The San Francisco call., 1908-08-16
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would willingly run the risk of hav-
Ing her delicacies ruined through any
carelessness on her part The fruit
pantry should never be placed in a
damp spot, however, as this is as in
furious TO the fruit as the light is.
Each jar or glass should be labeled
and all the fruit of one kind placed in
row to make it easy to find what
kind is wanted.
One neat and systematic housewife
has a list of the fruits in her preserve
pantry neatly typewriter and pasted
on the door so that all she needs to
do when she wants certain jam or
jelly is to look at the list, which tells
her just where to lay her hands on 1t.
Another pantry for holding dried
fruits and vegetables will be found OF
great convenience. This should be in
a dry place. and the vegetables and
fruits should be looked over carefully
from day to day. Flesh fruits keep
better if they are wrapped separately.
Dried vegetables and fruits are best
kept in tightly closed earthen jars or
tin boxes having tight fitting lids. If
jars with names on them cannot be
found a strip of paper pasted on the
outside will serve to tell the contents.
1t is when selecting the furnishings
of the dry grocery pantry that the
housewife shows real enthusiasm, for
she has such delightful and fascinating
furnishings to choose from in the shops
Department and speciality stores carry
an attractive line of kitchen and pantry
fittings There are porcelain Jars that
hold everything needed in the cookery
department.
One may have a blue and white pan
try, dark red and white one, brown
and white or yellow combined with any
of the decorative tints, and each tiny
name of the article il is destined TO
hold burned in the front with quaint
flourishes and scrolls. 1t is a tempta-
tion to have a little apartment or
house just for the sake of owning a
set of these attractive jars and boxes.
The small ones are intended for spices,
while the larger ones hold tea, coffee,
various kinds of sugar, salt, pepper and
f1ours. Wooden bins are liked for white
flour in quantities, while pulverized
sugar is frequently kept in tin to pre-
vent its getting damp. Unless coffee is
kept in a porcelain or tin box it will
lose its flavor, while tea grows moist
and tasteless when not similarly pro-
tected from dampness.
A porcelain jar or one of glass is the
best for salt, and even then a dry, warm
place should be chosen for it, otherwise
it will cake. II the kitchen or pantry
is not supplied with a cupboard for
holding these materials one should be
built in. 1t can be of any height and
size to suit the room or passageway in
which il stands. If it is broad and
fairly high the upper part can have two
doors with glass fronts and shelves in
side for holding various supplies, while
q the upper part of the cupboard and the
lower can be arranged with shelves for
the porcelain jars.
A table top or broad shelf the height
of table viii be found most convenient
for cutting cake, for slicing toast or for
holding freshly prepared dishes. The
under part of the cupboard can be fitted
with shelves having doors that shut
tight or are hung with curtains.
The fewer of these hangings one has
IN the kitchen the better, for they
gather dust readily and must be re-