Cornell University Library The original of tliis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924000677223 Other CUL Copies? Yes (Where? WorldCat How many libtades hold? {°{) First Edition? Yes mo? Signed by author Yes ^I?^ Book Listed in Cookbooks Worth Collecting! Yes C^o^ Author Listed at http://www.biography.com Yes CNo^ Price at http://www.abaa.org/ pages/php/searchform.php or other rare book sites $ Other things to note " What does cookery mean ? It means the know- ledge of Medea, and of Circe, and of Calypso, and of Helen, and of Rebekah, and of the Queen of Sheba. It means knowledge of all herbs, and fruits, and balms, and spices, and of all that is healing and sweet in groves, and savoury in meat. It means carefulness and inventiveness, watchful- ness, willingness, and readiness of appliances. It means the economy of your Great-grandmother, and the Science of modern chemistry, and French art, and Arabian hospitality. It means, in fine, that you are to see imperatively that every one has something nice to eat." RUSKIN LONDON GAY -AND -BIRD 1905 Published . . May 1904 Second Edition . March 1905 J" i'UL To THE ONLY WOMAN WHO COULD TURN ME FROM BACHELORDOM CONTENTS CHAP. I. The Chafing Dish PAGS I II. Preliminaries '9 III. Soups 38 IV. Fish 54 V. Flesh and Fowl 79 VI. Vegetables and Salads 108 VII. Eggs and Savouries 138 VIII. Sauces '59 IX. Sweets and Oddments 177 X. Amenities of the Table 192 Index 207 "There does not at this blessed moment breathe on the Earth's surface a human being that willna prefer eating and drinking to all ither pleasures o' body or soul." — The Ettrick Shepherd. Every bachelor has a wife of some sort. Mine is a Chafing Dish ; and I desire to sing her praises. My better half — I love to call her Chaf- finda, and to dwell upon the doubled con- sonant — is a nickel-plated dish on a wrought- iron stand, with a simple spirit-lamp where- with to keep herself warm. I bought her at Harrod's Stores for twelve shillings and ninepence — and she has sisters. A 2 THE CHAFING DISH It has been borne in upon me that many quite nice folk may be glad to learn some- thing of the possibilities of Chaffinda. Whether married or single, there are moments in the life of nearly every man and woman when the need of a quick, hot, and light little meal is worth much fine gold. To such I would politely address myself. The ordinary domestic cook is a tireless enemy of the Chafing Dish. She calls it " fiddle-faddle." Maybe. But inasmuch as it is clean, economical, speedy and rather simple, it would naturally not appeal to her peculiar sense of the culinary art. To bachelors, male and female, in chambers, lodgings, diggings, and the like, in fact to all who " batch " ; to young couples with a taste for theatres, concerts, and homely late suppers ; to yachtsmen, shooting-parties, and picnickers ; to inventive artists who yearn for fame in the evolution of a new entr6e ; to invalids, night workers, actors and stock- brokers, the Chafing Dish is a welcome friend and companion. It has its limitations, of course, but they are few and immaterial, and its obvious THE CHAFING DISH 3 advantages and conveniences far outweigh its trivial drawbacks. At the same time it must be remembered that it is a serious cooking apparatus, and by no means a mere toy.

AI-modernized reading of the original text

Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924000677223 Other CUL Copies? Yes (Where? WorldCat How many libtades hold? {°{) First Edition? Yes mo? Signed by author Yes ^I?^ Book Listed in Cookbooks Worth Collecting! Yes C^o^ Author Listed at http://www.biography.com Yes CNo^ Price at http://www.abaa.org/ pages/php/searchform.php or other rare book sites $ Other things to note " What does cookery mean ? It means the knowledge of Medea, and of Circe, and of Calypso, and of Helen, and of Rebekah, and of the Queen of Sheba. It means knowledge of all herbs, and fruits, and balms, and spices, and of all that is healing and sweet in groves, and savoury in meat. It means carefulness and inventiveness, watchfulness, willingness, and readiness of appliances. It means the economy of your Great-grandmother, and the Science of modern chemistry, and French art, and Arabian hospitality. It means, in fine, that you are to see imperatively that every one has something nice to eat." RUSKIN LONDON GAY -AND -BIRD Published . . May 1904 Second Edition . March 1905 J" i'UL To THE ONLY WOMAN WHO COULD TURN ME FROM BACHELORDOM CONTENTS CHAP. I. The Chafing Dish PAGS II. Preliminaries '9 III. Soups IV. Fish V. Flesh and Fowl VI. Vegetables and Salads VII. Eggs and Savouries VIII. Sauces '59 IX. Sweets and Oddments X. Amenities of the Table Index "There does not at this blessed moment breathe on the Earth's surface a human being that willna prefer eating and drinking to all ither pleasures o' body or soul." — The Ettrick Shepherd. Every bachelor has a wife of some sort. Mine is a Chafing Dish ; and I desire to sing her praises. My better half — I love to call her Chaffinda, and to dwell upon the doubled consonant — is a nickel-plated dish on a wroughtiron stand, with a simple spirit-lamp wherewith to keep herself warm. I bought her at Harrod's Stores for twelve shillings and ninepence — and she has sisters. A It has been borne in upon me that many quite nice folk may be glad to learn something of the possibilities of Chaffinda. Whether married or single, there are moments in the life of nearly every man and woman when the need of a quick, hot, and light little meal is worth much fine gold. To such I would politely address myself. The ordinary domestic cook is a tireless enemy of the Chafing Dish. She calls it " fiddle-faddle." Maybe. But inasmuch as it is clean, economical, speedy and rather simple, it would naturally not appeal to her peculiar sense of the culinary art. To bachelors, male and female, in chambers, lodgings, diggings, and the like, in fact to all who " batch " ; to young couples with a taste for theatres, concerts, and homely late suppers ; to yachtsmen, shooting-parties, and picnickers ; to inventive artists who yearn for fame in the evolution of a new entr6e ; to invalids, night workers, actors and stockbrokers, the Chafing Dish is a welcome friend and companion. It has its limitations, of course, but they are few and immaterial, and its obvious advantages and conveniences far outweigh its trivial drawbacks. At the same time it must be remembered that it is a serious cooking apparatus, and by no means a mere toy.

The cult of the chafing dish