ALL ABOUT KITCHEN WORK.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1673, 30 April 1884, Page 2

ALL ABOUT KITCHEN WORK.

A lady who was for some time compelled to do all of her own kitchen work, says :.'■" If every iron, pot, pan, kettle, or any utensil' used in the , cooking of, food, bo washed as j soon as emptied, and while' still hot, half the labor will bo saved." It is a ■simple habit to acquire, and the washing of pots and kettles by this means loses some of its distasteful aspects. No lady seriously objects to washing and wiping tho crystal and silver, but to tackle the dirty, greasy, and'formidable looking iron-ware of. the kitchen takes a good bit of sturdy brawn and muscle as well as common sense. If the range be wiped carefully with brown paper, after cooking greasy food it can bo kept bright with little difliculty. Stoyes and ranges should be kept free from soot in all compartments. A clogged hot-air passage will prevent, any oven from cooking well. When the draught is imperfect, the* defect frequently arises from the chimney being. too low. To remedy the. evil the chimney should be built up,, or a chimney-pot added, It is an excellent plan for the mistress to acquaint herself with fcfe practical workings of her range, unless her servants are exceptionally good, for many hindrances to well-cooked! food arise from some misunderstanding of, or imperfection in, this article. ■ A clean, tidy kitchen can only ha secured by having a place for everything and everything in its place, and by frequent scourings of the room and utensils.

. - ■ A hand-towel and basin are needed in ( every, kitchen for the use of the cook or house-worker. 1 .Unless dish-towels are washed, sealJ. deel, and thoroughly, dried daily, they 1 become musty, and unfit for use, as does also the dish-cloth, ■'■ Cinders make a very hot lire-one ■ particularly good for ironing days. .<* . Warm soap-suds (not too hot) from the wash tubs will make house plants grow very fast. Milk keeps from souring longer in a shallow pan than in a milk-pitcher. Deep pans make an equal amount of cream. Sauce, plain, for immediate use, should not be put into a jar and covered when warm, else it will turn and : ferment 'very quickly" : It will keep'some days with caro in the- putting up. Let it stand-until perfectly/ cold, then put into a stone jar. ■