AN EASY-TO-WORK KITCHEN.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 280, 21 March 1929, Page 2

AN EASY-TO-WORK KITCHEN.

Intelligent shelving can be made to take the place of the desirable but expensive kitchen cabinet. If this can be grouped about the window, so much the better; but if the sink already occupies that position, then the next lightest place should be selected. Flap tables can be bought quite cheaply, and one should be fixed in front of the window. Then permanent shelves could be' put up on each side of the window within easy reach of the worker at the table. Two sets of three would be sufficient to take the dry goods containers, and the other jars and tins holding materials required for cooking, on the one side, and cooking utensils on the other. When not in use the contents of the shelves are hidden by curtains of gingham to match the window curtain. The shelf curtains must be put on easy running window fitments, so that when the shelves are being used the curtains can be pushed completely out of the way. * The gas cooker should be placed as near to the cooking table as is convenient, for this obviously saves steps, particularly when one has to keep an eye on a dish already cooking while ! something else is being prepared. If yon have room to fix up yet another I small drop table near the cooker, so much the better. This one should be covered with zinc or some other similar protective material, so that saucepans, baking tins, etc., may be 1 placed there from the cooker without harm, and the mess easily wiped up afterwards. Zinc is very easily kept clean with hot water and salt.