The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-09
Tips for
the,HouseWife
TAKE CARP or XNYVHB

a kitchen knife should b rms
ed. cleaned and quickly sharp
ened after Il u used, and Is
should be perfectly dry when
put into the drawer. Such care
keeps q good knife and prevents
deterioration Of the metal and
cutting edge. Some housekeep.
ers have box or Jar OF clean
sand In the pantry. into which
the knife blades ere stuck; this
obvistes securing.
RUBBER THUMB GUARDS
When pairing fruits and vess-
tables, use rubber thumb guards
such as are used In offices for
counting and sorting papers.
They save needless cuts.
SHARPENING FOOD GRIN.
DER-N your food grinder
needs sharpening, run Z piece Of
sandpaper through e - you
would food. This cleans and
sharpens the knives. WISH thor.
oughly In boiling water to re-
move soap.
GAS ECONOMY-N there 70
an odor Of gas in the kitchen,
examine the gas burners Of the
stove. They may be filled with
sediment from Followers" and
should be cleaned at once.
To obtain full economy from
the use Of gas, occasionally OBJ.
serve the character Of the
flame. The flame tips should be
shout an inch high on your
range. For best efficiency, the
flame should Just touch the bot
tom Of the utensil.
In lighting gas stove, always
have the light over the burner
before you turn on the gas.
Turn on gas slowly. II you do it
too quickly. the explosion csuc-
e. the gas meter To. Jump and
your bill Is increased.
GRATING LEMONS - Be
careful when grating lemon
rind; the white part underneath
the skin 10 bitter and contains no
lemon flavor. The flavor comes
only from the oil found In the
yellow rind 1t the surface.
SUGARING DOUGHNUTS-
For simplicity end economy, put
some sugar into q strong, clean
paper bag. Place q few dough.
nuts In the bag at one time.
Shake them around until sui
ficientiy sugared.
LINING FOR GARBAGE
PAILr-If you line your garbage
pail each day with . newspaper
or Q large paper bag, grease will
be absorbed and the pail will
remain dry and clean. Easier to
empty, too.
CLEANING PANS AND
ROASTERS-To clean q tin pan
In which something has been
burned, fill u with water, add
. handful Of sal soda and boil.
Repeat the process II not sue
cessful at first.
Pour Z few drops Of ammonia
into every greasy roasting pan
after filling pan with hot water
Il you DO this immediately sitter
pans are used, and let them
stand until you are ready to
wash them, cleaning will be
much easier.
GREASE NEW UTENSILS
All new cooking utensils should
b creased and slowly heated
before being used for the first
time.
WAX TABLE OILCLOTH--
Table oilcloth will wear longer
and look better II 1t u occasion.
ally rubbed with liquid WAX af-
ter being washed.
PREVENTING SEEPAGE IN
PIES Often the Juice from the
fruit In q pie soalks through the
umdercrust and spoils It's ap-
pearance. This can be prevent
Cd BY brushing the crust over
with white Of egg
BAKING POWDER BIS.
CUTTS-n you roll the dough
thin, and use two cuts instead
Of one for each biscuit, having
one on top Of the other, the bis
cults will break open more
readily and evenly.
CLEANING A L U MIN U NJ
WARE-To clean diseolored al.
minimum, rub with, . cloth DIP
ped In lemon Juice, then rinse
In warm wster and dry thor
oughly.
CLEANING WAFFLE IRON
"A steel-bristled brush u use
full for brushing crumbs from
the waffle iron and aads In keep
ing the iron In good condition.
The waffle iron should not b
washed. Dry baking soda, used
with Q dry brush, removes
grease and discoloration from
IN electric waffle iron.
CLEANING PERCOLATOH
TUBE6-Fill the percolatol
with water % usual, but put ia
four tablespoons Of salt instead
Of coffee. Connect the percolat.
or and heat Just % IL you were
making coffee.