Show r d S. S 4 C i ot o t 0 on 0 0 4 u o q COOKING THE LORDLY TURKEY By Martha McCulloch Williams The lord of the winter party or wedding anniversary feast is of course the turkey turkey and and know ye good housewives one and all that he hean can an be cooked to a delicious turn by M. M Soyers Soyer's method of paper bag cookery cookery cookery cook cook- ery In fact the entire entire- dinner can be prepared and cooked to perfection in paper bags and after it has been eaten to the last turkey bone and last slice of pumpkin pie pIc the good housewife will not be confronted by a great pile of pots and pans to tobe tobo tobo bo be cleaned cleaned cleaned-a a task that has taken the edge off oft the happiness of many a housewife who has served one of her time old famous meals for her guests or her children back home to l help elp the theod old odd folks celebrate their anniversary Menu Grape Fruit aux Rhum or with Raw i f 1 n t. Oysters Salted N S Toasted Cheese Crackers Roast Turkey Sweet Potatoes in Syrup Spanish Onions naked flaked Pears Cranberry Sauce Celery Olives Radishes Sweet Pickles Creamed Smothered Chicken Alternative to Chicken Pie tIe le Apple Pie Mince Pie Pumpkin Pie Hickory Nuts Nuts Nuts' Apples Pears Grapes Black Walnuts Black Dlack Coffee Wa Water er Wafers Pimento Cheese Beverages Cider r Cup Mineral Water Tea Lemonade Grape fruit with rum Is to my mind the Ideal appetizer but if it oysters oysters oysters are insisted upon put three small raw ones In tho the middle of oC the prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared fruit and season with salt pepper pepper pep per Worcester sauce and tobacco tobasco Ke Keep p the oysters very cold and add alid th them m to this th fruit very shortly before before be be- fore serving thus the two flavors remain remain remaIn re re- main distinct to accent rather than to muddle each other Salted Nuts I I made two bags bags bags- almonds and pecans pecans and and hereafter shall never buy them ready prepared The almonds were blanched and dried the pecans bought ready hulled picked over scalded by pourIng pourIng pouring pour- pour Ing boiling bailing water through them In a colander and Instantly dried Then both were put In thickly-buttered thickly bags set In a very hot oven for lor half halt halfa a minute then the heat was reduced three-quarters three and the nuts left to brown for tor ten minutes They came out Dut crisp and beautiful needing only a sprinkling of salt The Toasted Crackers I prepared were tiny oyster crackers as fresh as possible They were put in buttered bag lightly sprinkled after the they were In with melted butter skimmed clean of froth troth then given a tablespoonful of grated Parmesan which was shaken shak shak- en well through them before sealing the bag Sealed it went into a very hot oven which after two minutes had bad the heat turned as low as pos pos- i sible Bible Eight minutes of it made them f not quite brown enough enough enough-a a peep hole In the bag top assured me of ot that that that- eo so I left them in three minutes longer A few tew of them stuck together but inthe In Inthe Inthe the main they looked as good as they tasted lasted The Turkey Choose Turkey Choose him as young as tender tender- as fresh as you can But if It by Ill III chance you must take an old bird therefore a tough one then Indeed you will find in paper bag cookery surcease from the sorrow of ot toughness ss A tough bird will require require require re re- re- re quire a lot of grease in the bag with i It also long and slow cooking But the end will crown the means means means-he he will come forth tender and delicious also aleo well browned but not too brown and simply bursting with Juice Extra Extra Extra Ex Ex- Ex- Ex tra care must be taken in trussing him tie him tie down legs and wings beyond any possibility of springing Tough fowls have a way of stretching out their joints under the influence of heat beat that without this precaution may make tho the legs and wings dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- to the tho rity of the tho bag Get Oct the bird In hand han early the early the night before if It possible If It he comes dra draWn dran n so much the better if In Ina a state of nature pick draw and singe at once taking pains to get off 00 all aU pinfeathers and cutting out the oil oil- bag upon the parsons nose nose other other otherwise wise known as aa the tho root of the tall tail feathers Wash the bird thoroughly In very cold water If there Is the least J aBt sour Bour smell scald out by pouring I V J trough rough boiling soda water roll followed a wed IT by a cold rinse water Drat DraI well I wipe dry Inside and out alt i very ry lightly and hang up In a cold place until morning outside morning outside mess he temperature Is be below t f or thero Is danger of Kiev t tour ur of two A city ous au wife fe will do well to cove t turkey while thus hanging oti t wit with eft er r a loosely loose loose- ly fitting es e's s 's aver aper aper bag or a square cr crash li Ii i 8 cloth This keeps W 11 t oo 00 and dust which roce u 4 otho skin defy wash- wash t f 1 V Vt t A fir t 1 Ing off oft Get the stuffing ready beton taking in the bird Dash cold over and through it before putting In Inthe Inthe Inthe the stuffing wipe inside and out with witha a soft sort damp cloth then result but very lightly outside and In Since the turkey is la apt to require the whole oven oven and long ong slow cooking cook cook- cooking ing better put him on early and take him up before beginning the other things Sweet Potatoes In Syrup Syrup Choos smooth even potatoes of medium size boil boll twenty minutes drop in cold coldwater coldwater coldwater water peel dip in melted butter roll rollin rollin in iii sugar put into a buttered bag with s sugar gar butter and lemon Juice enough to make a fairly rich syrup Seal bag and cook for tor twelve minutes In Ina Ina ina a fairly hot oven Pour the syrup from the bag around them Into a hot dish Spanish Onions Parboil Parboil for fifteen minutes Spanish or Bermuda onions I Ichill chill them In cold water then cut a aV aV aV V out of the hearts Fill the space with butter after dusting it well with salt and pepper put the onions in a bag with a lump of butter and a very little water seal and cook twenty minutes in a hot oven or thirty mIn mim utes in hi a very moderate one Baked Pears Ripe well flavored pears are best for baking but the ordinary cooking pear will answer If baked with sugar lemon Juice and spices Peel the pears cut off ocr the stems and take out the core but only a little way beyond the blossom end Stick a clove a shred of mace or bit bitof bitof I of cinnamon in the space core fill ii In around it with sugar and roll the fruit in dr dry sugar before putting It ItIn ItIn itin In a buttered bag Put In half a gill of or water also to the half dozen seal bag and cook at slow heat fifty nun mini utes to an hour Creamed Boil Roil tender drop Into cold water peel and cut In tw two two- inch length strips steep in a dress dressing ing o of butter and cream lightly seasoned seasoned seasoned sea sea- with pepper and salt Put in its well well greased greased bag seal and leave Inthe in inthe inthe the oven oyen a few minutes only Smothered Chicken Chicken Have Have a good good- sized broiler cut into joints taking care not to leave sharp bones to the Joints Salt and pepper them lightly dredge with flour and lay In a well well- greased bag upon thin slices of ba ba- con Cover Coyer with more bacon slices taking care to keep the chicken spread rather flat fiat Add a teaspoonful of water or a couple of or peeled and sliced tomatoes Shreds of ot green pepper add somewhat of fia flavor or to the tomatoes Seal In bag and cook for forty minutes slacking heat almost halt half after the first five minutes Make 1 a peephole peep In the upper side of the bag near the middle and If It the bacon and chicken are not as brown as you like cook five to ten minutes longer Serve on a hot dish with gravy from the bag Good pies demand good crust crust crust- shorter than an any tempt easier broken brok brok- en than promises Make it by M. M Soyers Soyer's recipe then surely It will be beup beup beup up to grade Here is the recipe Take one pound of flour three of a pound of butter Mix the flour with water and sat lightly until the consistency of butter Leave this dough for tor half an hour then flatten n with your hand and lay your butt butter r ron on the top of the paste Then fold four-corner four way and give it two rolls as usual Leave y your ur paste In a cool place for forty five minutes and then roll twice more Leave it for forty forty- five minutes and then roll twice again Bake all your pies in bags it may seem extravagant but the saving gas more than pays for the bags Use thin pie tins Roll out and fill tIll as usual Set pans Inside bags and set the bags on trivets Cook two pies at once but shift them midway the cooking from upper to lower shelf and vice versa Thus they will brown top and bottom Grease the bags but lightly underneath even eyen though they crisp there it does no harm barm The essential thing Is to keep keep the upper surface covered and maintain steady heat Have HaY the oven hot at first but clack heat l at after a little little little-as as soon as the bag corners show rather brown A Average pies with a average heat require twenty five to thirty minutes Make peep holes on top In Inthe Inthe inthe the bags when you OU think they are done If not brown raise the heat a wee bit and cook five minutes longer To make the cup cider cut thinly the yellow peel from six oranges and six lemons squeeze out the Juice and put in with the tho peel and three cups of sugar Make a gallon of sweet elder cider very hot but do not let it boil boll upon the peels and Juice ulce and let Land tand in a cold place for twenty- twenty four tour hours stirring it several times The peel can be strained out but it looks rather pretty in glasses For tea lemonade tako tak the Juice I of a dozen well-washed well lemons and three sweet oranges cut the squeezed fruit In rings and add it to the Juice Put in five cups of sugar and strain over the whole a gal gallon on and a q quarter arter of weak tea boiling hot then add a cupful of rum This also Is better for standing standing standing-It It keeps several days In a cool place The rum can be omitted If It there are arc scruples regarding regard regard- Ing it In that case the strained Juice of ot a pineapple that has been shredded and allowed to stand ty-four ty hours In sugar can take Ha its place Dilute this one fourth with mineral water In the glasses Copyright 1911 by the Associated Literary Press 1 |