Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-28
Cooking by Electricity,

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In attending the Woman's Indus
trial Exhibition in New York I
wondered if there was really any
thing in this world that was not
for woman, or that she did not have
something to do with the making or
disposing of in the home. We surely
nave passed the age when women's
hands lie idly in their laps, for the
rugs we saw woven, dresses and bon
nets made marmalades,. jams and
jellies, candies, work by children and
cooking, all showed evidence of doing.
a model municipal terminal mar
ket designed by n woman helps solve
the economic wastes in transportation
and distribution of foods.
The sanitary arrangement of
homes and the artistic decoration of
the rooms seemed to represent elimi-
nation, rather than putting many So
called decorative things into IL. A
few good articles of furniture. one or
two vases, well arranged, color eff
feet quiet, but effective. all these
must have an artistic influence on
many people who paid their respects
to these carefully designed and fur
nished homes.
The Kitchen de Luxe" was a
kitchen and dining-room together
which seemed quite the proper thing
as this method OF cooking is so clean
and the arrangement of the kitchen
so orderly and attractive there
seemed no necessity for separating
these two rooms, which are so closely
linked together. As | have cooked
entirely for more than year by
electricity, 1 was naturally interested
in what they We're cooking at this
exhibition. Electrical cooking Is not
guess cooking, and until it is made
possible for all housekeepers to have
it for cooking and baking, we can
not exactly know the necessary heat
units to use, as we have no way of
determining them. When the price
Of electricity is within reach of all
housekeepers then accuracy and eX-
act science will have come in cook
ing, and until then it cannot be- In
featuring for years to thousands of
women, good cooks and otherwise,
on this side of the ocean or the other
side, the question always is How
hot should we have the oven?" what
is a moderately hot oven?" and II
can make o cake but + do not know
just the temperature of the oVen," is
what ! hear at every lecture. The
baking is the big problem. The nee
essary heat units in relation TO the
food cooked or baked is the difficult
thing for any one. / must confess
that since / have been able to cook
by electricity with accuracy, find
it much harder work and with less
certainty when cooking by other fuel.
But the time is rapidly approaching
when 1t is going to be within reach
of all. A flreless electric stove saves
electricity, and in cooking for fam
lily of two or four persons. by using
good sense, which means looking
after the current, can keep the
price as reasonable and sometimes
less than artificial gas. Every woman
can do 1t If she tries. / have even
saved much current in the regular
electric range by turning off the
current and letting the baking fin
ish on tho retained heat. OF course
that requires thinking, but that Is
what we are given brains for.
If we are not quite ready yet for
the range we may perhaps have an
electric toaster, which is most prac-
tical: an electric chatting dish in
which many good things may be-
made and easily watched at the table
while cooking. Then If a hot plate
is added to this a whole meal. sup
per or breakfast, is easily prepared
had electric buttons fastened under
meath my dining room table at ms
right hand so / could turn the cur
rent on or off as desired. Below