suing the elusive bug it is served smot,.
hot upon the table with all the "axins.s
cream gravy, hot biscuits and other ,o.t
some daintes-and is fulfilling the hlss.s
purpose of it's being. that of giving ~.
qualification to the Indiana appetite.r
What will Maryland say? But we spoh. !,
scrapple. Scrapple is 80 dstinctively PA.
delphian that to describe 1t as Phiada,n.
scrapple is rank redundancy Neverthss..
there's a little village in the mountan. !,
West Virginia where scrappe Is known. /,
said that the mountaineers speak 4.
language of Shakespeare for the forefatNa,.
brought 1t with them and nobody took g
away. Not long aeo Philadelphia traveIat-
Philadelphians do travel, don't theyY-x..
making his way, saddle-back up and dos.
the passes of the mountain country when 4.
halted at the door OF the 5est-looklng calI.
in the little group on the hillside and asks
if he might stay the night IIospitabIv al
was taken in, but warned that he mIght Il.
like the breakfast And what did he NAV
for breakfast? scrapplo. scrapple in Ils
mountains of. West Virginia. for the wife ri
one of the early settlers in that country w.,|
born and brought up in Germantown, ia.
and the science and art of scrapplne h1s|
been passed down from generation to gentri
tion till the time of the Phladelphian's yIal
to Germantown, w. Va. ia
What Is the great problem of todayf At|
cording to Professor Jung, an AUTHORITY al
gastronomics, the question of when. how ari|
: Mt to eat Is one OF the most serious praA
lens confronting the nation. THE heait
and happiness of our men and womens III
says. rests on the abolition of the quics.
lunch counter, for as IA result of impropr|
food, improperly eaten, comes melanchoy|
and after melancholy nearly everything
Bring back the good old home cooking. Iki
a wlfe's love for her husband be borne ow
by her cooking" Says Meredith: "Civillie.
man cannot I've without cooks" Professa
Jung recommends that every man learn h|
cook for himself.
Cooking in Washington
That is exactly what some men have doas|
In the national capital the Army and Nau|
Club, the Metropolitan Club, the Cosun
Club, the University Club and in fact eyeq|
club in Washington has in the membership
men who think that they are the finest cocA|
in the world. Each and every one Of thes|
has a speciality. One man can make devils|
crab, another knows how to prepare an Irs|
stew, still another is confident that hk|
method of concocting a Welsh rabbit pfe|
duces a more palatable dish than that Of anF|
other person. Others can put sweetbreads ea
the table to shame their colleagues. And 81
it goes down the list
James X. Jones, lawyer of the town, and
F. B. Conger, former Postmaster of the el'y
VI w iSiliuE lbi anu iiON a Nphli dNeoA q N1f-"I
are joint owners of a boat which Is propell't
by gasoline. These gentlemen frequently o-
ganize little parties for trips down Ih'|
Potomac. They go without a chez, ana
usually their guests demonstrate their ahpV
to produce toothsome viands on the gasoline
stoves with which the boat is proyi1,i
About four years ago one of these guess
TONY" Richardson, Dragged about his ARMY
to cook a ham in champagne. Whereup0a
Mr.. Conger sneeringly remarked that nj
could cook a ham in ink, which any unDasea
person. would decide was just as tasty a. !.
ham cooked in champagne. I'm other WORDS
asserted Mr.. Conger, sit makes no dinerene
what the ham is cooked in, for II WIN n0
absorb the flavor Of the material
During the last four years Mr. Conger hps|
Mr. Richardson have, to use the colloqu1|
expression, "chewed the rag" over then 81
spective ideas But finally a wager resul's7|
and last Wednesday the test was made VI
Conger bought eight stone bottles nled WI
ink, and Mr.. Richardson paid for four quar-
of champagne and small stove was seens''
and set up In the establishment OF the snsr
maker Company, which is one OF the sasa.'
ing places for newspaper eorresponasn..
army officers, senators, members
House and other jovial people. The Inn ~
bro. ght to a boil and so was the chaHpAs1
Mr.. Richardson, being the advocate OK 'ne's
payne as the best material In when 70 et'.@|
ham, placed his pork in the wine OF "a
and Mr.. Conger inserted his in the pupRe''
black writing fluid. Three or four -
afterward the two cooks announced -
feast was ready for those who had any -
to test the products of the culinary an !. -
two men. and during the next hour al -
to the establishment, and there wess -
than 100, were requested 10 state wh'er
the better.
And there was not man who eoulu -
scientiously say he could tell the aiss ssa
between the ham cooked in ink ana ~ s..
cooked in champagne. Unfortunately ~
advocate of ink. he had argued thai 'hs s.s ...s
fellow should be the Judge, and very -,
q IIV the M her falIow decided in his Own -