Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1908 — GAVE THE MEN A CHANCE. [ARTICLE]

GAVE THE MEN A CHANCE.

Before They Succeeded in Passing a Cruel Cooking Some men who boeetofl rashly that they knew how to cook were beguiled by their wives to attend an evening reunion. No sooner had these wily women assembled their braggart husbands than they produced a list of questions and demanded answers thereto. The questions were: How long does it take to boil: (IX-. Potatoes! (2) Asparagus! (3) Beets? (4) Com? (5) Cauliflower? (6) Cabbage? (7) Celery?. (8) Carrots? (9) Lima beans? (10) Onions? (11) Peas? (12) Parsnips? (13) Spinach? (14) Summer squash? (15) Turnips? (16) Tomatoes? When the men had wrestled with these conundrums until they had almost reached the boiling point themselves they were presented with other slips of paper, one to each man. In these the unhappy husbands were commanded to perform aa follows: Broil oysters: cream oysters; cook bacon; make potato salad; cut bread; slice bam; make coffee; get 'Ottf'dishes; set table; help titt table; wait on table; clear table; wash dishes; wipe dishes. Three ohaflng dishes were brought out and the ingredients for the supper placed on a large, kitchen table. Then the men were set to work, says What to Eat, and given one-half hour in which to prepare the Bnpper. It was a terrible thirty minutes, for the wpmen unfeelingly remained in the pari or and imitated Nero, by playing the piano while things burned.