Cookery in Boura Schools.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 315, 10 November 1888, Page 6

Cookery in Boura Schools.

Arc the cookery eia-S-e-s which have been opened by philan'uophicassociation m huihlingh attached to thbLonoonßoaid^ehoolbone, fiuds " a score oi happ bu^y little mai :en^, each scliO' i morning and afternoon, ptclin» potatoes, chopping vegetable or suet, mixing, fUvvingj, rolling out and pinching up, under the careful oye of a qualified instructress.'' At one school " the older girls norn a group of neighbouring schools attend — a difleunt set feac 1 - morning and afierooon during ihe schoo n r ook —about 200 can fchus be taught at on 0.-ntre. While halt aie cooking-,' the rest, seated at desks, are making neat little absliaeU of the dinner, recording for futuie use how much Hour, suet, and meat l#oes to a mutton-pie, the cost ot each ingredionb being set down and the whole added up. Pleasant monographs of- an Irish stew, a gooseberry turnover, 01 a household pudding, are neatly wiibten oub and correctly spelt to be kept as family recipe books by those busy little housewives. The good things they have helped to make may be bought at the end of tho lesson and carried home by these strall cooks, who olben havo commissions from smaller brothers in school to invest a halfpenny for them in this way. Tots and pans, bake-board and rolling pin, are kept scrupulously clean, and hands are washed thoroughly in a scui'ory flowing, with soap and water close by."