The herald., 1897-04-18
Valuable Suggestions for
the Household
RENOVATION OF THE KITCHEN
ABSOLUTE FRESHNESS AND
PURITY ESSENTIAL
The Importance of Often Blackening
the Range-Inpection Of the
Sink-Recipes

Now that womankind is growing more
scientific and taking firmer grasp upon
psychology, we find one of its primary
laws-that of associa ation-directing the
of the modern kitchen. The
old, semi-annually whitened walls that
soon succumbed to the smoke of broiling
and the vapors of boiling are no longer
Only an environment that
suggests absolute freshness and purity
can be associated in the mind of the din
er with the food that his tickle appetite
does not always even then find alluring.
The kitchen completely sealed in some
light, fresh-looking, natural wood, or,
better still, tiled all over, walls ceiling
and floor, is almost an absolute law.
If the range is kept in good condition
it must be often blackened. This is nee
essary, not only for the preservation OF
the material but also as the requisite
of brisk fire from a moderate amount
OF fuel. Yet backing implies dark marks
upon dishes set upon the warming shelf,
and these dark rings are transferred in
time to the dining room to appear where
the dish has been placed upon the table,
cloth. A tin plate set upon the shelf
upon which the dish may rest is the only
sure way to prevent the transmission
of the ring of black. The wiping off Of
plates or platters at the last moment is
not ALWAYS even in the most orderly
kitchens, thorough.
There is nothing about a residence
plumbing system, says an authority, that
a child may not understand, and there
is every reason why housewife should
be able to make her own periodical in
spection of all the fixtures of her home.
The kitchen sink should be frequently
inspected. 1t is often connected directly
with wash tubs, its pipes receiving double
waste. Traps under sinks and closets
should have thumbscrew at their low
est turn so that they can be readily ex-
amined and cleaned out. A test for the
presence of sewer gas Is sugar Of lead
sprinkled on blotting paper If this il
held near pipes of closets and wash
rooms it will quickly discolor if sewer gas
is present.
Toasted marshmallows are delicious
and make a pretty and odd sweet for a
luncheon, or the children will welcome
them as a dinner dessert. When held
over the Goals on the toasting fork they
puff up to twice their former size and
turn a lovely brown color Served as
soon as may ba they will be found to
keep their heat for so long that there is
more danger of burning ones mouth
than that the dainty morsel will become
cold and fiat This is preferable to
Pumping them in the chafing dish, as ia
sometimes done, and, incidentally, much
better for that utensil. To use the blazer
of the chatting dish for dry cooking, that
is, where no lubricant is used, is to de-
stroy quickly it's finish.
A way of serving carrots is the follow
ing, evolved by a cook desirous, as all
cooks should be, of something new"
The vegetable is scraped, diced and
boiled till tender. Meanwhile a slice OF
onion is Drowned in a tablespoonful of
butter. With this one tablespoonful of
flour is rubbed smooth and stirred until
the flour is cooked. Then one cup of
tomato juice, not heated, is added to the
mixture with a half teaspoonful of salt
and a dash of pepper. The whole stewed
together three or four minutes before
being strained over the carrots, which
have been drained. This dish is much
more palatable than the creamed car
rots because it adds a needed flavor and
is none the harder to prepare than the
better known preparation.
"A bit of scientific reading that women
will do we'll not to skip is that pertaining
to a report of analysis of face washes
by chemists. OF many examined, nearly
80 per cent contained corrosive subli-
t. ,f fIar, aop1vy
pure. One showed large proportion of
mercury and chloride. Where the lotion
was not powerfully harmful 1t was usu-
ally perfectly useless, a composition Of
SOAP borax, alcohol and water for which
it was wicked to ask the price of dollar
a bottle. There is a law which makes It
obligatory to place a red label on bot
tie holding poison, statute which the
manufacturers of these lotions evade as
far as possible by placing it on the bot
tom of the bottle.
Chocolate cream ice Is not exactly
chocolate ice cream, but is made accord
ing to formula original in a suburban
family. Any good recipe for chocolate
ice cream is followed. When the cream
is frozen and the dasher removed part
of the compound is scooped out and its
place filled with whipped cream sweet
ened and favored with vanilla. Cover
this with the chocolate, repack and set
away to ripen.
In larding with pork the fattest piece
procurable should be bought Qean salt
pork is not available for any use), and
the strips always cut from that part be-
tween the streak of lean and the rind.
This is the only portion firm enough for
the purpose. The bits should then be
laid in ice water to become crisp before
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