Cheating the Junk-Pile: The Purchase and Maintenance of Household EquipmentsPeyser, Ethel R. (Ethel Rose)
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Cheating the Junk-Pile: The Purchase and Maintenance of Household Equipments
Peyser, Ethel R. (Ethel Rose)
Home economics; Household appliances; Kitchen appliances; Kitchen utensils
The utensils of these kitchenettes are without end; some of them are:
Tables, ranges--aforementioned; oven and grill combinations; griddles;
toasters; percolators of all kinds; large and small ranges; ice cream
freezers; combination meat grinders; ice cream, whipped cream and dough
mixing units; electric ice makers; automatic time ovens, with clock
attached so that you can put something in to cook and at a designated
time the current turns itself off; immersion heaters; coffee mills;
samovars; egg boilers; buffer, etc. for sharpening and polishing silver
and knives; and countless other things.
But the latest of all is the electric kitchen cabinet or “Movie” of
small price and great compactness; gas or electrically ranged and
arranged, containing in its simple confines, pots, pans, ice box,
folding table, flour bins, stove, shelves for dishes and all the
comforts of home. Just the thing for one night stands or bachelor’s
retreats!
And jot this down--that if you have a good refrigerator, electric or
plain, you can have all the onions inside of it that you want without
affecting other foods, and if you have an electric ozonator you can cook
onions in the smallest kitchenette without damage!--so they say!
CHAPTER XI
KEEPING IT COOL
She rang for the butler:
“Wilson, please ask the chef what kind of a refrigerator the architect
put in for us.”
“Very well, madam,” and he departed to the kitchen.
This same chatelaine did not send for the butler to inquire what kind of
an automobile her garage held. Not for a moment! She knew, too, the
difference between the Rolls-Royce, her car, and the Ford, or any other
car! Yet, she didn’t know her refrigerator! And to-day, although all the
world’s a-wheel, the very crux of the situation is the refrigerator!
Peace--war--the economic structure of nations hinges on the preservation
of food, not only in refrigerating cars, but in our kitchens; for, as
our kitchens save food, just so much more easily will the world be fed
and unrest cease.
Beyond much doubt the chic porcelain-lined refrigerator of to-day is the
corner-stone of the halls of domesticity; for what in the unconscious
song of every husband is a wife without well-kept food! And is there any
romance that will survive flabby lettuce and pulpy celery?
HOW IT IS MADE
The booklets about the refrigerator are entrancing! The pictures bring
to mind marble halls, à la Alma Tadema, and you might wonder why he
never used a modern refrigerator in one of his Roman paintings!
[Illustration:
_Courtesy of the Kelvinator Co._
WHEN THERE IS A CELLAR USED FOR THE LAUNDRY, THE ICE-MAKER COILS CAN BE
SET DOWN THERE WITH EASE AND SIMPLICITY. HERE TOO IS AN ELECTRIC IRONER
AND WASHER INSTALLED, WITH A VERY NEAT TOOL RACK!]
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