Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-22
Home Cooking
By Mrs. Nj. A. Wilson
Former Chief Cusiners IN Royal
Household Of tho Late Queen
Victoria
Copyright, 1920, by Public Ledger
Co. All rights reserved.3

ANS NJ a 0OAAS
Co. All rights reserved.1
Nothing makes a home look more
shabby and run down at the heel than
poor kitchen equipment and an I'M
slightly room; many simple and trivial
things require but little expenditure
of cash and time to set right and
make for an efficient kitchen.
There are quite a number of little
things that a easily be done by the
housewife to help keep the laboratory
of h family in spick and span condi-
ton, and these add materially to the
appearance of this room. The gas
range that Is allowed to stand In
crusted with dirt and grease gives poor
n Indifferent service. Remove the
burners n top plate-piace in boiling
hot, strong soapy soda water and al
low to stand until sufficiently cool to
handle. Now scrape, using a blunt or
putty knife-removing all the en-
cruSted grease and dirt. Clean surface
of range with cloth wrung from warm
soapy water, rubbing dry with cloth;
If oven Is scaly and rusty use the
putty knife to scrape, then rub with
emery paper and finally give two coats
of aluminium. Let dry for one-half
day and then light oven and burn off.
If your oven has glass in oven door
n you cannot remove discoloration
| with cleanser and damp cloth, scour
with steel wool, the same kind you
use for cleaning aluminium utensils.
This will remove every particle of the
discoloratfon.
Poor, broken or dull knives in the
kitchen are not only a menace to the
housewives disposition, but make 1t
impossible to do good work. Discard
all hat are unfit for use. replacing
i the necessary ones and then taking
care of them. To throw knives that
have wooden handles In the sink or
In a pan of water, not only spoilS the
handle. but ruins the knife.
Do not use knives around the range
for turning food or cutting 1t, and then
expect them to give you good service,
Heat destroys the temper of the steel,
and then does not permit 1t TAX a keen
edge when sharpened or to retain this
edge for cutting purposes.
Crusty, rusty or dirty tea kettles are
, dangerous. To heat water to boiling
point In utensils like this Is to Jeopar-
die the family health. Coffee or tea
pots that are badly discolored should
be discarded; 1t Is impossible to OBJ
tain q good tasting brew from them.
Enameled or agate ware Is made from
a piece of steel metal shaped into
the desired shape. 1t Is hen coated
with coloring matter of desired shade,
allowed to dry off and then given a
bath in liquid glass. giving it its shiny
appearance n also its name. Now II
you, when washing these utensils, place
them on the stove or allow them to
become dry with heat, the bottom
flares and cracks, finally breaks and
chips off. Sometimes this gets into
the food and the utensil then becomes
dangerous. If you are cooking food
in a utensil of this kind and stirring
this food with a spoon and o some
times strike the broken spot, vol are
grating glass into your food; or do you
perchance tap the spoon on the side
of the kettle to remove food clinging
to the spoon, and If you tap 1t smartly
it breaks or chips off pieces Of enamel
from the rim-sometimes you notice
! this and remove the little chip from
the food-oft times you fail to notice
, this and perhaps some of the family
remind you of it by discovering II In
their food-then again you have glass
In the food. This is important. Dis
card at once all broken utensils OF
this character from your kitchen
Glass In the human system may NEAR
death of you loved ones.
iDrty aluminium utensils should b'
thoroughly cleansed by soaking II
plenty of warm water and then scour'
ing with steel wool until bright anc
elean-never take a knife to remove
burnt or scorched food. There is ne
need to have burnt or dirty utensil!
If the housewife will just use a little
care. When food starts to boil, turr
down the fame. so that the contents
of the saucepan will cook gently; bt
sure there is sufficient water to cove,
food. Use a slow n moderate over
for all baking and If you are apt tx
forget when food Is cooking, brini
alarm clock out to kitchen and set |
to ring alarm in time to remove foo
that is cooking. Gas Is three time
as Intense as coal, so reduce heat a
once after boiling point Is reached.
MENU FOR TUESDAY
Breakfast
Sliced Oranges