Enamelware goods are made of sheet iron coated with a glazed preparation.
It is very brittle and easily cracks and chips if knocked or scratched, leaving the
iron exposed. Buy the best quality of enamel, the coating is thicker and well
finished, it does not chip so easily.
Examine each article carefully to avoid imperfect pieces, since once the
enamel is chipped the article soon rusts and wears into a hole.
Aluminum cooking utensils should have steel or wooden handles.
Cleaning Tin.
Apparatus:
Pan of hot water, soap, soda, bath brick or scouring soap, a scouring cloth.
Directions:
(1.) _ lf greasy, rub with paper to remove grease. Burn paper.
(2.) Soak before washing in hot water with a small piece of soda to remove
-grease.
(3.) Wash with hot water and soap. To remove obstinate marks rub hard
~with bathbrick or scouring soap on a damp cloth. Rinse and dry with dish cloth
‘wrung dry.
(4.) Finish drying on cool part of stove.
(5.) Polish bright tins with whiting polish, as for silver.
(6.) Clean and replace apparatus.
Cleaning Enamelware and Aluminum.
Apparatus:
Pan of hot water, soap, bath brick or scouring soap, a dishcloth.
Directions:
(1.) Soak utensils used for flour and egg mixture in cold water, greasy
utensils in hot soapy water.
(2.) Wash with hot water and soap. Remove obstinate marks with bath
brick or scouring soap on a damp cloth, rub hard.
(3.) Rinse and dry with cloth. Replace everything.
Badly stained tin or sheet iron utensils will easily come clean if boiled one
tour in a bath of soda water (use wash boiler). Use quarter cup soda to one
gallon of water, Finish as above.
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Badly stained enamel utensils will come clean if boiled one hour in hot
soapy water. Soda dulls the surface of enamel and causes it to burn more easily.
Soda should not be used for aluminum. Finish as above.
Care of Tin and Enamel Goods.
(1.) Thoroughly dry all sheet iron and tin goods, grease sheet iron with
suet before storing away for a long period.
(2.) Never drop enamel goods, and do not scour or use in such a way as to
spoil the surface. ;
Zinc is cleaned by scouring it with kerosene, and if necessary powdered
bath brick. After using kerosene, wash zinc with hot soapy water, rinse and dry.
HOUSE MANAGEMENT 139
CHAPTER XI.
THE CHOICE, CLEANING AND CARE OF BRUSHES
~ Choice.
Buy brushes with good bristles in preference to expensive backs,
Hair brooms are better than whisk brooms for wooden floors.
Cleaning.
Apparatus:
Warm water, borax, a clean towel, and thread for hair brushes and combs,
soda and warm water for household brushes.
Directions:
(1.) Dissolve one tablespoonful borax in a little boiling water, add one
quart lukewarm water. The water should not touch the back of brush.
(2.) Soak brush in water ten minutes. Then wash by dipping up and down
until all dirt is removed.
(3.) Rinse in warm water, then in cold to harden the bristles.
(4.) Shake well and pat on a towel. Polish back.
(5.) Dry in the open air, bristles downwards.
Combs. Soak as for hair brushes and wash, using a nail brush to clean
between the teeth. Clean paper or thread will remove obstinate dirt between
teeth. Rinse, dry, and finish in open air.
Household brushes. Wash by first soaking, then dipping up and down, in a
pail of warm water in which two tablespoonfuls soda is dissolved. Rinse in cold
‘water. Shake. Dry in open air.
Care of Brushes.
(1.) Soak the bristles of all new household brushes in cold water for one
hour before using.
(2.) Wash frequently. Hair brushes and combs should not be allowed to
become very dirty. They need to be washed every two weeks at least.
(3.) Never use hot water for brushes. Wash and dry quickly.
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CHAPTER XII.
THE CHOICE, CLEANING AND CARE OF FURNITURE
Choice.
(1.) Avoid poor curves, straight lines.are better.
(2.) Avoid cheap imitation.
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Presented as published in 1913. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Enamelware goods are made of sheet iron coated with a glazed preparation. It is very brittle and easily cracks and chips if knocked or scratched, leaving the iron exposed. Buy the best quality of enamel, the coating is thicker and well finished, it does not chip so easily.
Examine each article carefully to avoid imperfect pieces, since once the enamel is chipped the article soon rusts and wears into a hole.
Aluminum cooking utensils should have steel or wooden handles.
Cleaning Tin. Apparatus:
Pan of hot water, soap, soda, bath brick or scouring soap, a scouring cloth. Directions: (1.) If greasy, rub with paper to remove grease. Burn paper.
(2.) Soak before washing in hot water with a small piece of soda to remove -grease.
(3.) Wash with hot water and soap. To remove obstinate marks rub hard ~with bathbrick or scouring soap on a damp cloth. Rinse and dry with dish cloth ‘wrung dry.
(4.) Finish drying on cool part of stove. (5.) Polish bright tins with whiting polish, as for silver. (6.) Clean and replace apparatus.
Cleaning Enamelware and Aluminum. Apparatus:
Pan of hot water, soap, bath brick or scouring soap, a dishcloth.
Directions:
(1.) Soak utensils used for flour and egg mixture in cold water, greasy utensils in hot soapy water.
(2.) Wash with hot water and soap. Remove obstinate marks with bath brick or scouring soap on a damp cloth, rub hard.
(3.) Rinse and dry with cloth. Replace everything.
Badly stained tin or sheet iron utensils will easily come clean if boiled one hour in a bath of soda water (use wash boiler). Use quarter cup soda to one gallon of water, Finish as above.
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Badly stained enamel utensils will come clean if boiled one hour in hot soapy water. Soda dulls the surface of enamel and causes it to burn more easily. Soda should not be used for aluminum. Finish as above.
Care of Tin and Enamel Goods.
(1.) Thoroughly dry all sheet iron and tin goods, grease sheet iron with suet before storing away for a long period.
(2.) Never drop enamel goods, and do not scour or use in such a way as to spoil the surface. ;
Zinc is cleaned by scouring it with kerosene, and if necessary powdered bath brick. After using kerosene, wash zinc with hot soapy water, rinse and dry.
THE CHOICE, CLEANING AND CARE OF BRUSHES ~ Choice.
Buy brushes with good bristles in preference to expensive backs, Hair brooms are better than whisk brooms for wooden floors.
Cleaning. Apparatus:
Warm water, borax, a clean towel, and thread for hair brushes and combs, soda and warm water for household brushes.
Directions:
(1.) Dissolve one tablespoonful borax in a little boiling water, add one quart lukewarm water. The water should not touch the back of brush.
(2.) Soak brush in water ten minutes. Then wash by dipping up and down until all dirt is removed.
(3.) Rinse in warm water, then in cold to harden the bristles.
(4.) Shake well and pat on a towel. Polish back.
(5.) Dry in the open air, bristles downwards.
Combs. Soak as for hair brushes and wash, using a nail brush to clean between the teeth. Clean paper or thread will remove obstinate dirt between teeth. Rinse, dry, and finish in open air.
Household brushes. Wash by first soaking, then dipping up and down, in a pail of warm water in which two tablespoonfuls soda is dissolved. Rinse in cold ‘water. Shake. Dry in open air.
Care of Brushes. (1.) Soak the bristles of all new household brushes in cold water for one hour before using. (2.) Wash frequently. Hair brushes and combs should not be allowed to become very dirty. They need to be washed every two weeks at least. (3.) Never use hot water for brushes. Wash and dry quickly.
THE CHOICE, CLEANING AND CARE OF FURNITURE Choice.
(1.) Avoid poor curves, straight lines.are better.
(2.) Avoid cheap imitation.