Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-14
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
By laura A. Kirkman.
HOW TO MAKE A FTRELESS COOKER
OFT OF AN OLD BOX

To make \ freless cooker ut home,
select box OF sufficiently heavy wood
TO admit Of having hinges put ON IT for
the cover Select a pail IN six-qilart pail
with a pan 10 fit into II will do for a
family of four which has q tight-httng
cover and whioh IL about IA deep AS IT IL
wide Aluminium is best but anv ware
will do
Line the box throughout with either
asbestos, several thlcknesses OF news
paper. or with heavy wrapping paper
tacking this lining into place Put IN
tho bottom Of the box layer three inches
deep Of either mineral wool, sawtlust,
cotton batting. ground cork, or soft wool
Law piece OF paper over 'his bottom
laver Now sew two or three thickncsscs
II plable cardboard into the form Of q
cylinder that will ft around the pail
loosely, this cardboard cylinder must be
rs high as the utcnsil II surrounds Put
the pail INSIDE of this rvlndrr and place
both in the middle 81 the box, on top Of
the lavcr of packing material vou have
pi.t put in the bottom
Now it ~ time tn pack whatever kind
of stutling YOU have decIded upon, around
the pail that Is, whatever YOU have used
for the bottom layer wentv-hve pounds
&c mineral wool will pack a l5vlh inch
box containing a nine-quart pail mineral
wool can he bought Ia hardware store
for about five cents p pound II the sol
wool is chosen. this must he bought ~
wrolen mill 1T will cost about 30 CENTS
per pnund, but only , pounds of tins
soft wool will be required 20 pack n Is Il
inch box containing nlne-qIart pail
/ Cotton batting can bc mad a: m" dry
goods stnre Ground cork can be gotten
( Ii. ct uhtrb /
for packing fancy fruits Sawtlusf may l.
+ had from sawmlll or from a butcher
shop
In packing around the pail hold the
pail firmly III placd with the left hand
and pack the stufing around II with the
nght hand untII the stufhng Is level
with the pail-top Now cut = heavy piece
~ rastehoard the exact size Of the bax
tnp cut ont circle Just tho alzo 81 the
pail in the middle ~ this square ~ card
/ board and press this cardboard INTO the
box. allowing the pail top 70 rlae above
II. through the hole. VERY slightly
The hrclcss cooker is now done all
but the lining ANY clever housckeepcr
, can make this ont of muslin The lining
covers the cardboard even the card
board cylinder golng between tic pail
and the CYLINDER and is tiuallv tackled
Apnllb Us square PHEts ~ INV ipH ~ nv
hox-Sldcs
Understand, tins homemade freless
cooker IL a boiling cooker not a baking
cooker 4 baking cooker must have either
Z s0apStone disc or an IRON dlsc winch
when heated very hot and suspended
from the TOP ~ the pali cover, will cook
whatever IS put beneath II in the pail
But this kind of SIMPLE fireless cooker Is
used in the following WAY and If very
,lsefu for boiled dinners
If Won wish 10 have Al Irish Stew
beef potatoes. onions and carrots vol
viii have 10 start this mixture boiling
on your range. in thc hrele4s cooker pai
Then. while IL is still boiling hard you
must put on the cover and put the pal
into the fireless cooker quickly shutting
the nd Of the box In this way the Insula-
ton around the pail viii keep the cor
tents Of the pail boiling because practical.
Is no heat can escape And IN this way
one saves fuel which otherwise would
have To be USED 10 keep the contents boil
ing on range.
Tomorrow Answered Questions on tho
Fireless Cooker
All INQUIRIES addressed to Miss Kirk.
man IN care of Eff cient Housekeeping
deDs rtment will be ans wered III theSt
columns III their turn This requires con
siderable time. however owing To the greai
number received 30 If a personal ol
quicker reply Is desired a stamped an
self-addressed envelope must he enelosee
with the question The Editor