When a fire is at its lowest, place a cork under the hot cinders,
put a match to it, and it will immediately revive it.
TRIED FAVOURITES COOKERY BOOK
243
A lump of soda laid upon the sink-pipe down which waste water
passes will prevent the clogging of tlie pipe with grease.
Chloride of lime is an infallible preventive of rats. It should be
put down their holes and spread about wherever they are likely to
appear.
If the cook has the misfortune to spill grease on the kitchen
table, she may save herself a great deal of trouble by sprinkling the
stain at onoe with coarse salt ; this prevents the grease from sinking
into the wood ; or, if spilled on the floor, dash cold water over it, so as
to harden it quickly, and prevent it sinking into the boards.
Prepare new baking tins b^ placing in oven with thick layer of
bran in them until bran is quite dry. Puddings, etc., will then never
stick.
To prevent tlie hands being burnt when dishing up Christmas
puddings, put the hand repeatedly into cold water before handling
the basin, and it will not be burnt. Do the same when using hot
starch.
Persons of sedentary and quiet occupations and habits, with much
brain work, require food light and easily digested, avoiding all in-
digestible and very concentrated foods (e.g., cheese), whieh are more
suitable for manual work.
Averagfe Loss of Weight in Meats during'
Grilled,
Cooking.
about
10
per cent
Fried,
... ... * f
1.5
Steamed,
... ...
15
Boiled,
... ...
20
}y
Baked,
... yf
26
>>
Stewed,
... ... yy
17
to 20 „
Boasted,
... ... ,,
30
yy
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244 TRIED FAVOURITES COOKERY BOOK.
USEFUL TO KNOW IN
HOUSE-KEEPING.
For ventilation, open your windows both at top and bottom. The
fresh air imshes in, one way, while the foul makes its exit the other.
This is letting in jmur friend and expelling your enemy.
Bees’ wax and salt mixed will make a rusty flat iron as smooth as
glass.
To remove rust from Are irons, nib over with plenty of linseed oil,
and let it soak in for three days. Then wipe oft', and polish with flnely
powdered, unslaked lime till the rust disappears. If to be laid by for a
time, smear freely with vaseline.
Emery poAvder will remove ordinaiy stains from white ivory
knife handles. '
To Cement Lioosened Knife Handles at Home. — Mix 4 parts reain,
1 part bees’ wax, and 1 part plaster of Paris. Fill hole in handle
with cement, then heat steel of handle nearly red-hot, and press it
firmly into the cement.
Scatter a mixture of borax and powdered sugar about tire haunts
of cockroaches, and they will disappear. Or pour a strong solution of
alum in boiling water over their happy hunting-ground.
Clusters of cloves hung up in rooms and allowed to dry will drive
away flies better than fly papers.
Soak a tooth-brusli overnight in a glass of water, and it will pre-
vent hairs coming out, and last twice as long.
Sometimes a looking-glass loses “the grip,” and Avill not stay in
position, the screw behind being useless. Tie a coloured ribbon rourid
the. middle of a coi’k, and hang it at the side. Place it in proper
position between glass and stand, and your trouble is at an end.
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Presented as published in 1909. 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
When a fire is at its lowest, place a cork under the hot cinders, put a match to it, and it will immediately revive it.
A lump of soda laid upon the sink-pipe down which waste water passes will prevent the clogging of tlie pipe with grease.
Chloride of lime is an infallible preventive of rats. It should be put down their holes and spread about wherever they are likely to appear.
If the cook has the misfortune to spill grease on the kitchen table, she may save herself a great deal of trouble by sprinkling the stain at once with coarse salt ; this prevents the grease from sinking into the wood ; or, if spilled on the floor, dash cold water over it, so as to harden it quickly, and prevent it sinking into the boards.
Prepare new baking tins b^ placing in oven with thick layer of bran in them until bran is quite dry. Puddings, etc., will then never stick.
To prevent tlie hands being burnt when dishing up Christmas puddings, put the hand repeatedly into cold water before handling the basin, and it will not be burnt. Do the same when using hot starch.
Persons of sedentary and quiet occupations and habits, with much brain work, require food light and easily digested, avoiding all indigestible and very concentrated foods (e.g., cheese), whieh are more suitable for manual work.
Average Loss of Weight in Meats during'
Grilled,
Cooking.
about
per cent
Fried,
... ... * f
1.5
Steamed,
... ...
Boiled,
... ...
}y
Baked,
... yf
>>
Stewed,
... ... yy
to 20 „
Boasted,
... ... ,,
yy
Enlarged
Illustrated Edition
OF
DR
KIRK’S
FAPERS
ON HEALTH.
PRICE 5/- NETT.
MAY BE HAD
FROM ALL BOOKSELLERS.
\
USEFUL TO KNOW IN HOUSE-KEEPING.
For ventilation, open your windows both at top and bottom. The fresh air rushes in, one way, while the foul makes its exit the other. This is letting in jmur friend and expelling your enemy.
Bees’ wax and salt mixed will make a rusty flat iron as smooth as glass.
To remove rust from Are irons, rub over with plenty of linseed oil, and let it soak in for three days. Then wipe oft', and polish with finely powdered, unslaked lime till the rust disappears. If to be laid by for a time, smear freely with vaseline.
Emery powder will remove ordinaiy stains from white ivory knife handles. '
To Cement Loosened Knife Handles at Home. — Mix 4 parts resin, 1 part bees’ wax, and 1 part plaster of Paris. Fill hole in handle with cement, then heat steel of handle nearly red-hot, and press it firmly into the cement.
Scatter a mixture of borax and powdered sugar about tire haunts of cockroaches, and they will disappear. Or pour a strong solution of alum in boiling water over their happy hunting-ground.
Clusters of cloves hung up in rooms and allowed to dry will drive away flies better than fly papers.
Soak a tooth-brusli overnight in a glass of water, and it will prevent hairs coming out, and last twice as long.
Sometimes a looking-glass loses “the grip,” and Avill not stay in position, the screw behind being useless. Tie a coloured ribbon rourid the. middle of a coi’k, and hang it at the side. Place it in proper position between glass and stand, and your trouble is at an end.