The Sunday Oregonian., November 22, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 6, Image 42

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 22, 1908.
How Thanksgiving Turkey Should Be Prepared
Lilian Tingle Explains Ctaitla Art of Leading Great American Bird From the Gobble to the Gravy.
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THOUGHTS of Thanksgiving day and
of turhey are one and Inseparable.
A good Thanksgiving- dinner mean,
first and foremost, a good turkey, and
plenty of It turkey roasted to a turn, rich
brown without, tender and Juicy within,
and surrounded, as befits the kins; of
the feast, by attendant gravy, sauce and
vegetables, to say nothing of the all
Important stuffing. Well has tho poet
sung of "The Festive Turkey:"
Fowl to alt other fowls prfrred
Except perhapa our public bird
or mighty beak and ponderous wing
The. with a watering mouth. I sing!
Or all earth's dainties there Is none
Like thee, to thank the Lofd upon.
Put though you may "Love his breast
and wings, legs, back, and other things,"
when the bird comes to the table, you
may also. If. you are a new-fledged, in
experienced housekeeper, regard him with
very different feelings when ha lies be
fore you on the kitchen table, white and
cold, with pathetic heavenward pointing
legs. Incredibly long, lank neck, and most
mysterious internal arrangements.
1 could tell a sorrowful story about one
bride with her first turkey, who "shed so
many, tear over him that he scarcely
needed either washing or salting:" but
Instead I offer a few simple directions
which may perhaps prove helpful in pre
venting similar tragedies. Many ex
cellent cook books have a cheerful habit
of beginning: "Dress, clean, stuff and
truss a ten-pound turkey and place In
a dripping pan" but I shall have to go
a little more into detail: so If you know
already how to do these things you may
"skip" what follows.
Don't Look for Bargains.
first the Inexperienced housekeeper
should remember that If she wanta a
really tood turkey she should not look
for bargains. Bargains In food are apt
to be dear In the end. especially in poul
try and meats purchased by the unskilled
provider. Turkeys at Thanksgiving time
are of various grades and prlcee. The
safest way. and usually the cheapest
in the end. is to order early from a man
who has a reputation to live up to. In
selecting a turkey you should know that
plnfeatliers Indicate a young one and
many hairs, an old one: that pliable
bristle in the breast bone to another sign
of youth: that amoot black legs are
most "correct: and that; in spite - of my
use of the masculine pronoun, a hen
turkey is usually preferable to a gobbler.
As for size, that of course, dependa upon
your pocket and the size of your party;
but an eight or ten-pound bird Is gen
erally considered "a good, useful size."
Don't have the feet cut off. The mar
ket man will usually draw the tendons if
you ask him to do so: but there are some
advantages in drawing them yourself,
and as my grandmother used to eay,
when I got Into any childish difficulties,
"Its all experience for you, my dear."
The bird can be sent home drawn or not.
Just as you prefer, but the drawing also
would be "experience for you."
Drawing tendons makes a very great
difference in the appearance and texture
of the drumsticks. The easiert way to
do this without a tendon puller la to
crack each leg an Inch or so below the
Joint, over the edge of the table. Then
make a cut. through the skin only, at
this point and catch up each tendon sep
arately with a strong skewer. Give the
skewer a half turn. pull, gently but
firmly, and the tendon will come away
from the drumstick without difficulty.
It is easier than It sounds or looks and
gives you a delicious "Little. Jack
Horner" feeling each time you pull one
out. Don't ask me how many tendons
there are. because T don't know. Just
kep on pulling until they are all fringed
out and the foot hangs by the skin only.
Amputate the Feet.
Now cut off the feet and put them Into
boiling water. lAter you can strip off
the outer skin like a glove and use the
feet to make nice gelatinous stock for
the gravy. Dip the dark stumps also in
boiling water and peel them too. Leav
ing on these stumps prevents the meat
from shrinking, hardening and exposing
a long, dry bone an effect which is
both unsightly and wasteful. The stumps
also make neat trussing eaeler.and they
can be cut off before serving so as to
leave a clean, unbumed Joint.
Next, after picking out all plnfeathers.
g-.ve the bird a good bath In lukewarm
water to which you have added a little
soda or borax. Scrub with a clean little
vegetaMe brush. Tou will probably be
surprised at the amount of grease and
dirt removed.
After drying comes singeing. This can
be done with a wisp of flaming paper
or over the gas stove; but the neatest
and cleanest way is to pour and rub on
a snoonful or two of pur ak-ohol (not
wood alcohol or denatured alcohol) and
set It slight over the sink.
Now gUe the neck a sharp twist. Just
below the head, and cut off the latter.
Hold the skin t Vtht against the back of
the neck and slit It down to the base.
Lift the neck away from the skin and
windpipe: push It back against the shoul
ders: break and cut It off. Put It Into
cold water and keep It to make stock.
No bird should be allowed to come to the
table with a headless neck waving wildly
aloft In air: but you need the flap of
akin for stuffing and making a fine,
plump "chest." Separate the crop and
windpipe from the skin and draw them
carefully out.
Next turn your attention to the tall
and remove the oil bag. If the bird
was drawn In the market you simply
put the cleaned glxxard. liver and heart
Into cold water with the neck: and
make 'sure that the lungs, lying close
against the ribs, and the kidneys, lying
In hollows beside the back bone, have
b-en completely removed. An unpleas
ant strong flavor results from lack of
attention to this.
If you are to draw the bird yourself
begin by making a slit Just above the
vent, being careful to cut through the
skin only. Put la your hand, keeping
close to the sides of the cavity, and
work gently around until everything Is
loose. Take firm hold of the gizzard,
which you can distinguish by Its size
and hardness, and gently draw all out
on to a sheet of paper.
Cut off the end of the Intestine: re
serve the heart, gizzard and liver;
wrap op and. If possible, burn the rest
In separating the liver from the green
ish gall sack, be very careful not to
break the latter. The gizzard Is
cleaned by cutting down one of the
thick sides and peeling off the thick
outer muscle from the Inner sac.
In order to .have perfectly sweet
dressing and inside bones to pick It Is
necessary to wash the cavity with a
little lukewarm water and borax In
stead of simply "wiping with a damp
cloth." as many cookbooks will tell you
to do. Work quickly, so as not to lose
tho Juices; give a rinse under the flow
ing faucet and wipe with a clean towel.'
Your turkey is now ready for stuff
ing. Have the dressing and a threaded
trussing needle ready. Fill the body,
but do not cram It too full, for some
dressings swell considerably. Sew up
the slit with a few easily seen and
removed stitches. Or before doing this
you may arrange a few strips of fat
salt pork between the skin and meat
of the legs.
Mora dressing la now to be Inserted
at the breast under the flap of neck
skin. Make a fine plump shape and
fasten down the skin with a stitch at
the back. Then twist the wings close
to the sides with the tips crossing this
skin.
Bring the thighs close up to the
wings, pressing them downwards on
the table. Pass the threaded trussing
needle through the middle Joints of
both legs and wings, and through the
body of the bird. Cross the string and
tie It at the back; then bring it down
and tie the ends of the drumsticks
close to the tall.
This gives a solid compact shape
which enables a comparatively large
bird to be put Into a comparatively
small roaster or oven, prevents drying
and loss of Juice and makes matters
easier for the carver.
Now work together about equal parts
of butter or bacon fat and flour. Sea
son It with salt and pepper, and when
the bird Is In the roaster spread this
mixture all over it.
Koastlng the turkey breast down
wards Is recommended to prevent dry
ness of the breast: but this Is not al
ways eay to arrange. You need have
LINCOLN AT DECATUR CONVENTION
Joseph Gas
iton Corrects Speaker Cannon's Account of an Incident on That
Hlstorla
PORTLAND, Nov. 21. (To the Editor.)
The summary of the recollections of
President Lincoln given In last Sunday's
Oregonlan by dlstlnguislied men still liv
ing. Is exceedingly Interesting. I will not
assume to add anything thereto. But
knowing the facts. I am constrained to
say that the following statement by
Speaker Cannon does not give a good pic
ture of what occurred at the time:
Joseph O. Cannon flrst saw Lincoln when
he drove with a hotel-keeper of the little
Illinois town of Tuscola Into Tecatur. As
they passed along th street in their wagon
the hotel man suddenly said. "There's Abe
Howdy. Abe?" "Howdy, Arch?" came back
the answer from a tall, spare man standing
In front of the hotel.
The Illinois state convention, which was
to elect a delegate to the National con
vention, was In session In Decatur, and It
wu no secret that Lincoln's name was to
come up. Cannon went to the contention
and there saw the celebrated rails brought
In with the legend printed on a long white
cloth. These rails were made by Dennis
Hanks and Abraham Lincoln In 1SS0." There
was a call for Lincoln, and though, as
6peaker Cannon say. "Lincoln was a mighty
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MR. AND MRS. CALVIN GEER.
81LVERTON. Or.. Nov. il. (Special.) Calvin Geer. 71 years of age
and a pioneer of 1847. and KUen Leonard Geer, 66 years of age and a
pioneer of 1852. celebrated their golden wedding today amid the scenes
of their golden youth among the famous Waldo Hills and in the pres
ence of many companions who were present Just 60 years ago to wit
ness the wedding, which took place near where they are now living.
They are Joyous, healthy, and look young enough to extend their
truly happv life on up to the day of their diamond wedding.
Homer C. Davenport, nephew of Mr. Geer. sends the following tele
rram to his uncle and aunt: "Fifty years that have seemed but five.
May your honeymoon continue."
tnuilif meedle. 2. Turkey trussed
for roasting-, allowing method of
no fear, however. If you cover the
breast with a mantle of salt fat pork,
called a "barde." An economical plan
Is to ask for about half a pound of
the salt pork or bacon and have It cut
in two slices, but not separated at the
rind. Cut slits In the pork to prevent
Its curling up. and remove when the
bird is ready for the final browning.
An old-time authority .says: "No
printed rules can make a good roaster.
Practice and vlligant attention alone
can produce that rara avis of the
kitchen. In the French kitchen this is
a department by Itself. He who rules
the roast attenas to that only.
This applied to the times of open
fires and much basting; but nowa
days she "who rules the roast' has to
attend to many things besides, and it Is
fortunate that there are good modern
roasting pans which save basting and
anxiety. The chief point to "remember is
to give strong heat for the first 20 min
utes or half hour, and then steady, gen
tle heat.
A 10-pound turkey may very well cook
for three and a half hours. You can
tell when It Is done by the color and
general appearance and the tendency of
the thigh to separate at the joint. Ke
move the turkey to a smaller pan and
keep hot while you make the gravy. You
will probably need to. pour off some of
the fat In the pan: then theken ana
season the remainder, using for liquid
the stock made by boiling the feet, neck
and giblets. The liver, heart and giz
zard may be chopped and added to the
gravy "or used for other purposes.
Be sure your gravy is a good brown,
free from lumps and grease, and well
simmered to cook the starchy thickening.
If not brown enough you will be Justi
fied In using a few drops of "kitchen
bouquet" or caramel; but this should
not be needed.
In dishing your turkey don't forget
to remove the trussing strings and
stitches. Don't overcrowd the dish with
garnishlngs, and in mercy to the carver
don't use too small a platter. Probably
the carver will like to have a smaller
platter or a plate provided for cutting
the "second Joint." The drumstick may
be left plain or be adorned with cutlet
frills. For a large bird little red apples
are sometimes used.
Suitable- dish garnishes are parsley,
celery leaves, cranberry sprays, curls of
bacon, string sausages, fans made of
small pickles, stuffed onions, cubes of
Jelly on pickled peaches, chestnut cro
quettes, etc.; but a simple garnish Is In
better taste than an elaborate one, and
more convenient for serving.
Occasion.'
long man," the crowd passed him over their
heads to the platform
"Abe. did you split those rails?" erled
some one in the crowd.
"Dennis Hanks says I did," answered
Lincoln. "I don't know whether I did or
'not but I have spilt many a better one."
Being then In Illinois looking for a lo
cation, I was requested by an Ohio news
paper to attend the Decatur convention
and make some report of its proceedings.
For that reason, 1 attended that conven
tion as a spectator and secured a good
position to see and hear everything that
was said and done.
The rails were brought fnto the conven
tion by Hanks and another man, each
carrying a rail upright with crosspleces
connecting at the top. and the cloth le
gend nailed to the crosspleces. As the
rails appeared, bedlam broke loose. The
Lincoln spirit was everywhere, and the
yelling was terrific. The rails were car
ried forward and set on end in front of
the platform. A unanimous shout was
made for Lincoln, and Instead of being
passed forward over the heads of that
mass of shouting madmen (a very undig-
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nlfled and Impossible proposition with a
seven-footer like Old Abe). Mr. Lincoln
came forward "from the rear of the presid
ing officer's platform, whence he had been
seated with other distinguished Republi
cans before the convention opened.
As Mr. Lincoln came forward the cneer-
tn was deafenlne: and when quiet was
restored, he pleasantly acknowledged the
homage paid him. ana Bala: 1 ao nox
know whether I made those rails or not;
but I do know that Dennis Hanks and
myself made over 2000 Just as good rails,
nearly 30 years ago"; and then resumed
his seat.
Then the" excited crowd called lor
Hanks. Dennis was a short, stout man
and he had to be assisted to get up on
the platform. And as he turned his good
humored face to the crowd with a smile
about a yard wide, the cheering he re
ceived was fully equal to that accorded
to Lincoln. Hanks. was barely equal to
the occasion, and on recovering his wits
he said: "Abe Lincoln says he don't tnow
whether we split them rails or not. Well,
gentlemen, I do know that we made those
very rails In 1S30. We made over 2000 rails
and I built them Into a fence that la still
standing where I built it, and I took
those two rails from tnal ience.
What did the rails have to ao wnn
Lincoln's future? In his "Life of Lin
coln," Holland remarks: "It Is the misfor
tune of great men who are candidates for
office, that appeals must be made by them
or on their behalf, to the groundlings."
This was an unfortunate word; unless the
author simply meant the men who maice
their living from Mother Earth. Lincoln
himself 'never made use of mis ran-
splittlng Incident; and he greatly regret
ted that others did use It in his behalf.
But it was a powerful factor In making
him President. Every farmer and farm
er's boy from the western boundary of
New York to the Pacific Ocean, knew
what making rails meant. It caught and
held their attention. Here was a great
man esteemed worthy to be President
of the United States. Me naa maae raus
for his living! It was hard, exhausting
labor. He was one of them. He was
not a carpet-knight or a tricky politi
cian. He would sympathize with the
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them and they would trust him and they
gave him the nomination and made him
President.
On this occasion, I had the good for
tune to meet the Great Emancipator and
have a brief conversation. As the omni
busses rolled up from the railroad sta
tion, with their loads of delegates tg
the convention, Lincoln ' did not appear
among them, and everybody around me
was .saying: "Where's Abe? Where's
Abe? "Where's Abe?" Presently a bunch
of men came up the street with a tall man
topped out with a tall silk hat In the lead,
towering above his fellows like the wav
ing mast of a great ship. Then the cry
was: "Here he comes. Here he comes.
Here he comes!" showing that the
crowds were not thinking of anybody
but Abe Lincoln. The hotel was ap
proached by a broad flight of stone steps
bound by a railing, and both sides , of
these steps were lined by men, and I
was standing at the top near the entrance
to the hotel. .
As Lincoln came up the steps, he shook
hands with every man on both sides, call
ing many of them by their flrst names. As
he came along to me, he extended his
hand and inquired: "And what county are
you from?" On hearing my reply that I
was from Ohio and not a delegate to the
convention, he Inquired what part of
Ohio I hailed from; and on my telling
him I was from Belmont County he quick
ly responded: "And do you know Judge
Cowen?" On telling him I knew Cowen
quite well. Lincoln inquired about his wel
fare and affairs, stating that Cowen was
one of the first reliable anti-slavery
Whigs and that the two had long been
friends.
Mr. Lincoln then proceeded to relata to
the crowd that had gathered around, an
Incident, as follows, which I think has
never appeared in print, certainly not In
any of the biographies of Lincoln that I
have read: While Cowen was a member
of Congress In 1842, Lincoln was In Wash
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one day, Cowen told him he was going to
the slave auction to see the "sum of all
villainies" In the deepest hell of its crime
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life-long slavery and enforced prostitu
tion. "I told Oowen." said Lincoln, "If
you can stand to see such a sight, you
are stronger stuff than I am made of."
Benjamin O. Cowen did go to the
auction and got so excited over the sight
that he resolved to purchase the woman
and set her free, and In the bidding
raised the ransom price to J1100, when
the slave was knocked off to him as his
property. Cowen paid down and checked
out all the money he had, and the auc
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We have no reason for offering a $400.00 piano for
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telling him what he had done and that
be wanted a loan of enough money to
complete the payment, Lincoln told him
he would not loan him any money for
that purpose, but that he would give hlra
all the rtioney he lacked, and did give it
to hfm, telling his friend that he (Cowen)
was entitled to all the credit.
This story was news to every one pres
ent but myself. I had heard Judge
Cowen relate It after he had brought the
woman back to Ohio and set her free; and
where I had often seen her, a very comely
capable woman, a useful member of so
ciety, making her living, to the entertain
ment of society people.
JOSEPH GASTON".
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