Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-15
Home Cooking
By Mrs. M. A. Wilson
Former Chief Cusinere in Royal
Household Of the Late Queen
Victoria

copyright, 1920. by Public LedgersCo.
Without order and cleanliness in the
Kitchen, the housewife can accomplish
very little. each woman must. be q
law Of herself in arranging and
equipping this workshop Of the home
Keep in view the faCt that the con
v%entence and usefulness of this room
depends entirely upon, tho kind and
Equality of the utensils. To purchase
expensive utensils and then negaect
to Keep them in an absolutely i'm
maculate condition not only spells
carelessness and waste, but also en-
dangers the family health.
Food cooked in dirty, scorched.
poorly cleansed utensils will cause in
~testinal trouble. last a short time ago
a woman came to me for help in PLAN
ming a diet to overcome a form of
stomach trouble. Her physician pre-
scribed certain foods-yet these foods
caused her much misery.
Upon investigation Of the kitchen, l
found she had allowed her cooking
pans to become incrusted with dirt
and grease. Some had been allowed
to burn and, much of the black had
been scraped away; yet part of 1t re-
manned; some enan1e kettles were
hauly Clipped n quite disreputable
looking. The baking tins We're rusty.
She excused this by saying that now
adays one has so much, trouble with
maids that She seldom bothered about
the utensil and then ueses 1t gain to
of all her trouble.
All metals are porus. so that when
heated they expand. This explains why
utensils hold odors. Now when n
housewife fails to cleanse thoroughly
the utensils and then uses it again to
cook with the commingling of the
various acids in the foods with the
mineral element of the utensil causes
reaction In the food. This food, when
eaten by people with weak stomachs
or intestinal disorders, Is quite apt
to cause disturbances that the. ply
stefan finds troublesome to overcome.
Just stop to think for a.. minute. II
your physician were to perform an
operation with dirty tools and in an
~insanitary manner, what result could
be expected?
He is fully cognizant OF the fact
that tho air is full Of bacteria; that
bacteria develop very rapidly In dirt,
SO for this reason he sterilizes the
operating room, the utensils, towels,
tools and In fact everything hat is
likely to come in contact with the
lpatient. Only under such conditions
lean he have success. Cooking in
broken, dirty utensils is dangerous and
not at all necessary.
Discard all Clipped or broken
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all aluminium; soak the utensils in
warm water, keeping the utensil
covered entirely with water at boiling
point for one-half hour, Remove and
when cool enough to handle scour
until all trace Of dirt. d~iseoloration or
burned surface is clean. using steel
wool. W
DO not use strong soap powder or
soda or other strong compounds. Just
wash the well-scoured utensil by using
a good white soap. The use of strong
soaps discoIors the utensils II they
are not necessary.
How to Clean the Iron Baking Pans.
If these pans have been in use for
some time and have crusty deposits
formed on the outside, place them in
! n wash boiler, cover with cold water
and add
Ono cup of washing soda,
One cup of soap powder.
Bring to a boil slowly and keep boil
ling for one-half hour Remove from
bath n with q putty knife and stiff
scrubbing brush. cleanse thoroughly
inside and out. Rinse in var water.
DRY and then rub with salad oil to
prevent rusting. Set in a warm place
for one hour. Now rub with soft
paper 10 remove the oil.
Cleanse the iron waffle irons and
muffin pans in O same manne Use
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cleanser, and
Onc-half cup soap powder for tin
ware.
Plunge with scalding water to rinse
and rub with shortening to prevent
trusting.
The aluminium griddle, frying pan,
waffle iron and omelet a need to
lbe kept scrupulously clean. Do not
use o powders, soda, or other mix
lures on these utensils. Cleanse them
by soaking in warm water to loosen
the dirt, hen scour with steel wool.
when thoroughly clean, take two
Tablespoons of salt and with a piece
of soft paper or a clean cloth rub
the bottom of the omelet pan n fry
ling pan and the surface of the griddle,
also the waffle iron. This gives you
la smooth surface and prevents the
food from sticking while cooking. BY
cleaning one or two each day, you
will keep the implements of the kitch-
len splck and span.
Or Even Worse. .4 t4t