Standard Paper-Bag Cookery

THE principles contained in Paper-bag Cookery are not new. Woodsmen and hunters have known for ages that if they wanted fish or game done to a turn, a jacket of clay outside the...

I. SELECT a bag that fits the food to be cooked. When a liquid is used or a number of ingredients are to be cooked together, use a wood cookery dish which holds the food stuffs...

AS a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way. While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the...

APPETIZERS play a very important part now-a-days in all up-to-date establishments and even in modest homes where they are not only employed as introductory to the course dinner,...

=Bread Sticks.=--IN preparing these, any bread dough may be used, though that with shortening is preferred. After it is kneaded enough to be elastic, cut into pieces half the si...

FISH and the paper bag method of cooking, go hand and glove. The thing that every housewife hates most, particularly in a small apartment, or in the Winter when it is difficult...

=Filet of Bass.=--WASH and wipe the filets dry with a clean towel, trimming away the fins with a pair of large scissors close to the filet. Dust with salt and lay in a covered d...

=Anchovy Sauce.=--POUND three anchovies smooth with three spoonfuls of butter, add two teaspoonfuls of vinegar and a quarter of a cupful of water. Bring to the boil and thicken...

=Capon.=--CAPON is the best of all poultry, having been specially treated and fattened for the table. They can be distinguished in the market by the head, tail and wing feathers...

=Bullock's Heart.=--THIS is an inexpensive portion of the beef, but a very tasty one when properly cooked. It should always be served on very hot dishes, both plates and platter...

=Breast of Lamb With Tomato Sauce.=--Get three pounds breast of lamb, boil until tender, and slip out the bones. This is best done the day before you are to bag it. Half an hour...

=Bacon and Apples.=--CORE, but do not peel, well flavored apples and cut in crosswise rings about a quarter of an inch thick. Lay on thin slices of streaky bacon in a well-butte...

=Baked Calf's Liver.=--ONE calf's liver washed and dried, slashed and scored inside. Have bread dressing ready well seasoned with onions. Stuff the liver with this and tie with...

=Bignon's Sauce.=--THIS is a delightful appetizer with meats cold or hot, or with fish. Chop fine equal parts, say one tablespoonful of each, capers, parsley, chives, gherkins,...

=Beef Steak Left Overs.=--MINCE fine and for each cup of meat add a tablespoonful of chopped ham and half as much bread crumbs as you have meat. Moisten the crumbs with a little...

=Cheese Ball With Tomato Sauce.=--MIX together two cupfuls grated cheese, a cupful of fine bread crumbs, a quarter teaspoonful of salt and a few grains of cayenne. Then add two...

WHILE no claim is made that all vegetables are improved through paper bag cookery, experiments prove that quite a number can be successfully cooked by the paper bag process. Veg...

=Baking Powder Bread.=--SIFT together, five times over, four quarts of flour, six rounded teaspoonfuls baking powder and four level teaspoonfuls salt. Have the oven quite hot. A...

CAKES baked in paper bags will be as brown as if baked without the bag and will retain their moisture infinitely better; therefore plain loaf cakes and all fruit cakes are great...

=Baked Apples.=--WASH, but do not peel; cut out specks and bruises, core, fill the bottom of the core-space with a bit of butter, over which pile sugar and add a dusting of cinn...

USE tin or agate pie plates for paper bag cookery. Line with a delicate crust, and prick the bottom with a fork. Turn in whatever filling you elect to have, and put on top crust...

=Banana Short Cake.=--BEAT to a cream one-half cupful butter and one of sugar. Add two well-beaten eggs, a pinch of salt and a teaspoonful of baking powder sifted with a pint of...

Grapefruit with Maraschino Cherries Olives Pickles Smelts Milanaise (Bagged) Roast Chicken (Bagged) Baked Potatoes (Bagged) Currant or Cranberry Jelly (Bagged) Baked Onions (Bag...

Baked Potatoes in their Jackets Page 96 Baked Potatoes without Jackets " 96 Bacon and Apples " 70 Sausage and Apples " 72 Bacon and Bananas " 70 Sausage with Tomatoes " 73 Roast...