Milford chronicle., 1931-05-15
BROILING MADE EASY
In These Days OF Electrical BrOilerS
1t Is Easier To BrOil Than 10 Fry
By Mrs. P. L. Dunning

By Mrs. P. X. Dunning
Home Service Director, The Society
for Electrical Development, Inc.
We have often thought, in the mo-
ments set apart in our schedule to
| be devoted to thinking -things-Out,
that menu planning would be a lot
easier if families could be assemb-
| led on the basis of their food likes
and dislikes. People who don't like
onions, for instance, should be for
hidden by law to sit down to table
with people who adore onions. We
| feel particularly strongly on this
onion question because in our own
family one contingent considers the
onion the lowest form of vegetable
life while the other contingent con-
sideTs it an addition to practically
everything but ice cream. This COM
plicates a life otherwise as serene
as watercolOr painting. We give
thanks, however, that at least every
one agrees on the excellence and de-
STABILITY of broiled steaks, chops,
fish, chickens, lobster, ct al, And we
give thanks, too, for our vertical
electric broiler which enables us to
broil these foods easily, flamelessly
and with consistently perfect re-
suits.
For years doctors, dieticians, food
experts and health authorities have
advocated the brOiling of meats as
the most healthful, nutritious and
altogether satisfactory way of quick
cooking them. The objections to
broiling have been that. by any
other then electrical means, it is a
decidedly unpleasant process for the
cook. Darting tongues of fame fire.
quently set fire to the fat of the |
meat, the kitchen was almost bound
to be filled with smoke, large and |
hot brOiling pans had to be handled |
when the meat was turned, the hot |
fat frequently spattered one during /
the turning process. And after the |
brOiling was over one was left with |
a large and unpleasant brOiling pan
to coax back to cleanliness.
An Ideal BrOiler
How different is brOiling in an
electric broiler such as the one we
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wire rack and slipping between two
vertical electric heating elements.
The fats run down into little drip
drawer. There is no danger of the
fat catching fire. There is no turn
ing of the meat, as it is cooked ST.
multaneOusly on both sides. When it
is done the wire rack is removed
from the broiler and the meat Slip
ped onto a hot platter. There is
nothing to wash but the wire rack
and the little drip drawer after the
accumulated fats have been poured
off.
This feature of having the meat
cook on both sides at once has other
than that of eliminating
the necessity for turning. In the first
place, all the meat juices are re-
tanned as the result of this immedi-
ate dual soaring, making the meat
1lavOrsome. Then there is
no shrinkage of the
meate And, furthermore, meat cooks
in one-half the usual time. 1t takes
about eight minutes to broil 1h
inch thick steak to state of medi- :
Lamp chops one inch
thick will be well done in twelve :
and split 21s pound chic
ken will be well done in twelve :
too. Fish takes from eight ;
to twelve minutes, depending upon 7
he kind and thickness. :
The wire heat holder is adjustable y
% any thickness from that of a slice +
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The heating elements of the broil- r
II are enclosed in little oven with s
wo doors. The elements are adjust i
lble, too. being controlled by tupn- s
ng small wheel on the outside of
he oven. When the meat has been 4
)ut into the rack and the rack stood i,
Up between the elements, you shut b
he doors and turn the wheel un- "
il the elements are fitted snugly up a
Igainst each side of the meat. 1t is d
desirable to preheat the elements h
rom two to three minutes before s.
Inserting the meat. is
The elements are removable from G.
he oven for their occasional clean b
ng, and they may be completely i'm h
nersed in water without damage. o
he porcelain enamel oven is easily p
leaned with a damp cloth. Alto o
ether the appliance is attractively. p
practical and big help in el
healthful, delicious meals. n
t works from any wall outlet, re- m
uiring no special wiring. Ie;