The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-07-02
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Vivian Duckworth
Home Economics Student


= Miss. southern College
How to use and care for your
coffee maker.
You'll have more success with
your coffee, and the coffee maker
will last longer, if you give it the
proper care. Above all things, be-
sure to keep it very clean. 1t is
the oils that remain after the cof-
fee is cooked, that grow rancid
and give you that bitter taste.
If yours is glass coffee maker
with a cloth filter, be sure to rinse
out the filter cloth thoroughly
with cold water after each using.
Between usings. keep the cloth in
a glass of cold water.
If you have an aluminium cof-
fee maker, wash it thoroughly
after each use and rub the inside
with cleanser pad anr soap. Be
sure to rinse it out thoroughly.
1t only takes few seconds, but
this daily care will keep the pot
sweet and clean at all times.
II your coffee pot is made Of
any other metal, every once in
while substitute a tablespoon of
baking soda for the coffee, add
water, and proceed just as though
you were making the morning
coffee. This will remove any trace
Of "staleness" and your coffee
maker will be sweet and clean
again.
How to use and care for your
Toaster.
It's easy to have toast Drowned
just as you want it with the new
electric coasters. And if you're
lucky enough to have the pop
up" type, you needn't even watch
it,
Be careful about cleaning your
toaster, though. Never, never put
it in water. Use a damp-not wet
cloth to wipe off the inside Use
mild abrasive, if you must, to
take off stains or butter, but be
gentle about it.
The heating element cleans it
self when you turn on the current.
The base of many automatic toast
ers is removable for easy cleaning.
A small paint brush, kept ex-
clusively for the purpose, is ef-
fective for removing stubborn
crumbs if your toaster does not
have a removable crumb tray.
Don't use the brush until the
toaster is cool and be sure to dis
connect the cord.
For safety's sake remember to
let your toaster get thoroughly
cool before putting it away.
How to use and care for your
Waffle Baker.
Before using for the first time.
If it's a model not "pre-treated"
at the factory, thoroughly cover
your waffle baker with salad oil
or unsalted melted fat before
baking the first waffle. Use
pastry brush. and it's very easy.
The next thing you do is to
connect the cord, turn on switch.
heat iron until grids begin to
smoke. Now pour on enough bat
ter for one waffle and bake until
done. Discard this waffle-it is
or has absorbed the excess con-
ditioner-but you won't have to
grease the waffle baker again II
you take good care of it,
To clean the waffle baker, wipe
the edge of the grids with a clean
dry cloth. If any particles stick
to the grids, remove with a wire
brush. Never wash the grids. 1t
spoils the pretreating.
Wipe any spilled batter from the
outside of the waffle baker with
a damp cloth. then polish with a
soft polishing cloth. Never put
the waffle baker in water.
To prevent waffle sticking.
If you condition your waffle
baker before using, as suggested
above, and if you measure in
gradients in waffle recipes accu-
rately, your waffles should not
stick.
However, if you have difficulty
due to improper heating or in
sufficient shortening in the batter.
remove particles from grid with
a wire brush. Then follow sug-
sestions as given under Before
using fer the f