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Chafing Dish Delicacies

THE chafing dish is composed of the blazer and hotwater pan, set in a standard with a small lamp underneath. Some lamps have an electric attachment, but alcohol is the fuel most used. The best alcohol is the most satisfactory, although many use wood alcohol.

Every kind of dish which is usually prepared in a saucepan or double boiler can be made in the chafing dish, but ordinarily, oyster, mushroom, fish, egg, and cheese dishes are the ones most popular.

When preparing for a chafing dish supper, arrange the chafing dish on a tray, have the lamp filled, and matches at hand. A wooden spoon or regular chafing dish spoon and a wire whisk are convenient and really necessary utensils. It is well to have all the ingredients measured and neatly arranged on a tray. If butter is to be used, butter balls, each representing a tablespoon, are a convenient and attractive way in which to serve it. Light the lamp and have the water boiling before the supper is announced, then the compounding of the dish may be done quickly.