The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-12
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This hotel is a nemper u lne
United States Food Administrator.
Eat pleaty-Eat wisely-but WIN
out waste"
Food will decide the war"
Save the wheat
Save the fats
Save the sugars
Save the milk
Save the fuel
Fer your soldiers at the front need
them all"
Buy W. S. s., war saving stamps,
issued by the United States govern
ment. The United States Food Adj
ministration license No. B. 0352s.
This at the good Hotel Martinique
New York.
dinner unless ordered"
The use of brandy in mince pies. the
burning of brandy on plum buildings,
the use Of beer in Welsh rarebits, are
no longer 1.-The things to do" in
culinary. way. or at social dinner and
supper parties.
variety" as the saying goes. sis
the spice of life" 1t also adds zest
to that. which sustains life: food.
The writer has always taken great
interest in the culinary art-particu-
larly as a consumer of what this art
produces. Every reader of this paper
will doubtless be in entire accord with
this proposition, altho every reader is
sure not to be a chef or a cook
have often thought of compiling or
writing a cook book, as from time to
time I have taken exceptions to the
manner of producing the food that has
been sometimes set before me. This
| Cook Book of mine, however. as yet
is Like Sary Camps friend. Mrs. Har-
ris. If you happen not to know Mrs.
Harris, her theories and actions, con-
| suit Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit on
the proper page of the proper chapter
| of that interesting novel. wherein that
author depicts certain views on his OBJ
servations, in America.
Be that as 1t may II this alleged
cook book is ever written the tried
and tested recipes in today's Chapter
XVIII are going into that volume.
which may or may not be called.
Compilations of Cook"
| The writer claims, however, to be
| something more than a consumer of
foods: he has concocted some of them
Last Sunday he prepared three meals,
producing on his farm a considerable
amount of the raw material. including
the~fish. There were no ladies pres
ent; had there been the meal doubt
less would have been both better pre-
pared and served. However, the gen.
tlemen there demonstrated that they
were patrons of the clean plate; in
fact, after the three feasts there was
great difficulty in finding enough fol
the dog and the cat.
The writer does not pretend to be
a chef, or even a cook of any preten-
sions; herein he differs from his friend
David w. Mulvane, the chairman Of
the recent Red Cross drive in thi.
county and formerly a member of the
Republican national committee. 1t IL
understood, however, that in prepar
ing a meal Mr.. Mulvane is both a pa
tron and a master of the chatting dish
while the writer, when he Is in the
Kitchen, deals mainly with the boil
irs pot. the frying pan and the stew
ing utensils.
All of which contained in this chap
ter as above set forth lead up to two
things: first, Cook Books need revi
sion, and need it "bad," which TIL,
caption and text of this article imply
second: the end of this chapter OF
The Revision of Cook Books"
This now follows: Q. E. D. Thi
is more plainly evident in view of tn,
fact that current cook books, long helt
sacred from one mother to her daugh
ter and running thru the generations
are no longer up to date-quite tn,
contrary with their high seasoning
with the rum and other liquors pre-
scribed, with the extravasent nse o
wheat flour and fats and sugars an,
allspice from the ends of the earth
In a word the Cook Books of yester
day should be used for fuel to produce
food according to these newer, wa
time recipes.
FPM.
ITO Be Continued.)