The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-04-08
LOOK TO THE KITCHEN.
Keep This Portion of the House in Perfect
Order.


than disordered kitchen. 1t is impos-
sible to do work to any advantage with
the room upset and in confusion. Every
mistress and maid should be specially
trained in the art, for il is an art, of al
ways having the kitchen in perfect or
der. II is an excellent plan TO go about
the room the last thing at night, and
see II everything is ready for the morn
ing. No ashes, scraps or rubbish of
any sort should be left either in the
kitchen stove or sink. The floor should
be swept, the room busted, and the
furniture arranged in the most con.
venient fashion. Articles used in the
kitchen should have one place,
and should always be kept there.
This Is a much more important point
than the young housekeeper might
at first imagine. 1t is well to insist on
this under all circumstances. A sud-
den illness, possibly in the night, may
necessitate hot water or hannels, and
for this reason, IL for no other, every
thing should have its stated location,
and thus avoid delays that might posi-
bly, prove fatal. 1t is well to learn to
keep the kitchen in order, as well as TO
put It in order when it needs il. To
learn this TO the best advantage takes
long practice and untiring watchful-
ness Whenever an article is used put
it back where it belongs. OF course,
il is very much easier TO set all sorts
of pots and pans, plates and cups, just
where the first place seems to offer it.
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time in this way to get the room into
almost inextricable confusion. TO do
the best work to the best advantage,
kitchen should be provided with n suffi-
cient number of utensils. Never
make the mistake of getting
too many, for too many are al
most as bad as too few. With
surplus, the confusion is greater, even
though the convenience of the worker
may, for the moment, be better served.
Never put dishes away to soak unless
absolutely necessary. There are maids
indeed, matrons as well-who never
wash a bread pan or a farina kettle on
the same day it is used, IL by any posi-
bility they can avoid it. 1t seems I'M
possible to impress on their minds the
fact that, il the kettle or dish mas be-
come the least bit scorched or dried, it
may be very easily cleaned by filling it
with cold water and placing it on the
back of the range with a tight cover
over it. The warmth and steam will
loosen all adhering particles, and the
use of a chain dish-cloth will make the
task very easy. Very greasy dishes
should have ca bit of soda thrown in
them, and over this may be poured some
quite hot water. If such dishes are
piled one above another and allowed TO
stand in hot water and soak ten min
utes, there will not be the slightest diff
ticulty in getting them perfectly clean.
Some housekeepers always have at
hand a bottle OF rather strong potash
water with which to remove all grease
spots from dishes, tables or floor To
prepare this dissolve about one-half of
the contents of small can of potash
in gallon of water. This may be kept
in n jug in the cellar. A pint bottle of
the liquid should always be kept on
the shelf in the kitchen or pantry, but
always out Of the reach of meddling
little hands. If the bottle is of suitable
shape stroi,g cord around the neck
with nail where it may be hung on
the wall will answer the purpose quite
as well. A teaspoonful of this liquid
will be found u most useful addition to
the water to- use for scrubbing the
tables. Kettles or frying-pans, in which
meat has been cooked. should be placed
on the stove and allowed To become hot
before being washed. This will make
the task much more easy and expedi-
tious An item. which is second in inn
portance to none, is the care of dsh-cloths
and towels. After using cloths should be
throw into pan of water with piece
of salsoda or q spoonful of potash solu-
ton, placed on the stove and allowed
to become hot. They may then be
washed out with soap, rinsed and hung
up To dry. To wiring a cloth ont of or
binary dish-water and hang it away as
clean Is something that no first lass
house-keeper will ever be guilty o. do
ing. The test of neatness in many
households is the manner in which
such articles are kept. Soiled glass
and china-towels may be put in the
laundry-basket and fresh ones brought
out every day, II there is sufficient
stock of these articles on hand. If
not, they also may be put into the pan
with the soda or potash, rubbed out
and hung up to dry Treated in this
way, however, they do not absorb the
moisture from the china as quickly;
and although large stock of towels of
this sort is quite an expensive item, il