The Colorado statesman., 1919-07-19

tPrepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture
Are you acquainted with your gas
range? If you are not, it will pay you
well to take time to learn more about
il.
Many experiments are being tried
on gas ranges in the experimental
kitchen of the office of home eco
nomics, United States department of
agriculture, and interesting results
are being obtained. You will find it
worth while to try some of the same
experiments with your stove; others
will probably suggest themselves, and
your acquaintance with the stove will
increase accordingly.
How much gas do you use when
you are getting the Sunday dinner?
You can find out by reading the gas
meter before the cooking starts and
after the cooking is done. If you do
not remember just how to read it,
ask the gas man to explain 1t to you
when he comes around the next time.
The habit of reading the meter once
week and comparing amounts used Will
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make 1t possible to calculate your gas
bill.
In the preparation of that dinner
count the ways by which you could
save gas. If you are one of the many
who light the gas before the teakettle
is filled and who forget to turn Off
the heat the minute the pie Is baked,
you will find those are good times TO
begin to save.
If you test the heat given by vari-
GUS kinds of flames, you will find that
the short, stiff, clear, blue flame
brings best results. 1t Is waste of
time and gas to use the high. smoking,
yellow flame, which results when too
much air is mixed with the gas and
which you can prevent by partially
closing the air shutter. Never turn
the flame so high that it is brought
up close to the kettle and flares around
1t, for this wastes gas, makes the
flame less hot and blackens the kettle.
Try the Simmerer.
Many gas stoves have at least four
kinds of burners-including n giant
burner and simmerer-and large
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ing which one to use, and when.
If you consider the little simmerer
burner on your range a mere orna-
ment and of no real use you are I'M
derrating its value. 1t uses from one
fifth to one-s,xth as much gas as the
other top burners and will keep ke'-
tie boiling after 1t has been brought to
the boil on one of the other top burn
ers. The giant burner uses from three
TO six cubic feet an hour more than
the other top burners, so 1t should be
used only when absolutely necessary.
AS soon as kettle boilS, see how far
YOU can turn the gas down and still
keen 1t boiling. The experimental
kitchen has found that 1t will continue
to boil with the burner turned down
from One-half to one-third. Also, II
that pan or kettle is large bottomed
the gas will be better utilized than If
1t is smaller than the burner.
Keep the Burners Clean.
The easiest way to keep burners
clean, of course, is by the ounce-of'
prevention method. Never allowing
boiling over is the best way of keep
ing the burners clean, but If the acct
dent should happen the burners can
be removed easily and scrubbed In
soap and water. A wire will assist In
. cleaning the holes If they still remain
clogged.
Removable Oven in Gas Saving.
The range oven requires much more
gas an hour than one top burner does
so 1T must be used carefully If the
gas bill is to be reduced. If you dc
much baking In small quantities yor
can save gas with small removable
oven 10 be used on the top of the
stove. Tests showed a great differ
ence when one-egg cakes were baked
for one hour at the same Temperatures
In the small and range ovens. In th'
small oven the cake requires sever
cubic feet of gas while In the rang
oven 1t required twelve cubic feet,
difference in cost. when figured at s