THE CATERER (1882-1887)

[A. Vine]

Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>
> ZWIEBACK--February 1883, pg. 210, col. 1, "With this exquisite beverage have
> some of the Vienna zwieback."

Handle carefully or it will explode...

>      BROILED HAMBURG STEAKS.
>      Or, instead of frying, place your steaks upon a gridiron or double wire
> broiler, well greased, and broil them on both sides; place them on a hot
> dish, and pour over them melted butter seasoned with salt and cayenne pepper.
>  This mixture of meat is also often spread upon slices of bread, with butter
> in which a spoonful of dry mustard has been mixed, and used as a sandwich, or
> it may be served raw and cold with slices of Vienna bread spread with
> gilt-edged butter.

I can feel my arteries clogging now...

>
> NANTUCKET CHOWDERS--August 1884, pg. 452.  A poem in column two is "Chowder,"
> with the footnote "Coofs, in Nantucket parlance, 'off islanders'--strangers
> from the mainland."

Do they reference Quahogs as the clam of choice for Cape Cod chowders?  That's
how I learned to make it.

Andrea