Inspection. — All plumbing should be inspected fre-
quently, and should be so constructed as to make this easy.
All joints should be air-tight, and all traps should be sup-
plied with means for cleaning. Faulty plumbing is too
often the cause of serious illness.
Note. — Carefully inspect the plumbing in your home
and school. Notice where the traps are located.
Care of the Ice Box. — Keep the ice box perfectly clean.
See that the drain from the ice is properly carried off. It
should drain into an open end of a trapped drain-pipe. See
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that the trap is open and works correctly. Keep a brush
for cleaning out the trap. Scald out the ice box and trap
once each week with hot soda or borax water.
Wipe the ice box dry, and always wipe off the shelves as
soon as anything is spilled over them.
Do not put hot food into the ice box; never put food with
strong odors into the ice box. Keep milk bottles covered
and keep the milk and butter in the lower part of the box,
for they absorb odors readily. Do not put unnecessary
dishes into the ice box. Set the food away in clean dishes,
and in as small dishes as possible.
Do not put anything on the top of the ice box; it clutters
up a room and makes it harder to keep things neat and clean.
Care of the Sink. — Sinks with open plumbing are best;
but even the best need constant care. In selecting sinks,
avoid those with wood around them. Good porcelain sinks,
with rim and drain board of the same, are the best and the
easiest to keep clean. Iron sinks are very hard to care for.
To remove the rust from iron sinks, at night rub all over
with mutton fat and in the morning rinse well with hot suds.
Keep a sink strainer in the sink and pour all waste
liquids through it. Do not put garbage into the sink
strainer; put it into the garbage can. Sink strainers are for
liquids only. When through work, empty the strainer,
wash in hot soapsuds, wipe dry, and hang up.
Once each week pour a strong solution of sal soda (about
3^2 cup soda to two quarts water) down the pipes. Flush
the sinks frequently with plenty of hot soapsuds and boiling
water. When through work always leave the sinks per-
fectly clean. Wash them with hot water, using Dutch
cleanser or sapolio to remove any stains or grease. Rinse
well and wipe dry. Kerosene cuts any grease readily.
Rinse well after using.
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Never hang utensils or dishcloths around the sink.
Only the soap dish and sink strainer need be kept there.
Never hang anything under the sinks. Wash and rinse all
sink cloths and hang in the air to dry.
Care of the Garbage Can. — Each day place a clean news-
paper in the can. This is easily removed and all the con-
tents burned, buried, or carried away. Put only solid
materials in the can. Liquids must first be drained off.
The can must be kept perfectly fresh. Scald and scrub out
the can thoroughly each week, and set in the sun and open
air. Keep can covered when garbage is in it.
Care of the Pantry. — Closed cupboards are much better
than open shelves, but are not always available.
Cover the pantry shelves with oilcloth. Tack it down
firmly over the edges of the shelves. Oilcloth is easily
wiped off, and is durable material. Plain white paper
may be used if oilcloth is too expensive. Renew the paper
frequently.
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Presented as published in 1914. 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
Inspection. — All plumbing should be inspected frequently, and should be so constructed as to make this easy. All joints should be air-tight, and all traps should be supplied with means for cleaning. Faulty plumbing is too often the cause of serious illness.
Note. — Carefully inspect the plumbing in your home and school. Notice where the traps are located.
Care of the Ice Box. — Keep the ice box perfectly clean. See that the drain from the ice is properly carried off. It should drain into an open end of a trapped drain-pipe. See
that the trap is open and works correctly. Keep a brush for cleaning out the trap. Scald out the ice box and trap once each week with hot soda or borax water.
Wipe the ice box dry, and always wipe off the shelves as soon as anything is spilled over them.
Do not put hot food into the ice box; never put food with strong odors into the ice box. Keep milk bottles covered and keep the milk and butter in the lower part of the box, for they absorb odors readily. Do not put unnecessary dishes into the ice box. Set the food away in clean dishes, and in as small dishes as possible.
Do not put anything on the top of the ice box; it clutters up a room and makes it harder to keep things neat and clean.
Care of the Sink. — Sinks with open plumbing are best; but even the best need constant care. In selecting sinks, avoid those with wood around them. Good porcelain sinks, with rim and drain board of the same, are the best and the easiest to keep clean. Iron sinks are very hard to care for.
To remove the rust from iron sinks, at night rub all over with mutton fat and in the morning rinse well with hot suds.
Keep a sink strainer in the sink and pour all waste liquids through it. Do not put garbage into the sink strainer; put it into the garbage can. Sink strainers are for liquids only. When through work, empty the strainer, wash in hot soapsuds, wipe dry, and hang up.
Once each week pour a strong solution of sal soda (about 3^2 cup soda to two quarts water) down the pipes. Flush the sinks frequently with plenty of hot soapsuds and boiling water. When through work always leave the sinks perfectly clean. Wash them with hot water, using Dutch cleanser or sapolio to remove any stains or grease. Rinse well and wipe dry. Kerosene cuts any grease readily. Rinse well after using.
Never hang utensils or dishcloths around the sink. Only the soap dish and sink strainer need be kept there. Never hang anything under the sinks. Wash and rinse all sink cloths and hang in the air to dry.
Care of the Garbage Can. — Each day place a clean newspaper in the can. This is easily removed and all the contents burned, buried, or carried away. Put only solid materials in the can. Liquids must first be drained off. The can must be kept perfectly fresh. Scald and scrub out the can thoroughly each week, and set in the sun and open air. Keep can covered when garbage is in it.
Care of the Pantry. — Closed cupboards are much better than open shelves, but are not always available.
Cover the pantry shelves with oilcloth. Tack it down firmly over the edges of the shelves. Oilcloth is easily wiped off, and is durable material. Plain white paper may be used if oilcloth is too expensive. Renew the paper frequently.