Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
COOKING UTENSILS
THAT HELP F1OUSEKEEPERS

The labor of housekeeping during the
summer may be greatly reduced II women
will use the many conveniences that have
been introduced this season
For instance, there is a novelty knife,
the Teller knife, / believe 1t is called. that
costs only 10 cents and can be used In a
dozen ways.
1t is of steel and resembles small
butchers cleaver The blade slants in
stead of being straight, so it can be used
for chopping meat or vegetables While
cooking or in any deep vessel where the
ordinary chopper would prove inconven-
lent 1t can be used also for turning pan
cakes and lifting food that requires
wide blade 1t can be used to smooth
the surface of any cooked dish that needs
fat surface, and in many other ways.
Then there is a vegetable mincer that
takes the place of the food chopper In
this way Sometimes when only small
quantity Of vegetables is to be cut and
the usual chopper is too large, the mincef
can be used to chop a slice OF carrot or
two or three sprigs of parsley.
Incidentally a large quantity of vege-
tables may be chopped with the mincer
These come in two sizes, priced at oo
and IS cents. respectively.
Flexible knives are another conFen-
fence. They have long. thin but DroaC
blades, and though flexible. l am told art
strong and substantial. They are paru-
cularly valuable in taking out cakes that
stick to baking pans and for spreading
icing on cakes
These knives can be used to put icing
on the sides and corners of cakes and Oh
any part of the cake or other dish that
is to be iced. These knives are in severa
sizes and cost from 10 to 60 cents each.
according to size, the quality being the
same.
AS few women can sharpen knives, they
will be glad to avail themselves of a nov
city knife sharpener that Is guaranteed
never to get out of order.
1t is fitted with two small wheels
through which the knife is drawn few
times This sets the wheels in motion
and their revolving in different direction
sharpens the knife.
All housekeepers know the difficulties
of drawing a small or thin cork with
the average corkscrew, so cork puller.
as it is called, will doubtless please them
as it will take out the cork in second
1t is made in this way: At the end of a
small wooden handle a small piece of
curved steel is attached This is sllpped
down the side of the cork. between 1t and
the bottle, and pried up. 1t does the
work neatly.
The puller comes in two sizes and costs
5 and 10 cents, respectively.
A vegetable parer that somewhat re-
sembles a safety razor will, if used regu
larly, mean a saving of money, as only
the merest pairing is removed. and the
hands will not be stained, as often hap
pens when knife is used
The parer costs % cents.
The same rules will apply to novelty
nutmeg crater, really one of the incest
little kitchen aids l have seen recently
To use this, put the nutmeg into groove
and slide a small handle up and down.
This CRATES the nutmeg.
1t costs only Is cents, and will pay for
itself over again by saving sore fingers.
while the nutmegs will last longer, as it
is impossible to CRATE them to the last
grain by using the ordinary crater.
A garnishing knife will save time when
one wants to cut vegetables into fancy
shapes, and a knife for this purpose costs
only 40 cents. and is particularly strong
as well as handy to have in the kitchen.
Pineapple slips, though not particularly