Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03
fIRElESS COOKER IS
COMFORT IN SUMMER
Latest Devices Will Boil or
Bake Equally Well-Many
Made at Home.

saS come INTO use IN TINS country our
ing the last few years.
In it's simplest form. the fireless
cooker is any kind of Il DON filled with
hay or excelsior, in which may be
placed pots or Kettles after their con-
tents have been cooked for a short
time. on the stove. In its latest per
lection 1t is a chest composed of metal.
provided with a nonconductins lining
or filling. which preserves every par
ticle of the heat put into 1T, which is
strictly sanitary in all it's parts. which
will boil or bake equally we'll. In this
capacity for baking the most recent
development possesses a distinct adj
vantage over the cooker which would
only stew or simmer
One Of the newest firelcss cookers
has a gas attachment so that food to
be cooked in it can he started by
lighting the gas n not moved when
the gas is turned off.
Enterprising housekcepers have
made ~fireless cookers in window seats,
In trunks. and i'm boxes. Sugar buck
cts and water pals AVE taken part
In the home mad procession as we'll.
and newspapers. excelsior. feiting, as
bestOs n other materials have been
utilized for the baking.
For Predicaments.
One advantage of the cooker is that
1t can be used In various predicalnents
when the stove cannot he used. IL
you have a large amount of meat or
Erain to cook, or If you want to go
.m and leave your dinner cooking; then
the itrcless Is very convenient. Tough
fowl can be made very good. indeed.
10y this slow process of cooking. Just
cut them up. bring the pieces to a boil
and then let them stay in the cooker
ai night. Large pieces of meat. too.
ter cooked this way. as they do not
slice SO we'll il cooked quickly. The
harder cereals, such as cracked wheat,
fequire longer cooking than can be
ahOrded over gas. and dried fruits and
vegetables like peas and beans should
he brought to a boil over a flame and
then put in the ~freless.
ono OF the greatest complaints
against the fireless is that it cannot
be used for small Quantities. But 1t
can. Just fill your large kettle with
boiling water and put small cans in
side It. A half dozen things can be
cooked In this way at the same time.
Here is a simple experiment. Take
five empty cocoa or baking powder
:ans. Into one put "a yea LOAF mix
ture: into another two kinds OF rice
pudding. and into another some
nrunes. Then FIJI the chinks between
the tins with potatoes. You will find /
that all will cook to a delicious con- |
sistency.
In hot weather food cooked in the
tVNcO COOker SUOulO De II 10 q
bOR again before being set away in
order to prevent danger OF souring. /
s4ukcwarm things just out of the cook |
cr may spoil.
A good way to a heat. of course,
IL to warm the cooker before you put
your food in. Set a kettle of hot water
In 1t. and let the hole thing get hot.
Another way of using the fireless IL
as q means OF saving heat A can Of
not water can be kept hot this way for
y 0ur Bread. too. can be put to
rise In q warmed ~fireless cooker. 1t IL
equally true. of course. that ice cream
and lettuce can be kept cool in 1t.
cornsd Bssf.
The article OF food which demands
the longest preliminary cookery is
corncd beef. for this Is solid and not
especially porous. But when this has
been at a slow. steady boil for 40 or |
60 mtnutes-the length CT time depends |
upon the size of the piece-it may be
K from the stove. at q stage when
Its proper cookery has only fairly be-
gun. be transferred to the ~fireless cook
err. covered closely there and left TO |
simmer out Its own salvation for any
humber Of hours you choose. When |
u comes out of the cooker at the end
OF several hours retirement It will not
only be found hot and done to a turn.
but OF a sav0riness and tenderness inn +
possible to compass by ordinary cook
cry.
Any stew or boiled meat or pot roast
may be submitted to the same treat
sfent For the pot roast the meat is
scared In the kettle. allowed to cool
until heated through, nj then put into
the firelcs cooker. There IL nothing like
It for soups n stews. and the fuel
saved is equaled by the savoriness
gained through combining the Juice and
Odors OF the meat 30 that they oar
not escape. Vegetables which demand
long. slow cookery are also red
In the lireless cooker. so are Jams and
marmalades and other fruit c0nseryes
that require long cooking.
Il seems like q fairy tale to speak OF
roasting meat and baking bread and I
cake In q flreless cooker. Yet this may !
DC done by the aid of q system or
heated plates either II steel or soan-
stone. These are made hot over. the |
Tame OF the q or oil stove or on ton
Of the ordinary roo stove, and the nm.
0Oked meat or loaf 10 put In the res.
done.
The tireless cooker is useful 4. =
work save az well - fuel economisf
q = comfort maker. BY ita AID IA
!l~0uekeeper can make her dinner ready
~ the cool OF the morning. tuck It into
SO cooker. 80 about her other
work with an easy mind. secure that
when II p time for dinner shs viii
n h fond ready, hot ana vsell
coo1od, and having only to be trans.
lerted to dishes.
ctteoee or New vost.
Ge0rgo barr NcCutche0n, lunchine
a the Chicago Athletic club. preiood
the Windy Cnty of his adoption, sayo
\ Baltimore American.
Chycag0fs refinement, say what You
WIZ cried Mr.. AcCutcheon. III not