PAPER-BAG COOKERY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 382, 29 July 1911, Page 6

PAPER-BAG COOKERY.

DEMONSTRATIONS IN MELBOURNE. An agUation has broken out in Melbourne in favour of paper-bag cookery. Leading booksellers and otbers are exhibiting ovens and bags. Two practical demonstrations held in that city have been rushed by enthusiasts anxious to be initiated. An exhibition at the Ladies' Training Conliege drew a crowd which packed the demonstrating theatre. Some lamentations were uttered that the supply of proper paper bags in Melbourne was exceedingly limited, but the announcement that there would be ample consignments at the end of the month. The audience at the exposition of the system consisted of representative housewives, country storekeepers and city cafe proprietors. The fact that 5s is charged for admission shows that the movement must have some basis to attract crowds'at the figure. "The new Taper-bag Cookery' initiated by the famous chef, Mr Soye;, has caught the imagination of the public in quite an amazing way," says the London "Daily Chronicle.''' "There can be no doubt, that M. Soyer is effecting and with surprising rapidity a revolution in English cookery. Incidentally, he is aiding, in an effective manner, the efforts of the State to make the homes of the people more healthy, for assuredly the nation must benefit from an all-round improvement in the cookery and preparation of its meals. "The hag used must be of the right size, sealed up, and held together by a clip. Simply fold, the open end of bag twice or thrice, and fix a fastener at each side of the bag. The system is applicable to alll ordinary ■coal ovens and gas stoves.

"Before putting the bag with its contents into the oven, make sure tliat the oven is well heated. As a rule it takes six or eight minutes to heat a gas-stove. The gas should be turned on full during the six or eight minutes. When the bag is placed in the stove the gas should be towered to about half the full pressure, and the stove then left to do its work. "Some of the advantages of the new cookery :

"It adds greatly to the flavour of the food. "Preserves its essential nutritive elements.

"Does away with the unpleasant fumes attending ordinary cooking. "Is pre-eminently clean.

. "Reduces the 'shrinkage' of the food caused by the ordinary method of cooking. There is little or no waste. "Effects a substantial saving of labour, as it dispenses with the need for so many utensils. Via more economical because it saves time and reduces gas or coal bills."—Sydney "Daily Telergaph."