The cult of the chafing dish / by Frank Schloesser.

  • Schloesser, Frank.
Date:
1904
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Credit: The cult of the chafing dish / by Frank Schloesser. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    It has been borne in upon me that many quite nice folk may be glad to learn some- thing of the possibilities of Chaffinda. Whether married or single, there are moments in the life of nearly every man and woman when the need of a quick, hot, and light little meal is worth much fine gold. To such I would politely address myself. The ordinary domestic cook is a tireless enemy of the Chafing Dish. She calls it “ fiddle-faddle.” Maybe. But inasmuch as it is clean, economical, speedy and rather simple, it would naturally not appeal to her peculiar sense of the culinary art. To bachelors, male and female, in chambers, lodgings, diggings, and the like, in fact to all who “ batch ” ; to young couples with a taste for theatres, concerts, and homely late suppers ; to yachtsmen, shooting-parties, and picnickers ; to inventive artists who yearn for fame in the evolution of a new entree ; to invalids, night workers, actors and stock- brokers, the Chafing Dish is a welcome friend and companion. It has its limitations, of course, but they are few and immaterial, and its obvious