The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-05-30
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Care of Kitchen Utensils.

The flavor and wholesOmeness OF food,
and consequently the entire health of the
depend to considerable extent
upon the care given to dishes and pots
used in preparing food. and upon the
cleanliness Of various cloths and towels
used about the kitchen. Sand is not
used in securing tins now as it once was,
so that they soon become unfit for any
use. There are many excellent securing
soaps that are effectual in cleaning, and
do not wear out the surface Of the pot OF
pan. Boiling hot washing soda and
water will usually brighten any tiDware.
As soon as it is washed wipe the tin with
a dry towel and set it for a short time on
a shelf behind or near the stove where il
may become thoroughly dry. If this is
done Systematically there will be little
need of sand or even securing soap.
The ring dish cloth or "Iron dist
cloth" is invaluable for removing any
remnant of cooking which adheres to the
bottom of cooking pots or tins. The
outside ofpots can be thoroughly washed
with this cloth without soiling the fingers
with SCOT, which so commonly clings tc
the bottom of pots set ne It the fire. This
dishcloth should be kept free from grease
with boiling water and soda, and hung
near the sink, to BE- at hand when
wanted.
Frying pans of polished iron that be.
come blackened may be readily bright
ened with little boiling vinegar and
salt, after which they should be
thoroughly secured with soap and dried
near the ire. All pars or pots in which
onions, cabbage or any strong vegetables
have been cooked should be first thor.
oughly washed, then set on the stove
filled with soda and water, in the proper
tion of two or three tablesponfuls of sods
to a gallon. When this water comes tC
boiling point remove the pot from the
fire and rinse it out, and wipe it dry. il
is better to have a special pot to cook
onions in, lined with porcelain, or o.
granite ware. Iron turns this vegetable
black, and it is exceedingly difficult tt
get the odor of onions out of these pots.
Soft soap is necessary article il
every kitchen, and this should be used
with sand to scour floors and unpain!e6
tables; it is also especially useful about
the sink, and if freely used with boiling
hot soda and water will keep the plumb.
ing works of the kitchen free from In,
collection of grease which sometimes
clogs up the waste pipe of the sink.
Brushes that-are used about the sink car
readily be kept clean with soft soap.
There is one article which is Otter
neglected, but which it is essential tc
keep clean: this is the garbage pail. Il
is simple matter to keep ong-handled
whisk hung out doors for this purpose
A few scrnbbings with this brush and
boiling water, soft soap and soda, vii
remove every particle of refuse from its
SIDES. 1t is disgusting habit to kcel
this pail within doors at any season o
the year. This pail should be covered
and the cover should be carefully WASHED
with the pail once week.
If a wood box is kept in the house i
should be brushed out at least once {
week, as bits of refuse food and old
cloths used in cleaning are apt to col &c
in such places. 1t is scarcely necessarl
to add that every corner and closet OF
the kitchen floor should be scrubbed ont
once a week, and no dust be left in cor
ners. for the seeds of diphtheria anC
other Zymotic diseases to be sown in the
form of the green mould, which readily
collects on any stray crumbs of refuse
1t is a safe, neat habit to scald up al
cleaning cloths used for paint and floor
in the water of the washing boiler afte
the clothes are removed. Such cloth
should be carefully hung outdoors.
An abundance of dish towels of Rus
sia crash, store towels of any coarse cot
ton or linen crash, and dishcloths o
heavy linen, should be in every kitchen
1t is better to keep set of linen bread
and cake cloths by themselves, for thu
exc 'usive purpose of covering rising
bread or mullins and for covering brcaC
when it is taken from the oven, and
wrapping around bread or cake wheI
they are put away in stone pot or til
! box.--Ncio York 7TiIuae.