Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1916 — POINTS ON KITCHEN ECONOMY [ARTICLE]

POINTS ON KITCHEN ECONOMY

f Little Suggestion* That Will Be Found of Value in Every ' Home. Wash a potato, wipe dry and put It in your breadpan. It will keep the bread fresh for days. If eggs you are about to boll are cracked, add a little vinegar to the water, and they can be boiled as satisfactorily as undamaged ones. Take great care of the milk; unless you have a very cool place to keep it, boll It as soon as It arrives. Keep it covered with a clean muslin cloth.

Tomatoes should always be skinned before being using for salad. To do this easily, place the fruit In a basin nnd pour boiling water over It. Let stand a minute, and then drain. You will find that the skin can then be removed without the slightest trouble. Remember beef loses only three ounces to the pound in baking, four ounces in boiling, and five ounces in roasting. Thus roasted meat should be avoided when butchers’ prices are high. If the boiler immediately after use, and while still warm, is rubbed all over with any good household soap it will prevent rust, and will help to make the suds when the boiler is filled for the next washing day.

To clean a black dress take a dozen ivy leaves and steep them in boiling water. Leave till cold, then rub well over the stained parts. This liquid will remove all stains and make the cloth look almost as, fresh as when new. Don’t throw bones that have been boiled for sdup Into the dustbin. Put them at the back of the fire, bank up with well-dumped small coal and they will burn for hours.

Mincing machines are not easy to take to pieces for the purpose of cleaning, ~as there is much difficulty in properly replacing the parts. The best plan, and one which leaves the machine quite dry, is to take a piece of very stale bread, or, if this is not obtainable, a piece of toast, and grind it through. This will be found to collect all the grease, fat and skin which adheres to the knives. Repeat until the crumbs come out quite clean and dry, and then carefully wipe the machine with a clean, dry cloth.