The San Francisco call., 1906-04-15

ture / am thinking that though the eco
nomical feeding of the army is a big
thing, and surely most important, yet
the greatest service a fireless cooker
can render will concern the housewife.
She represents an army that includes US
all in it's enrolment, and one OF the
best signs of the times is to be found
in the general effort to make smooth
her path.
Fireless cookers of a size and style
adapted to the small family are not yet
on the market, but they soon will be-
backed by San Francisco men. too, the
Barlow Fireless Cook Stove Company.
and what wilderness of domestic diff
ficulties they will Danish!
The working models, here illustrated.
are very plain OF construction, with
tight fitting doors and lining OF non
absorbent, heat-containing composition
of which asbestos and cement are i'm
portant parts.
Differing from the cooker used in the
army tests these do not require spe-
cial utcnsil The regular pots, kettles
and pans will serve admirably, it being
necessary only that all lids fit closely.
Agateware vessels give better service
than tin, as they hold the heat for
longer time, and heat retention is the
secret of the fireless cooker. Handles
and bales must fold closely against the
kettles sides, for space is precious, but
there is no other positive command
In one of the least of these here
shown. careful housewife will find
room for two or three dishes, decreas-
ing the empty space and preventing by
so much the waste Of heat.
Just think for one minute what
saving in fuel it must effect.
Supuose you are cooking a ten-pound
ham and the thought OF the constant
clicking of the gas meter for three or
four hours almost destroys your enjoy
ment of the meat when served. With
the fireless cook stove you need have
the gas burning for only thirty minutes
just so the ham is thoroughly heated
then whisk the pot or baking dish
into the cooker and forget all about 1t
for the rest of the afternoon. In four
hours you may reopen the fireless stove
and remove u hahn perfectly cooked.
thoroughly tender and Of an unexcelled
flavor.
Could anything be easier? Or cheaper?
Perhaps your family is very fond OF
lamb stew and lanents over your re-
fusal to prepare 1t, finding your COM
plaint of the odor OF cooking lamb and
turnils and carrots and onions not suf-
dcient reason why" Then they will
welcom the tireless cooker as remov-
ing your objections, for with this new
h0if ha
ten minutes before putting it in the
heat retainer, whence 1T will emerge
two hours later most delicious dish.
There will be no breath of it's prepara-
tion throughout the house, the neigh
bors will not be able to sniff the air and
comment on your menu, and the family
will enjoy a dish well worth while
Every cook book printed has added
its anathema against the cook who
shall proceed with the cooking OF
beans, split peas and lentils in any but
the slowcst way. and comprehensive
have been the promises of Indigestion
for those who should not heed
But it is very easy to shorten the
cooking process when fuel cost in
creases minute by minute, and. without
intending to infiict penalties on those
about her, the economical cook soon
learns to hurry her kettles and pans
as much as possible.
So it happens that many vegetable
is rendered unfit to eat by the high
temperature at which it is cooked. and
many case of chronic dyspepsia thus
has It's beginning. !