PRINCE BISMARCK’S OLD CHE F.
Prince Bismarck’s old chef, who is now head cook in a big Berlin restaurant, recently won a novel bet and gave a surprising exhibition of his mastery in the culinary art. He had wagered twenty-live dollars that he • could kill, clean., cook and serve a chicken all in six minutes. The wager was decided at night in the cafe w of the restaurant in the presence of a big crowd. The cook appeared at 9 o’clock on an improvised platform, upon which stood a gas cooking stove. He held a live chicken high above his head, and the fowl cackled loudly. The blow of a keen carver severed the head from the neck, and the cook began to pick the feathers with great swiftness. It took just one minute to get rid of every feather. In less than another minute the expert had opened and cleaned the fowl and had placed it upon a broiler on the gas stove. The cook busied himself at the broiler seasoning the fowl as it cooked. It lacked just a second of the sixth minute when he stepped from the platform and served the chicken to the nearest guest, amid great applause.—New York Sun.
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 5, 29 April 1893, Page 12
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205PRINCE BISMARCK’S OLD CHEF. Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 5, 29 April 1893, Page 12
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