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THE CHAFING DISH.
EST peradVentare there
should be living any so
unhappy as to be un
acquainted With the JK
Chafing Dish and its
manifold uses, let it be
said right here that it
is an ingenious cooking
utensil devised by the Ancients, Which,
after suffering a period of barbarous
neglect, is now rightly restored to its
proper place in the service of man.
M So far back as 262 B.C., a Creek
poet, in praising the skill of an Attic
cook, says: "He cooked a fish so suc
cessfully in the Chafing Dish that it
gaVe him grateful and admiring glances
as he turned it in the pan." Though We
benighted XXth century folk cannot hope
to rival the achievement of the Attic cook
as chronicled by the poet, to-day many
of us find the Chafing Dish of exceeding
great use. Dy its aid a dinner or supper
can be quickly cooked and served by
host or hostess at the Very table itself,
and that, too. With but little
or no aid from servants,
The method of using a Chaf
ing Dish and its few acces
sories, and the management
of the spirit lamp, may be
learned only from actual de
monstration, which, hoWeVer,
does not generally take more
than a few minutes.M M M