Making Grease Proof Paper.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 July 1911, Page 4

Making Grease Proof Paper.

KITCHEN REVOLUTION. The α-evolution in the kitchen wihiiqh M. Soyer, tho well-known clief, is leading, promises to be far reaching. It promises also to be a peaceful revolution. Everybody, from the most talented 1 cOief to the lninn'ble hpusewife struggling from day to day to make the most of a limited allowance, is prepared to welcome %n innovation whjdh. renders cooking easier, preserves the valuable qualities of the food, prevents waste, and saves labour. Opposition may possibly come later when the change ibias its effect in the simplification of kitchen furniture, but by that time the revolution will Iliave been accomplished, and the makers of stew-pans and ■baking dishes and saucepans will have to "take it lying down." Paper-bag cookery has already captured the popular imagination. It has just that element of mystery in it wihidh is necessary to excite interest, and once interest is stirred the path to conversion is sure and simple. The majority of the innumerable inquiries with which M. Soyer *■ :i been bombarded 'relate to the pa oe: of which the bag is made. Inquiries are, quite reasonably, sceptical about the results which are promised, but most of them are sufficiently open minded, to want to make an experiment, and in ordea- to dio so suitable paper is necessary. M. Soyer ihas arranged with Messrs James Spicer and Son, Limited, to produce a grease-proof paper, of ■absolute purity, and , as- a g'uaa-anfcvje ib will be stamped' with his nama. The paper can be purchased in balk as well as in ready-made "bags i f different aize's, and M. Soyer estl n•ates that_ an ordinary middle - .family will, for an expenditure of a week, be able to dio practically the whole of its cooking- by'-tlm .method,-:;,, A\":prinfe4 -«Kp-will,.."bV

provided wil.lt every purchaso i,f codcing paper, {civiing. the limp. >(.- quired for different .joints and fowl-; accord iiu* to Uieir. weight. Clips will also bo supplied For t'he niouith. of t!io bag--after tiro t'.ioii lias been inserted. These, <>' course, evil 1)o used over and over again.

SAVING IX FUKIi

M. Soyer is d'aily making rliscovorics in tilic ooursc of liis exp'.M'iiments witii paper-bag cookery. It is a -rather curious fact, for !;•• stanco that refrigerated meat-chil-led beef or mutton —■which is 'o largely consumed in London, about 25 per cent, less time, to cook tlvan fro.sb-killc:l nirat". That f. assiMiiing that it has been thawed before ib i-omes into the kitchen. As a rnl« the Imtclier performs iihi.s operation, a'lid the customer gets tilt* moat ready for cooking. .M. Soyor's ok])Kination of the apparent paradox' that frozen meat takes n ■shorter tinio to cnok than fi-esh is that the sinew of the- nitwit is really "burnt." l»y ico, and that tie heat of tlie oven got.s into I'h.p itoivs ol' i meat inorc q-u.ickly on. t.lui: account.

Another exporiinent, which camo U> an ctkl on Saturday nivilit, is t!." expenditure in fuel. Kor a wnck M. Soyer em])loyed ono ffas 'lo;? solely for pa pen-bag cookory. Tl.o sfovo did its oiistoniary ani'ount cf work, and at tlio end of seven i!«ys it was fo'iuul' that the saving in t.as amoiintod to no less th:iu 40 '")("•;■ (•"lit. Tliis is partly "xplnined by the fact that (lis!n\s take a. lnnHi sliorte.r time to cook and partly ':y the possibly only i>

paper-bag cookery, that fi.s'fi

flesh of fowl may be put in the same oven without -clanger of contaniiiiat"iii.fi; one another. M. Koyor's present record in the direction of time saving is the cooking of 24 diiffcirent dishes in the space of an hour, though this feat naturally required the services of more than one oven.

Mis recipe for co'oking pons l>y t!iis nietlind is beautifu'lly .simple. A pinch of sugar, a little salt and at;inil)'!n!' of water to each quart. One or two leavesnf mint are sufficient lor flavouring—it is one of Il.e ciiiriov.itios of this style of cookery that the e-s-.«ences are so concentrated that the smallest amount of finvourin"' is necessary. And for coo'cwi. 3o to 10 minutes. XY> soda ; s necessary to retain tho eolo'iir ot ])cas or any other g.roen vegetables. As M. Soyer oxpmsses it- in his vrtiiresque way, "A little sugar added to any green vogteablo hrings to them the sun >of tho South.'