The Detroit times., 1913-03-11
If You Don't Follow Instruc.
tons You Can't Make Good
Tea, She Says
SCALD POT BEFORE
PUTTING IN TEA
Tablespoon of Soda in Cold Wa
ter, Coming to Boil, Will
Eliminate Lime
BY CAROLINE COE

You have often heard some one re-
marking OF woman not considered
at all smart, She doesn't know
enough TO boil water"
Well, 10 boil water properly. takes
some brain power, and every woman
should know that after water Is
brought 70 PIP degrees Fahrenheit
tthats when it bubbles) it cannot get
any hotter. After this it only dis
seminates itself In steam.
Any kind OF food or drink made
with boiling water should be made
with water that is freshly boiled.
remember my mother telling once
That as a little girl she was left at
home while the rest Of the family
went 10 the seashore for Holsters
She was to keep the kettle boiling
Childlike, she forgot, and the fire
burned out. When she saw them re-
turning she thought of the water thar
was to be kept boiling and ran out
next door TO an aunt, calling, Aunt
Laura, Aunt Laura, will water boil
twice.
II would be much better for our
/ health II water would not boil twice
Those OF us who live in cities are
often tempted to use the water from
the hot water faucet that often has
been kept AT boiling point for hours.
Water. to be healthful, must be boiled
quickly and used at once. Water
drawn from the hot water faucet is
stale. II lacks air and makes delicate
favored food cooked in II taste fiat
The simplest OF all things, CUP or
10 nh ri, txf, 4.
water that has been boiled twice.
The tea kettle should be emptied
after each time II is used Always
| fill with clear cold water and then
place on a quick fire, allowing II 10
come to the boiling point. Use before
all the air has been driven out ana
the taste OF the water spoiled
The inside OF the tea kettle IL a
very important place. It should be
we'll aired and the cover left OF the
kettle for an hour or 80 at least once
a day.
II is not easy TO make good tea
with water from dirty tea kettle
This means pot whose inside IL en-.
crusted with lime deposit.
When preparing a meal most house
keepers put the tea kettle on much
too soon. 1t sings and boils, wastes
fuel and ruins the tea.
For good tea bring the water to a
quick boil. turn a little into the tea
pot to scald 1t out. empty. then put
IN the tea, allowing one-hah q tea
spoon for each cup. Turn the boiling
water quickly over n. cover and al
low TO stand three minutes and II is
ready to serve.
n you are serving afternoon tea
here are few quirks that will make
the guest wonder what kind OF tea
you are using. Drop two whole cloves
In each cup or perhaps dozen In the
tea pot. have a friend who always
puts the rind OF an orange into her
tea caddy and the tea is deliciously
tasting better than the most
expensive orange pekoe.
Tea 10 be used with Ice can be
made with cold water. Put the tea In
a pitcher At noon az Il II 10 be served
IN the evening". using one heaping
teaspoon TO each cup OF clear cold wa
ter. Stir well for a few seconds. Let
stand IN ice box and stir two or three
times more during the afternoon It
will be strong and cold and Just the
drink for supper on summer night.
To clean a tea kettle OF It's lime de-
post. put In a tablespoon OF baking
soda. Fill rhe kettle Win cold water
and bring 10 boiling point. n badly
with lime you may have TO do
this more than once. The easiest
way is not TO keep the lime from ac-
on the kettle nv washing
IL and drying 81 every time it is used