I low much should be allowed per person including that
for cooking? About one pound.
What max be substituted for shortening? Carefully
prepared drippings, always without any bacon or sausage
fat, also uncolored butterine, or crisco or snowdrift.
THE KITCHEN FIRE.
What is one of the most important things in cooking ?
To have the tire right.
Is a hard coal tire difficult to manage? Not if one
knows bow and takes the right care of it.
What should be done first in building a coal tire? All
the ashes and coal should be cleaned out of the firebox :
then the ash pan should be emptied.
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Why need the ash pan be emptied ? Because the ashes
will absorb part of the heat as well as prevent a free
circulation of air which is necessary if the fire is to burn
well.
How should the fuel be put in? Twist up some pieces
of paper lightly ; put in the bottom of the grate; lay some
pieces of kindling wood lightly 011 this, crossing each
other so the air can pass through easily ; on top of
this a layer of hardwood cut in rather small sticks; put
on the covers, open the dampers, and light the paper. In
two or three minutes, when the wood has begun to burn,
sprinkle on lightly a thin layer of coal ; when this is burn-
ing well till the firebox with coal to within two inches of
its top.
\\ hy not till it full clear up to the covers? Because it
wastes the coal ; and it heats the top of the stove so that
it warps and destroys it.
But will it not make the oven hotter to have the stove
crowded full of coal and the lids red hot? No, it will
not; the air has no chance then to pass over the hot coals
and around the oven, which is necessary if the oven is to
be heated well.
What four things are apt to make the oven bake badly?
Not keeping the layer of ashes, which will settle on the
top of the oven, cleaned out, and also those that settle
under the oven, and allowing pieces of coal to lodge on
the top of the oven just above the firebox, so tin- current
of hot air is prevented from circulating around the oven;
also allowing the ashes to fill the ash pan when one is
baking, as they will absorb much of the heat.
As soon as one finishes using the fire what should be
done? Coal should be put on ami all of the dampers
closed, and the check which allows the cold air to pass
in over the coal should be opened.
Will the fire burn much if left this way? No, it can be
kept for a long time, and when wanted, if the ashes are
raked out, the clampers opened, and the check closed, the
fire will burn briskly in a few minutes.
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Will it make less work to care for the fire if it is kept
turned off in this way when not in use? It will; for it
not only will save the coal but there will be that much
less coal to bring up and put on the fire, and less ashes
to rake out and empty; so it pays in the amount of labor
as well as in coal saved, and the oven does not clog up
with ashes so soon, and there are less ashes to settle
through the house in handling.
Where must the cold air in a stove enter in order to
make the fire burn? Always below the firebox, and flow
up though the fire.
Where must it enter to check the fire from burning?
Above the firebox, so it will pass over the fire, and not
through it.
Should the coal burn to a white heat? No, never.
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I low much should be allowed per person including that
for cooking? About one pound.
What max be substituted for shortening? Carefully
prepared drippings, always without any bacon or sausage
fat, also uncolored butterine, or crisco or snowdrift.
THE KITCHEN FIRE.
What is one of the most important things in cooking ?
To have the tire right.
Is a hard coal tire difficult to manage? Not if one
knows bow and takes the right care of it.
What should be done first in building a coal tire? All
the ashes and coal should be cleaned out of the firebox :
then the ash pan should be emptied.
Efficiency in Home Making 79
Why need the ash pan be emptied ? Because the ashes
will absorb part of the heat as well as prevent a free
circulation of air which is necessary if the fire is to burn
well.
How should the fuel be put in? Twist up some pieces
of paper lightly ; put in the bottom of the grate; lay some
pieces of kindling wood lightly 011 this, crossing each
other so the air can pass through easily ; on top of
this a layer of hardwood cut in rather small sticks; put
on the covers, open the dampers, and light the paper. In
two or three minutes, when the wood has begun to burn,
sprinkle on lightly a thin layer of coal ; when this is burn-
ing well till the firebox with coal to within two inches of
its top.
\\ hy not till it full clear up to the covers? Because it
wastes the coal ; and it heats the top of the stove so that
it warps and destroys it.
But will it not make the oven hotter to have the stove
crowded full of coal and the lids red hot? No, it will
not; the air has no chance then to pass over the hot coals
and around the oven, which is necessary if the oven is to
be heated well.
What four things are apt to make the oven bake badly?
Not keeping the layer of ashes, which will settle on the
top of the oven, cleaned out, and also those that settle
under the oven, and allowing pieces of coal to lodge on
the top of the oven just above the firebox, so tin- current
of hot air is prevented from circulating around the oven;
also allowing the ashes to fill the ash pan when one is
baking, as they will absorb much of the heat.
As soon as one finishes using the fire what should be
done? Coal should be put on ami all of the dampers
closed, and the check which allows the cold air to pass
in over the coal should be opened.
Will the fire burn much if left this way? No, it can be
kept for a long time, and when wanted, if the ashes are
raked out, the clampers opened, and the check closed, the
fire will burn briskly in a few minutes.
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Will it make less work to care for the fire if it is kept
turned off in this way when not in use? It will; for it
not only will save the coal but there will be that much
less coal to bring up and put on the fire, and less ashes
to rake out and empty; so it pays in the amount of labor
as well as in coal saved, and the oven does not clog up
with ashes so soon, and there are less ashes to settle
through the house in handling.
Where must the cold air in a stove enter in order to
make the fire burn? Always below the firebox, and flow
up though the fire.
Where must it enter to check the fire from burning?
Above the firebox, so it will pass over the fire, and not
through it.
Should the coal burn to a white heat? No, never.