Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-20
THE DIMINISHING KITCHEN.
ny Alice n. whitaker,

A man who Is compelled to hire
housekcpcr says that he Is planning to
build kitchen to turn on n pivot. Then
the woman who likes to work on the east
side OF tho house can be accommodated
ana her successor can have her kitchen
windows face tho setting sun II she
likes. southern exposure will suit one
who happens to be In his employ In the
winter and a north kitchen will be sure
to please In dog days Further than this
he has not yet decided how he can satis-
fy the whms of those who want more
cupboards. the sink In a different place,
paint where there is stain and other like
changes.
This but shows how various are the
conclusions as to what makes an ideal
kitchen. Very few women now like
large kitchen for the reason that family
life Is kept entirely out of tho kitchen.
II is n workshop merely and not a sitting
room as in old times. Now that laundry
work Is seldom In the kitchen, another
reason for large room IL gone.
Ktchenettes or buffet kitchens. such
as are found In small apartments. are
built to suggest the cooking apartment
in dining car. The worker can reach
almost every part of It without taking
step. This of course means using a gas
or electric stove
One who IS accustomed to on apart
mont kitchen supplied with cold and
continuous hot water. gas range, refrig-
orator and all sorts of labor saving ar
engagements would be appalled, at the
work to be done In n large farm house
kitchen where the cold water must be
pumped. hot water heated on the stove,
the pantry Is located at one end of tho
| room, the sink at the other and food
must be carried down to the cellar. Yet
so strong Is habit that I have heard
woman accustomed to great kitchen
bare OF convenicnces complain because
the kitchen of a modern house was small
even though II had modern convencnces
OF every sort.
Most kitchens and their cupboards COLI
tain many things that are useless. The
become a storage place for odds and
ends. TOP shelves bore useless burdens
and things which belonged elsewhere be-
, came stranded In the kitchen which In a
modern sense should be merely cook
room. The city kitchen. with gas fer
fuel. can DO neat and attractive place.
the farm. especially If wood is used In
| the range the kitchen may also he an
| inviting place to work In. Hired men
washing at the kitchen sink and family
laundry done alongside the churning are
out of date. Each sort Of work has i's
own place and does not hover round the
kitchen stove.
MOCK OYSTERS.
| Use one pint Of canned corn or Of cold
green corn; chop It fine. add two table
spoons OF milk. two beaten eggs. ono
| half level teaspoon OF salt, few grains
| of pepper and one-Quarter cup of flour
| Fry in spoonfuls on n buttered gr!dle and
serve hot.
CHOCOLATE.
Melt three squares of chocolate In a
double boiler. add slowly one-quarter cup
Of boiling water. then stir in four cups
Of hot milk. Cook until thc kened, but
| no longer, then beat with an egg beaten
| until it froths. Put small snoonful Of
| whipped cream on each cup as It is
| served.
POACHED EGGS.
| Put q teaspoon Of butter into a small
1
saucepan. when melted stir In two eggs
and two tablespoons of milk: season with
n saltspoon of salt and set into another
dish of boiling water. Stir and cook for
about two minutes or until the egg It soft
and creamy. II cooked too long 1t will
be hard and lndigestibe.
DATE CAKE.
| Cream one-half cup of butter with one
| cup of sugar, add two eggs beaten light,
one-half cup of milk, two cups of -four
sifted twice with three level teaspoons
ot baking powder a pinch of salt and n
| saltspoon each of cloves, cinnamon and
allspicc. Stir in one cup of dates chopped
coarsely and rolled In little -four. Bake
In a shallow pan.
ENGLISH MUFFINS.
| Make a batter from one cup OF milk
ecalded and cooled. one-quarter OF a
yeast cake dissolved in one-quarter cup
| of lukewarm water one and one half cups
Of -four, one-Quarter cup of soft butter
and one-half level teaspoon OF salt. Beat
we'll to make the batter light and smooth
Cover and let rise until very light then
| lake In hot creased muffin rings on n
Eriddle. Turn once to have a thin brown
crust on both sides.
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