Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1892 — AROUND THE HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

AROUND THE HOUSE.

Instead of keeping food hot for late comers by putting it in tne oven, cover 1t loosely with a tin and place it in a vessel of hot water. This will keep the food hot without drying it. To test the heat of the oven for baking bread put your hand in and if you can count twenty rather rapidly it is cool enough. The heat should be kept as steady as possibly, dying down only towards the last of the baking. Rolls require a more moderate heat than loaves, so that the best time to bake them is when the heat is diminishing after loaf baking. When a carpet has become thoroughly dingy and soiled, take it up and have it well cleaned from the dust. Then nai] it down temporarily on the floor and scrub it thoroughly with clean water and ammonia, using two tablespoons of ammonia to the gallon. In case of greasespots extract them with benzine before the carpet is scrif*b*d.