Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01
The fata1 aud fireside,
WASTE IN HOUSE KEEPING.

Americans are an industrious money max
ing people, but they are not economical. Our
housekeeping is proverbially wasteful, allow.
ing leakage at every point, sufficient in the
aggregate, in many households, to support q
European family. Some writer Eve know
not to whom to give credit has made the
following extensive, but by no meansa COM
plete enumeration:
Much waste is allowed in cooking meats.
Unless watched, the cook will throw out wa.
ter iu which meat has been boiled, without
letting it cool to take off the fat; or she will
empty the dripping-pan into the swill.pail.
The grease is useful in many ways. <
Again, bits of meat are thrown out, which
French cook would convert into excellent
hash.
Flour is sifted in wasteful manner, or the
bread-pan is left with the dough sticking to it.
Pie-crust is left over, and laid by to sour,
instead of making a few tarts for tea.
Vegetables are thrown away which would
be nice if warmed over for breakfast.
Cream is allowed to mould and spoil, mus
tard to dry in the pot, and vinegar to corrode
the castor. ...t. 70 ~ ...e.a-s.
Good knives are used for cooking in the
kitchen, silver spoons are used to scrape ket.
ties, and forks for toasting bread. d
Tea, roasted coffee, pepper and spices, are
allowed to stand open and lose their strength.
Dried fruits not cared for in season become
wormy, and sweet meats are opened and for
gotten.
Vinegar is drawn in basin, and permit.
ted to stand until both strength and basin
are spoiled.
Soap ia left in water to dissolve, or more
used than is necessary, and the scrub-brush
is left in the water.
Barrels and tubs are left in the sun to
dry and fall apart tins put away without
being properly dried are rusted. sfse
Molasses stands open and flies take posses.
sion.
Pork spoils for want of salt, and beef be.
cause the brine wants scalding.
Ashes are thrown out carefessly, endanger.
ing the premises, and being wasted. -.
Clothes are being whipped to pieces by the
wind on the lines; fine cambrics are rubbed
on the wash-board; and laces are torn in
starching. 49, ,..",..
Table linen is thrown carelessly down and
nibbled by mice; is put away damp and
mildews; or the fruit stains are forgotten and
the stains washed in or "set"
Table napkins are used to wipe dishes, and
tea.pots are melted on the stove.
Lard is not we'll dried out, and becomes
tainted, and rats destroy the. "soap grease"
Bones are burned that might be broken
and thrown into the compost heap.
Old shoes, woollen rags, and such accumu.
lations are permitted to lie round loose in.
stead of being composted for your favorite
grape vines. a..-
Sugar is spilled around the barrel, coffee
from the sack, and tea from the chest.
Wooden boxes are used to take up ashes,
then the box is pushed aside and forgotten.
Many family has been houseless and home"
less in night by such an inadvertance.
Each of the above items is q trife in it.
self-and yet the house where all these tri.
Aes are "happening"-just imagine what q
place it would be! In these and many other
ways careless and inexperienced house.
keeper will waste without heeding-nay,
even without even knowing that she wastes.
On the contrary, because she entertains but
little company, buys no fine clothes, makes
her own dresses, and cooks plainly, she may
imagine that she is an exceedingly economi-
cal woman and a very excellent housekeeper.