The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01

the excelsior is packed, the more ef- ficient will be the freless cooker.
 Cut cardboard collar to lit between in- side we'll Cor paiD and outside the wood container and set in place.
 Cover this with mixture of plaster of paris-1 part plaster of paris to parts Of water. In putting on mixture avoid having layer come up above rim of pail. If not thin enough to put on smoothly, rub down with fingers or with knife blade.
 Paint after plaster of paris has dried thoroughly.
 Fill pillow full enough to make it fit snugly between well top and lid.
 Fasten lid with hinges if box is used.
 Definite directions for using the fire less cooker and some recipes for dishes which can be successfully cooked in it can be procured from your state agri- cultural college or your home demon- stration agent. Have your cooker ready for the recipes they will send you on request.
 FIRELESS COOKER AS ICE BOX The fireless cooker can be used to keep food cold as we'll as hot. because heat cannot pass in to warm the contents any more than it can pass out and cool them. In this respect it works very much like refrigerator. In fact, both the cook ing box and the ice box are constructed on the same principle-supplying con- stant temperature chamber with non- l conducting walls. Well constructed ice boxes are made with some inculating ma terial or dead-air space between the in ner and outer walls. and the covers and doors close in such away as to prevent i heat passing in or out. Of course, the more often the doors are opened the more heat passes in and the more quickly the 1 fec melts and the temperature rises. For | tunately this is less serious than the loss Of heat when fireless cooker is opened. 1 When the cooker is used to keep food cool, 1t must be chilled tip the desired l temperature before it is put in. The
 more nearly heat-proof the walls, the longer the material keeps it's; original tenn
 perature. Ice cream put in a we'll made fireless cooker ought to remain firm as long as if it were packed in salt and l ice in an ordinary freezer, Many cooks prefer to pack such half frozen desserts as mousse or parfait in tireless cooker rather than in freezer because there is less danger of them beco ming too cold and hard. It is often convenient to make cold drinks, like lemonade or fruit
 punch some hours before they are used. By chilling them and placing Tn the cooK-
 CT they can be kept cool without ice. Sometimes little ice is put into the box with the foOd 10 make It cooiei' Juo.
 as hot soapstones or bricks are put Tn to make it hotter. Because there is less space to keep cool, much less ice is need l ed than in the chamber or an ice pox.
 The ice in the cooker melts slowly and
 so keeps the temperature down much l longer than if it were used in an open pitcher.
 What receptacles it is best to use for food to be kept cool in the cooker de- bends on their kind. The material can often be put directly into the pail, Just as if it were to be cooked For liquids it is sometimes more convenient to use
 a low bottle or fruit jar which Will go in the nest. If ice is to De used, II I is usually cracked and packed around
 the bottle or dish.
 Simple directions for making fireless
 cooker may be had by writing the United
 States Department of Agriculture for Bull
 letin I'll. "Home-Made Priceless Cookers and Their .Use."