The Worcester spy., 1898-11-20
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TOO EASY TO'LEARN.
Rv AIarinn Harland


BY Marion Harland
I have written once, and yet again.
always earnestly. never hopefully-of
certain domestic tasks which are con
sidered by teacher and pupil in practical
housewifery as too easy to waste time
in learning. The rawest of ''greenhorns"
who demands good wages for bad hoGse-
work resents the attempt to instruct her
IN the right method of washing dishes
and would nout the idea that she does
not know how to make a cup of tea, or
to dust a ROOM how to toast slice Of
bread, or to boil a potato.
Yet, where We have one maid (or mis-
tress. either. for that matter) who can
do all Of these things properly we have
a thousand who never do any of them
passably well. have seen many pro
fessional cook whose tea was fat or
"herby" whose toast was either bitter
or tough and whose potatoes were WaXy.
Brains and refinement count for more in
the manner of treating the despised
quintette of duties than in any, and
every branch, Of what is known as fancy
cookery.
Personally, 7 DO not favor the appear
ance OF potatoes, in one form or another,
upon the table three-hundred-an sixty
five days in the year. To some stomachs
the much-b -bepraised new potato is an
active poison, while everybody, except d
few thoughtful dieticians, greatly over
rates its value as a staple Of daily food
Ny business. now and here, is to try to
lessen the risks Of eating this vegetable,
and to point out some ways of making it
more agreeable to the taste as well as
more manageable by the digestive or
gane. than are accomplished by the
average cook I prophecy, before enter
ing upon the pleasant task, that my arti-
Gle will be read to the end, and the sim
plicity Of the rules herein laid down will
be fully appreciated by none except
those who are already sufficiently edu-
Gated in culinary arts to be willing to be
taught a great deal more. The shattered
and the sloven will hold on their way in
sneering compIacency They are not
teachable, at their time of life, and in
their grade Of proficiency, in such an
everyday business as
HOW TO BOIL POTATOES.
Select those Of uniform size. Wash
wen. cover deep with boiling water,
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