Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-25

Stew. those with radiator attachments,
which permit of baking and roastil :
also. and the newest electrical tooA-
ers which Will bake. roast. boil o. Try
without first partially cooking the
food IN = stove. An electric cooker IS
simply started by few minutes cur
rent from an ordinary electric light
socket and the imprisoned heat
cooks the food All utensils are OF
aluminium, which is best for all cook
el,s. whether homemade or otherwise.
An automatic clock regulator. WniCh
shuts off the current after any de-
sired length of time. may he secured
Al a small additional cost and Is
easily connected to the cooker. Flee
Uric cookers may now he bought IN
both large and small sizes.
The kind of cooking that YOU can 40
viii depend. of course. upon the klnd
of fireleSS cooker that you buy or
make. but amy kind viii COOK cereals,
solnS. vegetables both dried ana
green. dried fruits. and VIII steam
breads and buildings and boil ana
stew meats. 1t viii pay I" buy the
hest make OF cooker. whether large or
small electric or non-eleCtfl'. oil-
plete directions come with all cookers
that are bought. together with nuiher-
GUS recipes This article will be de-
simple cooker at home and how 10
operate il. 50 that YOU Will become
enthused over the principle OF IRE
less cookery. Later. when YOU learn
the many advantages of this method
of cooking YOU will want 10 buy
cooker that will do a greater variety
OF cooking.
How to Make a Good Cooker.
The principle OF the tireless cooker
Is TO retain the heat obtained ny hfSt
boiling the food for few minutes. II
is then placed in the cooker. Wnlch
does not allow the heat to escape. The
food must be heated in the same uteh-
sill that is To he used i'll the cooker
This utensil must have a tight cover
and be moved from the fire TO the
cooker as quickly as possible, other
wise, the heat Will be lost. Since there
is no chance for water to eNaporate or
steam to escape from the cooker, less
LIQUID should be put into the fooo
than is required for ordinary methods
of cooking. While the food is cooking.
YOU may be occupied with other duties
without fear Of its burning. Many
foods cooked for a longer time at
low temperature. as in this method,
have q finer flavor and are more
wholesome than when cooked on
stove at higher temperature. Thls
method saves fuel and saves working
in a hot kitchen.
To make the cooker, select tightly
built wooden box an old small trunk.
a small barrel a tin lard can, or new
garbage can with a tight cover, to be
used as the outside container. This
must be large enough to allow at least
four inches of packing all around the
nest. A box long enough to contain
two compartments may be used 1t
liked If this is used, there should be
at least six inches of packing between
the two nests, and two cushlons 10
cover each nest separately so that one
Etensil may be removed without dls-
turbing the other one.
The nest, which is to contain the
utensil of hot food, must be considered
next. This nest may be made OF
strong pasteboard cylindrical in shape
and as snug as possible TO allow the
cooking utensil to be moved in and
out If too large, the air space will
cool the food. The cardboard forming
this cylindrical nest should be Tapped
and fastened tightly.
For packing between the nest and
the outer container some material
which heat will not pass through
quickly must be used. First. line the
box or other container with layers of
paper to keep out cold air. Lint, cot
ton, wool, shredded newspaper or eX-
celsior are good for packing. The
packing should first be placed in the
outside container to a depth of four
inches, then place the cardboard or
asbestos for the bottom of the nest.
Next place the cardboard cylinder or
the asbestos covered can and hold
steady while pressing the packing
tightly around it, leaving no air
spaces. When this has reached the
top of the nest, cut piece of card
board to tit the space, cutting out
circle to open the nest. This card
board cover should be fastened Sc
curely to the nest by pasted strips of
cloth or heavy paper. 1t is we'll to
make a paper cover to keep the card
board clean and hide the pasted
strips on top. The space between the
top of the nest and the cover of the
outside container must he filled with
a cushion or pad. Make this the
exact size of the space and stuff with
the packing material. II should be
al least four inches thick and should
fit against the top tightly enough to
cause pressure when the cover is
closed If a box is used the cover
should be on hinges. with hook to
fasten it down. The cover of bar
rel or lard tub may be fastened by
means of screw hooks and eyes at
intervals around the top. If a wooden
container is used, 1t will be better
looking If stained or painted a dull
dark brown or green. The cooker
will be complete when casters have
been put on the bottom to make it
easily moved.
To hold the food, any utensil which
has a tight cover and which will fit
the nest may be used There should
he no air spaces left to cause loss
of heat. A utensl having straight
sides and having the same depth as
diameter is best. Aluminium utensils
are good to use, because they will re-
tain heat for a long time. Efficient
cooking will depend upon the reten-
ton of heat. A small quantity of
food will not hold as much heat as a
larger quantity and will therefore
continue cooking for shorter time.
The more nearly full the utenSil is
Of food, the better will the heat be
retained.
Cereal breakfast foods should he
prepared at night While the fire for
supper is hot. Measure the required
quantity of boiling water into the
cooker kettle. add salt and cereal, let
boil 10 minutes. then place in the
cooker over night. Reheat in the
morning.
The long continued slow cooking
which a tough piece of meat or fowl
gets in a firelesS cooker and the
thorough extraction to which bones
and soup meat are subjected mean
that the firelesS cooker makes stews.
ragouts, and similar dishes and soups
cheap foods for the table. Most
recipes for stews, pot roasts, boiled
meats, and similar dishes can be
readily adapted TO the tireless cooker
and time md fuel
All vegetables may be cooked in
fireless cooker. They must he given