Evening star., 1928-10-19
Saving Time and Energy
Money Also Conserved by Methods Which Are
Recommended for Better and Easier
Housekeeping.
Housekeeping.

Three things most valuable to a
housewife are time. energy and money.
ANY methods that will save for her any
of these are valuable. If housewife is
obliged to do her own work, she will act
wisely If she turns to mechanical labor
savers for help. The decision she should
make is not whether to use tools, but
what tools to use.
The first questions which the house.
wife must ask herself are: DO l really
need this piece of equipment or tool?
Will I use it enough to pay for buying
it. or will I only use 1t a few times and
then put it back on the shelf and for
get it"
The size of her family will also de-
termine her need. A utensil which
NAV be a great labor saver in a large
family may prove to be an expensive
luxury for family of two or three.
The arrangement of the kitchen and
the placing of small equipment are also
valuable means of saving energy and
time. If the larger equipment is
grouped according to its use in the
preparation of the meal. many steps
may be saved, and thereby time and
energy may be conserved. Successful
di6pa tehing of work depends partly on
the placing of equipment and partly on
making the most of the many excel
lent labor-saving devices on the market,
choosing them with the needs of par
ticular family in mind, taking care of
them after they are purchased and
being on the alert for new ideas.
1t adds much to the zest of house
keeping If you can decide to put away
little money each week out of the
that mean so much more than they
cost. For instance, two or three hot
dish mats that are as decorative as
they are useful, a kitchen slate, and
while you are getting one find a slate
that adds something to the kitchen
decoration, tiny brush for greasing
pans, set of measuring spoons that
do away with guessing or the alterna-
tive Of tedious dividing. and pans that
bake cornbread in roasting ear forms
instead of monotonous fat sheets Per-
haps merely pretty dish that you can
just Sc filed with dep green olives
or a larger one that was obviously de-
signed for the dainty salad you know
% well how to make.
Needed in Every Kitchen.
A new pie pan is of heavy aluminium
and made with crust supporter
piece of perforated aluminium which is
laid in place after the pie filling has
been poured into the lower crust. The
upper crust is then laid over this
When the pie has been baked the sup
porter may be pulled out, leaving a
crisp, unsoaked upper crust. This pan
Is plenty deep. and deeper one can be
bought for meat br chicken pie. A tool
called pie crimper makes the decora-
tion on the rim of the upper crust uni
form and decorative.
A salad and berry washer is a round
wire article which will save hands as
well as the appearance of food washed
in it. One places the salad leaves or
berries to be washed in the wire bas-
ket, brings its handles together, thus
closing it, and either places it under
the water faucet or immerses and agi-
tates it in water.
A potato peeler that saves ones
hands is in the form of a small ma
chine that clamps onto the kitchen
table. 1t consists of a revolving fork
and also has a knife placed Just right
to neatly peel the skin from the potato
as it revolves on the fork. It comes
In family size and is not expensive.
Only the cook who has often burned
her hands because the handle of a
spoon used to stir cooking food became
tco hot to touch, will realize the adj
vantage of having aluminium spoons
You need not worry about having
only bottle of milk on hand when
you really need little cream, if you
have one of the several good, though
inexpensive, cream separators now
available
: Be sure to supply yourself with sew
eral spatulas They come in various
sizes and are useful for turning things,
for lifting foods and for frosting cakes
Keep plenty of wooden toothpicks
on hand. They serve as sanitary cake
testers, as skewers for bread rolls, or
for rolled canape.
Save your hands and your temper by
having handy the little instrument that
&c effectively pulls out pinfeathers from
fowl
There is a knife sharpener on the
market that can be clamped to a shelf
It is provided with crank turned emery
wheels that will really sharpen knives
Or scissors.
A glass fruit knife will save the stains
that your steel knieves must suffer un-
less they are Of the stainless variety, and
the glass knife is so pretty that It is a
pleasure to use it.
Buy set of fancy cooky cutters and
pastry tube set, and ice cream molds
and jelly n1olds, and an egg sicer.
Any hardware store will tell you about
these tools. and If they do not have
them in stock they will tell you where
you can secure them.
Larger Equipment.
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