The Library of Work and Play: HousekeepingGilman, Elizabeth Hale
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The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping
Gilman, Elizabeth Hale
Home economics
A teakettle
A dishpan
A frying pan
A coffee pot
A tea pot
A broiler
A colander
A meat chopper
A pail
A pastry board
A rolling pin
3 mixing bowls
A meat pan
A pudding dish
A bread board
A bread knife
2 and 3 qt. saucepans
2 and 3 qt. double boilers
A cake tin
3 tins for layer cake
3 bread tins
A cake turner
A can opener
A lemon squeezer
A corkscrew
A fine-wire strainer
A potato masher
An egg beater
A nutmeg grater
A graduated quart measure
A graduated pint measure
A few spoons of different sizes
A few plates, cups and saucers
A cake box
A bread box
Tin boxes or
Glass jars for flour, meal, sugar, coffee, etc.
A scrubbing brush
A sink strainer
A soap shaker
A holder for scouring soap
A whisk for dish washing
A pin cushion which can be hung up
A memorandum pad which can be hung up
3 pie plates
2 jelly moulds
An apple corer
A few knives and forks
A large wooden spoon
A large agate spoon
A knife for potatoes
A large tray
A salt box
A pepper box
A flour dredger
1 doz. dish towels
6 scrub cloths
2 pudding cloths
6 cloths for pots and pans
Scissors
Does it seem a very long list? You would not cook one day in a
kitchen fitted with these things without thinking of something else
you would like to have. This is an austere list. It contains none
of the luxuries which one's heart desires, such as tongs for hulling
strawberries.
_Care._--Pots and pans require thorough washing and wiping. Wash them
with a brush, good hot soapsuds, and occasional applications of a
scouring soap. Wipe them with squares of cheese cloth or old flour and
sugar bags washed and hemmed for the purpose. These cloths are better
than finer or heavier ones for they take up water quickly and are no
great loss if they are darkened by tin or iron utensils. The dishcloth
is the poorest thing with which to wipe pots and pans, for it cannot
possibly be free from soap and grease.
Scouring soap is not intended for direct application. A brush or cloth
should first be rubbed on the soap, then on the article to be scoured.
Only utensils made of iron may be scraped. Such treatment quickly
defaces and wears out other substances. Scraping may be entirely
avoided if every utensil is filled with water as soon as it is no
longer needed in cooking. Very greasy things should be filled with warm
water and kept warm. If a pot has been burned put a tablespoonful of
washing-soda into it and fill it with water. Set it away for a day or
a night, or for both, and at the end of the time no scraping will be
necessary to get it clean. This must not be done if the pot is made of
aluminum, in that case, soak the pot without soda.
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