Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-30
MARK TWAIN TRAVELLED
EUROPE IN QUEST OF CAKES
authority on Household Efficiency
Gives Great Cooking Secrets
to- Housewives.
MEN USE "pAN GREAsERs'
Mrs. Frederick Advises Women to
r"iiow Example OF Masculine
chefs Who Use Grease Saturated
Cloth.
ny nns. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.

am sure 1T vas that Incompatible
american. Mark Twain. who said he
had travelled all over Europe in search
Of Sriddlc cakes! 1t is certainly true
hat all forms OF griddle and not"
cakes are distinctly an American dish.
Nnd while they have been severely
criticized by some health experts there
- good reason 10 use them more Tree
49, especially with the advent OF frosty
mornings
Are (hcy hcal,nful? Veg, If well
prepared aud baked Hy this is mean,
hat ,hc batter is properly stirred and
sufficiently "co"k the cake through
This means. first. attention to tho
Kind of griddle or cooking device. The
old fashioned soupstonc Griddlo can
not be cpualcd Th.s was not Gr"1 Sod.
and was heated on the typical range
coal fire. However. this sort Of STddie
is not made commonly. especially for
home use. aud We ind aluminium and
iron taking it's place today.
am. often. ,s'i"d which metal
prefer FOR halinf; Gales. NJ lean
ins * toward an iron rather tllan
an aluminium surface for cakes Of an!
kind This. however. means q heavy
rrad" OF Russia iron. sUch as is found
10 tho best frying pans. and not any
cheap. sheet iron. which heats 100
ruisi,ly and Cstuscs Burning.
Warm Griddir Pans.
Ia using any d.yirc for cooting a
hot cake tn" operator must remember
thai tn" p1u or gridic must get
Warmed. through" suiitcIiontly before
good cpoISiug here IS 20 CT Tho grddlc
"- pan sufficiently hot. but not oyer
hot, aud then keep it ~ just this tenn
p"r1lurc. This requires frequent 3d-
lUs' ment % Tho FIRE. ard that - vh"
either gas or electricity s. more salts
factory than a Goa! 81; wood fire for ihss
purposc.
if my readers wtli only reeau the
WHu in tine window 81 our chain res
,aUrAnts vino stands continually hak-
a. "a g L,-,. trt
pie and Smokeless The process OF max
ing prlddl" cakes *. This - what SO
uauy lous ,kccpers need ." learn to
oot hot cak" wi;hnur slnokins M
'iIc cuiiro kitchen This can be &C
"omrligh"i by controlling tn" IRE and
~ avoiding excessive Sreas.uE " tho
pan
How common j, js 10 SOC woman
take spoonful Of dripninrs. scrape Il,
l., il mott ia such quantity that IL is
noticeable ga the pan. This - entirely
WrOGg
,h"p, Pan Gr"n.rr>
What does ,ac man do when ~ cooks
,tsrs2 Does Nr lrN Spinnf.tS 81 Ia
nn-vonly on. ,hc eridalr i,c SMOKE up
whn; looks Ike a small latirou. which
: cov"ryd with a cloth q turnted with
over tho pan ana L h.cop"s sufficient
is creased without ,Ntra-i.L
this dev,r" Th.re are on the narkct
scNerh Kinds OF nan IrcaEers' with
5trdlcS CONSISTING ui o. amp WICK OF
cotton, 50 fastened % ~" handle that
Ihcy can easily be renewed and
cI"anscd. ,lus' touch u ;lus. Grcaser
On hc IHu wal. hc sufficient TO o!!
Then again how docs thN man ponr
rhc .atr"r into tho pnu7 ! d!slik. 10
adm, T. hut j, seoms 10 N. That mon
X cook more efficiently and with lee cf-
I fort thHrs women. nave never s"ei
= woman ID ANYTHING "lse hu' mix Ih-
latter "a large hre al bowl then !adle
| "heh spoon.ui into the pa" which may
It.. #.,.l al - I.l Ip
/ howb with a large Kitchen spoon. the
igsult rs uneven. StragEly cakes. But
Z uses d. pitcher. and pours the batter
| just where ne wants each cake to be
Women should Follow.
| Why don't women do this, Instead of
| following the uNWi"ldly bowl method .
| more cony"ni"nt TO placc the
| IN enameled pitcher. add the liquids
l and mix ~ the r!tchcr-tncn pour
| "ut as neeaed. i.si Us I2 H',, mrn . !,
\ making honSewock easy,
L Another .ttai error = TO place 81
batch al cooked cakes into an ov.n
or to cover .Nrm W!lh Il bow TO kevl
;hem warm inns makes them soggy
and moist. Just what We do not wish.
Better 20 lay each lot 81 cake on Stpa :
rate hot plates and send them to the
iIbl" THIS way than 20 milo many Ga k IS
Il on top or each OIhcr.r
\ When / say Gales | mean all The
\ 'rbe OF small hot latter foods. such
II ~ Wtli1tS' SIptli hlt'lu. StoIitS ana
\ regular hot cakes cannot mention
\ wafles without my tonau. mo!stcning
H at the Thought. tor all the cake tribe
\ thcsc appeal most TO me as ioo;hsome
Il a"licacics, strange. hut | have me;
/ persons who never ate waffle. and
NAN housek@eryEs n"yer include ,!ld,
| think wa files d!iicult to make Where
| AS FOR me, give me good hot waffle
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