Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-15
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food, and consequently tie entire
health Of the household depend to con.
siderable extent upon thseare given "a
dishes and pots used in pe1Paring food.
and upon the cleanliness q various
cloths and towels used about the
kitchen. Sand is not used in securing
tins now as it once was. a. it Is known
to injure the surface OF tins 20 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 or pan. Boiling hot washing soda
and water will usually brighten any tin
ware. As soon as it is washed wipe
the tin with dry towel and set it for
short time on shelf behind or near
by the stove where it may become
thoroughly dry. If this is done system
atically there will be little need of
sand or even securing soap.
The ring dish-cloth or "iron dish
cloth" is invaluable for removing any
remnant of cooking which adheres to
the bottom of cooking pans or tins.
The outside of pots can be thoroughly
washed with this cloth without soiling
the fingers with SCOT which 50 COM
monty clings to the bottom of pots set
next the fire. This dish-cloth should
be kept free from grease with boiling
water and soda, and hung near the
sink. to be at hand whenever it il
wanted.
Frying pans Of polished iron that
become blackened may be readily
frightened with . little boiling vine
gar and salt, after which they should
be thoroughly secured with soap and
dried near the FIRE. All pans and pots
in which onions. cabbage or any
strong vegetables have been cooked
should be first thoroughly washed. then
set ON the stove filled with soda and
water. in the proportion Of two or
three tablespoonful of soda to gal
Ion. When this water comes to boil
ing point remove the pot from the fire
and rinse it out and wipe it dry. It
is better to have special pot to cook.
onions in. lined with porcelain. or of
granite ware. Iron turns this vege-
table black. and it is exceeding diff
cult to get the odor of onions out of
these pots.
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every kitchen, and this should be used
with sand to scour floors and un-
painted tables; it is also especially use
sul about the sink, and if freely used
with boiling hot soda and water will
keep the plumbing works of the kitch-
en- free from the collection of grease
which sometimes clogs up the waste
pipe of the sink. Brushes that are
used about the sink can readily be
kept clean with soft soap.
There is one article which is often
neglected, but which it is essential to
keep clean. this is the garbage
pail It is simple matter to keep a
long-handled whisk hung outdoors
for this purpose. A few scrubbings
with this brush and boiling water, soft
soap and soda, will remove every par
ticle of refuse from its sides. 1t is a
disgusting habit to keep this pail with
in doors at any season of the year.
This pail should be covered. and the
cover should be CAREFUL washed with
the pail once week.
If wood box is kept in the house it
should be brushed out at least once a
week, as bits of refuse food and old
cloths used in cleaning are apt to col
lect in such places. 1t is scarcely nee
essary to add that every corner and
closet on the kitchen floor should be
scrubbed out once . week. and NO dust
be left in corners for the seeds of diph-
liberia and other zymotic diseases to be
sown in the form of the green mold,
which readily collects on any stray
crumbs Of refuse. It is safe, neat
habit to scald up all cleaning cloths
used for paint and floors in the water
of the washing boiler after the clothes
are removed. Such cloths should be
carefully hung outdoors
An abundance of dish towels of Rus
sia crash, store towels of any coarse
cotton or linen crash, and dish-cloths
of heavy linen. should be in every
kitchen. It is better to keep a set of
linen bread and cake cloths by them
selves for the exclusive purpose of
covering rising bread or mullins and
for covering bread when it is taken
from the oven. and wrapping around
bread or cake when they are put away
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