The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15
DON'T sCORCH OR BURN.
superiority OF Aluminium Kitchen
Utensils Made Plain to Students.

Brooklyn Eagle.
Aluminums the thing, the proper, up-to-
date metal for kitchen utensils. Copper
and pewter long ago had their way. They
are ostraciZed from good kitchen society.
Even enamel ware must take a back seat
before the conqueror. Life in the kitchen
the twentieth century housekeeper. She
can run over to her neighbours to get the
pattern of her new shirtwaist and leave the
milk boiling on the stove. She fry
buckwheat cakes without smoking up the
house and burning her face to crisp, and
oh, superlative joy! She can make delicious
Judges without the back-breaking process
of constant stirring. And for all this saw
ing of time and temper she has to thank
aluminium.
The domestic science class at Pratt Insti-
tute was made wise in this kitchen lore
yesterday afternoon when it witnessed
practical demonstration Of aluminium uten-
sils In connection with lecture on alumi
mum. Incidentally the members sampled
fudge and buckwheat cakes cooked respec-
lively In aluminium saucepans and on alu-
minum griddles.
You will notice." said the lecturer. G.
F. Cole, that there is almost no smoke In
frying these pancakes on aluminium; the
griddle requires greasing only once, and
the cakes fry an even brown all over" The
general approval.
do any of you know anything about
making fudge?" queried the lecturer. The
smiled and looked interested. you can
melt the chocolate right in the pan, without
grating 1t and 1T won't burn was the next
statement. as the fudge-makins was begun.
Then. after adding all the ingredients.
you can leave the mixture directly over the
blaze without stirring Ii and 1t will not
burn. This Is because aluminium is one Of
the best heat conductors; The heat is dis
tributed evenly to the sides and top Of the
pan. and so cooks the contents evenly while
with other metals the heat comes directly
through the bottom and dries the contents
and allows them to scorch and burn be-
fore wholly cooked on top. In event OF any
food being cooked becoming so dry as to
burn, an advantage OF aluminium utensils
Is that the burnt flavor does not penetrate.
IL the top Is removed 1t Will be found UNI
harmed"
Economy of fuel was shown to be another
advantage of aluminium. 1T takes about
one-half the amount Of heat in cooking.
pan on the range by the side of one of
aluminium, both containing the same food
that in the latter will be cooked in about
one-half the time"
being made in one solid piece of metal,
there are no seams IN the utensils TO ac-
cumulate dirt; acids do not affect the metal
and it does not rust: 1t is but one third as
heavy as others used for the same purposes
and IL never chips or cracks. It's durabil-
1ty, too makes IL really cheaper in the end.
In answer to a. query as TO keeping the
pans clean, the lecturer said they should
be washed with plenty of soap and hot
water and occasionally secured with one Of
the sand soaps. An extra polish might be
given the surface by any good silver polish.
Samples OF the aluminium in its different
states, from ore down, were exhibited and
a history of the discovery OF the metal and
its subsequent employment for purposes OF
utility explained
At the conclusion of the lecture every pu-
pill was presented with a shining aluminium
saucepan, the gift Of one OF the leading de-
partment houses OF the borough.