Increase of flavour naturally means increase of enjoyment, and good digestion follows as a matter of course, when human beings are obedient to nature’s dictum that food can nourish the system only when it is eaten with a relish. The reason, of course, for the extraordinarily appetising nature of food cooked in bags is due to the fact that all the essential qualities and inherent goodness is preserved from dissi- pation. The envelope not only maintains the requisite heat, regulating it at the same time, but conserves the natural juices, whether of meat, fish, fruit, or vegetables, which were formerly lost by ignorance and carelessness, and mistaken ideas of cooking. The subtle salts and acids, the essential oils, the perishable fumet , are all alike preserved, and in consequence the loss of weight after cooking is barely perceptible, so that the true ends of economy are thereby served. Economy. The economy of paper-bag cookery is easily apparent. This, with the conversa- tion of flavour, are the two chief bids in the phenomenal popularity by which this method of cookery has been received by the country. Economy of time, labour, money, food material, and one might justly add 24 THE PAPER-BAG COOKERY MANUAL. temper, for cooks in the past, owing to constant contact with great heat, have been noticeably lacking in the last-named virtue. Time and Labour. Economy of time and labour. The old era of oven-cleaning and pot-scouring, constant supervision, and frequent basting, has passed for ever. The twentieth century scullery will be an interesting relic for future denizens of this planet to look back upon, but not to imitate. Indirectly, this lessening of kitchen labour will do wonders towards solving the servant problem, either in the direction of doing without extra help, or by so ameliorating the conditions of the average household, that domestic service will come to be looked upon with greater enthusiasm than has lately been evident. This boon of economy of time, too, can hardly be over-estimated in importance by the mothers of large families, and busy bachelors of small means and of both sexes, not to mention the countless thousands of flat-dwellers in our great cities. Money. Economy of money. This applies two ways, one as regards the saving of scrubbing materials, soap, soda, polishing agents, etc., and the necessity for replenishing or repairing the various utensils formerly used in every kitchen, the other as regards food. Cheap, and perhaps somewhat coarse foods, THE PAPER-BAG COOKERY MANUAL. 25 previously regarded with disfavour by all but the lower classes, can now be made, with paper-bag assistance, so surprisingly attractive that there will be no occasion to strain the dimensions of the most modest purse in order to secure a higher-priced dainty. Food.

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Increase of flavour naturally means increase of enjoyment, and good digestion follows as a matter of course, when human beings are obedient to nature’s dictum that food can nourish the system only when it is eaten with a relish. The reason, of course, for the extraordinarily appetising nature of food cooked in bags is due to the fact that all the essential qualities and inherent goodness is preserved from dissipation. The envelope not only maintains the requisite heat, regulating it at the same time, but conserves the natural juices, whether of meat, fish, fruit, or vegetables, which were formerly lost by ignorance and carelessness, and mistaken ideas of cooking. The subtle salts and acids, the essential oils, the perishable fumet, are all alike preserved, and in consequence the loss of weight after cooking is barely perceptible, so that the true ends of economy are thereby served. Economy. The Economy of paper-bag cookery is easily apparent. This, with the conservation of flavour, are the two chief bids in the phenomenal popularity by which this method of cookery has been received by the country. Economy of time, labour, money, food material, and one might justly add temper, for cooks in the past, owing to constant contact with great heat, have been noticeably lacking in the last-named virtue. Time and Labour. Economy of time and labour. The old era of oven-cleaning and pot-scouring, constant supervision, and frequent basting, has passed for ever. The twentieth century scullery will be an interesting relic for future denizens of this planet to look back upon, but not to imitate. Indirectly, this lessening of kitchen labour will do wonders towards solving the servant problem, either in the direction of doing without extra help, or by so ameliorating the conditions of the average household, that domestic service will come to be looked upon with greater enthusiasm than has lately been evident. This boon of economy of time, too, can hardly be over-estimated in importance by the mothers of large families, and busy bachelors of small means and of both sexes, not to mention the countless thousands of flat-dwellers in our great cities. Money. Economy of money. This applies two ways, one as regards the saving of scrubbing materials, soap, soda, polishing agents, etc., and the necessity for replenishing or repairing the various utensils formerly used in every kitchen, the other as regards food. Cheap, and perhaps somewhat coarse foods, previously regarded with disfavour by all but the lower classes, can now be made, with paper-bag assistance, so surprisingly attractive that there will be no occasion to strain the dimensions of the most modest purse in order to secure a higher-priced dainty. Food.

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