Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1911 — HANDY KITCHEN CABINET [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HANDY KITCHEN CABINET

A Straining Bag. A flannel straining bag is a necessity In any kitchen where jellies are prepared. Instead of investing in an expensive strainer, an excellent substitute may be made of ordinary flannel, which should first of all be hemmed neatly and then soaked and wrung out in boiling water. When it is used, it should be laid inside a large bowl and the fruit or liquid jelly poured into it. The four ends of the flannel should then be tied together and a stick passed through the knots. The bag can then be suspended over a bowl by means of a couple of chains and left to drain slowly until all the liquid has passed through. A blanket should be thrown over the top in cold weather, so as to prevent the Jelly from setting too soon.