The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-07-01
Economizing Time.

do each day that it is sometimes very
discouraging to us. If there is no
one to help with the work we must
learn to economic our time or our
kitchen work will become a drudgery.
Have regular days for each kind of
work and set apart certain part of
each day for rest. Then take the
rest the same as many of the duties,
at the time set apart for it, Keep
everything in it's proper place and
have it a convenient one, thus saving
steps. One loses time and strength
by having to make various trips from
garnet to cellar in order to accomplish
a piece of work. 1t takes no more
time to clean and replace articles
when done using them than it does
to lay them aside to wash and ar
range at some other time. Do not
hurry. Have drawers in your kitch-
en- table in which to keep all the
coking utensils, such as knives, forks,
spoons, etc. The most satisfactory way Is
to have your kitchen tables made to
order, and have them first for con-
venience and think of the outward ap-
pearance as of secondary Importance.
1t will be found great convenience
to have a spice cabinet above the
table upon which the bread board is
used. Have it supplied with small
drawers, each one labeled. In these
put soda, ginger, cinnamon, pepper,
baking powder etc. Have the shell
YES of the pantry covered with oil
cloth and they will be quickly and
easily cleaned If, instead of paper,
are covered with table oil cloth it
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Is much more serviceable. Let the
oil cloth which covers the kitchen
table extend UP the wall back of the
table about eighteen or twenty inches
to protect the wall. If the kitchen
is not fitted with a sink and the kitch-
en- table is used to wash the dishes
upon, keep a smooth board about
twelve inches square to place under
the dish pan as oil cloth will not
stand heat. Never lay soap upon your
oil cloth; have a soap dish near at
hand Have a rack fastened to the
wall near the cook stove upon which
to hang the dish towels to dry. All
dish fowls should be washed before
drying or they will become musty and
sour Pour a solution of caustic soda,
boiling hot, down the drain once each
week. 1t will prevent the drain
from becoming clogged with grease.
Have a good size wall pocket fastened
to the outside of the pantry in which
to put strings and small pieces of
soft cloths for convenience. Have a
double boiler for cooking cereals; it
will avoid danger Of burning and give
a finer flavor than when boiled in a
How to Make Good Bread.
To make good bread three things
are necessary: Good yeast, good
-four and a certain amount of
experience. Different brands of
flour sometimes require different
treatment. Often bad flour is placed
upon the market, especially when
newly harvested wheat is used. 1t is
sometimes made into flour before it
has gone through what is called "the
sweat" and must undergo this process
after it has become flour. Such flour
will never make good bread. Then
-four will sometimes seem to fail after
part of the sack has been used. This
is sometimes due to the fact that it
has not been properly cared for Flour
should be kept in cool dry place, as
either extreme cold or heat spoils 1t.
Avoid cellar as there Is sure to be