Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-11-06
KITCHEN UTENSILS.

If the housewife should see a com
plete list of the various kitchen uten-
sils in the shops she would be inclined
to think that the millennium had
come. Among that list are olive
s~toners, potato p~eelers, pea shelters,
nut crackers, almond grinders, $50
many recipes call for ground %almonds).
ice shavers and crushers, cheese toast
ers. corn scrapers, strawberry hullers,
orange peelers, pineapple ships Can
arrangement for taking out the eyes
of pinapples, which. as everyone
knows, is Il pesky process with an
ordinary knife, flower scissors, that
not only cut but hold the flower until
the hand can reach it; egg sinners,
alarm bell egg boilers, salad oil drop
pers Ga continuance for pouring oil in
to a dressing drop by drop, croauet
moulds, beefsteak tenderers, cherry
and peach stoners, raisin seeders,
large and small; lemonade shakers,
soap sudsers, clothes sprinklers lin
the form of a dredger), pie lifters,
cake lifters and coolers, fruit jar
holders for handling hot glass jars,
meat juice eXtractors, noodle cutters,
sandwich cutters (these are for cut
ting them into various shapes, heart,
diamond, square, clubs, etc. small
separators for taking cream from bot
tie milk, egg timers, combination
scoop and sitter, sterlizing thermom-
eters and sugar thermometers for
candy making.
The above are. most of them. small
devices. There are some larger and
more intricate = utensils, especially
adapted to large fam les or to board
lighthouses, where q great deal must
be accomplished in q very short space
of time; arrangements for cutting
potatoes into various shapes for fry
ing, ETC., potato and cabbage slicers.
machines for pairing and coring apples
and for coring and quartering them
patent potato flyers, patent egg fry
ers, bread and cake mixers and COM
bination Gamers and sterilizers.
Among other alluring continuance
are odorless stewing pots and odorlessl
irving pans, which, accorafng to I
dealers, will preyent 4nie4s, cabbage
and other vegetables from giving of
Iodors while cooking. There are also
Jelly strainers, which stand on legs,
self-wringing mops, sterilizers, fun
nels with strainers attached, wax
cloth aprons, knee rests for use when
scrubbing floors and gardening. self
closing bread bins, steam cookers that
whistle when the water in them needs
replenishing. ash cans which are sup
posed to give out no dust, varitu us
rapid graters for nutmegs, etc. pota-
to curriers', any number of vegetable
cutters for Julien soup and all sorts of
things.
Some simple utensils which are al
ways useful in any family are marble
slabs for pastry, sink strainers, salad
washers, dish drainers, tiny pastry
brushes, egg poachers, cake and pie
tins with bottoms on sides that can be
removed, of all of which there are
endless numbers of styles and sizes.
The list of kitchen utensils patented
and otherwise is almost inexhaustible.
Only those that are out of the ordin-
airy are mentioned here. OF course.
the list of coffee machines, percolators
and higgins is end'ess-Russian,
French, Turkish, Hungarian and
every Imaginable kind of coffee pot.
There is also q plentiful of freezers,
but of any one kind of utensil there is
probably a larger variety OF moulds
for pudding, jelly, ice cream, pressed
meat, etc. than of anything else.
They come in the shape of melons,
butterflies. grapes, flowers, shells,
fish, rabbits, lions, eagles, elephants.
boards, squirrels, swans and every
imaginable style of fancy fittings,
octagons, etc. The ice cream moulds
are mostly in the various animal
shapes. This is probably done for the
amusement of children at. juvenile
birthday parties and other similar en-
tertainments.
The big stores not only show patented
co%ntrivances and utensils for large
families, but any number OF delight
full little kitchen utensils for very
small families, and even some just
big enough for one person.
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