The sun., 1903-03-22
FOR THE KITCHEN.
Many New Centrivances. That mako IN
WORK Easier Thsn Il Used % he.

Work Easier Thsn If Used - Be.
Cooking and food preparing apparatus
| Is continually being improved upon. New
waffle irons are a fourth lighter In weigh
| than the old models, are more convenien
/ and are marked OF In quaint and variet
patterns.
Skewers for holding meat In place arr
now brought out silver plated and in fanc,
designs Skewer extractors OF ike sub
stance are furnished as accompaniment
Sef-basting roasting pans and sef-bast'
ing Dutch ovens are a boon to cooks who
have half dozen dishes in course OF prepa
ration at the same time.
For the housekeeper who prides herself
on good salad dressing comes clever
little machine which drops the oil for heI
stealthily drop by drop while she turns
the wheel which keeps the other condi'
ments properly beaten. Made OF meta
protected from danger OF corrosion, tins
handy helper by the mere turning OF the
little handle insures savorsome dressings
or sauces.
A patent revolving CRATER CRATES bread
for pates, or cheese for macaroni or sand
wiches, in a twinkling, though housewives
all over the land are laboriously grating
chocolate or bread crust by hand with the
old outstanding graters.
Almond mills are out for reducing the
nuts to powder wanted for desserts, and
likewise for the grinding Of coooanut.
Handy little presses by the rotating OF
the handle extract the Juice from fruits
desired for punches, pudding sauces or for
jelly or wine making.
The olive corer, the peach-stone extractor,
the raisin seeder, the cherry stoner. are
all mills to be got for from rs cents up,
and are such labor savers and temper
savers as ought to make the world glad.
Put the cherries or the raisins in the par
ticular hopper, turn the handle and the
seeds are kept back by magic and the
fruit secured ready for use, and economic
all stoned at that.
Another new contrivance is q mill for
utting up string beans. or course we
have had for some time potato slicers and
parers and apple oorers and peelers. and
a variety Of mills for cutting and grinding
meats for croquettes.
Rolling pins are pretty things these days
Some are Of porcelain in pretty designs
others OF glass. pleasant to the touch
Others OF lignum vite. The variety Of
sizes and styles would amaze the pie and
biscuit maker Of the old days could she
look in to-day at the fashionable out
filters.
The cake maker Of old was careful to
put a piece Of brown paper over the top
Of her cake at a certain stage OF cooking
to prevent its browning too fast, Dainty
asbestos baking sheets are provided nov
to perform this service. Asbestos stove
mats are also an innovation from the old
fashioned housekeeper's point Of view.
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washed In a colander. allowed TO drain
then dumped into another colander and
rewashed. Now regular salad washers
are at hand. They are globe-shape. wired
contrivances supplied with handles and
opening in the middle; Int Into one OF ,Ss,s thsss
doused in water for cleansing and freshen'
ing. And berries can be cleansed by this
means with much less damage from hand
ling.
< netted rice boiler to be submerged in
the pot OF water prevents the rice from
getting soggy and makes It unnecessary
for the cook to toss 1t up to dry out during
the cooking process.
The funnel with little removable strainer
TO be fitted into the bottom ie q new con-
venience that helps In the bottfng OF wtnes
or vinegar, and takes the place Of the coarst
meshed cloths formerly used for such safe
guard.
grindstone aid the housewife In keepine q
her knives shrap.
The individual moulds for desserts. fol
jelly, blancmange. creams, pastry and
cake make a list that would amaze the old
time housekeeper whose possessions In
this line included maybe four or five forms
OF presses that were used alternately foi
the various viands.. and that had been
handed down TO her from her grandmother
The individual fish moulds, moulds for
boned turkey and for the notable tribs
OF meat croquettes and puddings are oi
stone. tin. enamelled ware or polished cop
per. Many are in original designs that
typify their especial purpose.
There are paste jiggers on wheels, quaint
little pastry and cake crinklers and markers
and icing devices that had no place In th'
old housewives knowledge unless she
created them herself from homely materials
or adapted some familiar implement u
Use.
The odd shaped boning knives, meal
cleav avers and spoons and ladies for ki;chei
Use now ranged At the household good.
counters would mystify the oldtime cool
~ much as the sight OF gold and silve
lined stew pans.