The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

vorite orange dish Is made By slicing them,
either peeled or not, into dish and sprin-
king with salt and red Cayenne or Chii--
piquin, the little globular) peppers to taste.
Very palatable and very stomachic and
wholesome, corrective of bilious conditions.
"FIRELESS COOKER.-In the bottom
of a tin nifty pound lard can (sold at gro
ceries for 10 or 10 cents) place q layer about
three inches deep OF either excelsior.
chopped cork (such as comes as packing for
Malaga grapes, which can be bought cheap
ly or is given away at groceries and fruit
stores). On the middle of this place a ten
pound lard can (be sure to get the straight
up and down kind, and pack in around IL
the same sort of packing used in the bot
tom, tamping IT down with a bottle or stick
to make It compact up to the top of tfe
second can. II necessary to keep excelsior
from sprawling over the inner can, pack a
twist of old cloth, or else paper. around the
upper part an inch or so deep. Then make
a circular cushion. cutting a good seam
larger than lid of large can. with a three
inch strip sewed in between the two cir
Giles of sacking. CLOTH or whatever is used
for cushion, and fill with the same sort Of
packing or some other. II you have only a
little of the cork. use excelsior for the rest
and the cork for the cushion only. I use
for the cooking vessel a one gallon molasses
can. the kind with a fiat, sunken lid fitting
down into the can. This is used on any
stove until the food has boiled for one or
two minutes, and then set quickly into the
inner can, fitting the lid of the moIasses
can down tightly into its can. 1t should
not Of course, be put on tight but only laid
on loosely. before this. as the steam would
make 1t burst or and spill the food. Then
place on the cushion and the lid of the
outer can. and leave for from two 20 four
hours, according to the toughness Of the
food, inside 1t is perhaps better to weight
the lid down with fiat iron or some such
heavy article" q
If you have no smaller can ana want
the ten pound lard can for your food vessel.
cut from suit box or some such heavy
cardboard a strip just as wide as the ten
pound can is high and long enough to roll
around it once at least; II doubled, better
Roll around the can. slip on and fasten
with the brass paperclips used by lawyers.
etc. two or three along the edge of the
cardboard. This may be used in place of
the inner can, to keep the packing arm, and
not allow It to work down into the hollow
for the cooking can. In default OF excel
sior. cork. etc, an excellent nonconduetor
for packing is common newspaper, torn
into pieces twice the size OF your hand ana
crumpled into a wad, the wads worked
down into the interst1ces and tamped down
as aforesaid. BY using two small tin or
agate pals with tight lids. not over four
inches high each. and not making the boz.
tom layer nor the cushion quite 20 thick
you can have two vessels for two Different
foods cooking at once. OF course. both
must be ready to set into the cooker at the
same time. One made In this way VIM do
entirely as good service as those OF nv
neighbor. which cost s15 and SIS each.
WILLING HELPER, Chicago"
Apropos OF hreiess cookers. It may be
convenient for residents Of rural township
and suburban towns to know that nnoat =,
the companies manufacturing theso price
less housewives helpers make special rase.
Tor clubs Of eight or ten women orderins
from the same neighborhood. The prsca =.
each buyer Is materially lowered ana tha3
is much pleasure and profit in couparsrk.
methods and results after the wondsrfrlN
cookers are Installed and working.