Housework is made easier by the use of convenient bags.
After lettuce is washed, it may be stored in a cheesecloth bag
in a cool place, such as a refrigerator. Tomatoes are prepared
easily if placed in a tomato bag of cheesecloth and scalded.
They can be hung up to drain. By the time they are cool, the
232 THE FAEM COOK AND RULE BOOK
skins can be rubbed off and the vegetables returned to the bags
to await the serving time. A three cornered jelly bag made of
two thicknesses of cheesecloth or of cotton flannel is helpful.
If a canton flannel bag is tied over the broom, the walls and
ceilings may be brushed down without being scratched. Bags
of cheesecloth, net or mosquito netting which are filled with
dried sweet clover, rose petals or leaves, rose geranium, lemon
verbena, lavender or other summer sweets impart a fragrance to
sheets, pillow slips and other household linens if placed among
them. Large cheesecloth bags for use in blanching or scalding
vegetables before canning them by the cold pack method sim-
plify the work.
Wall pockets which consist of a rectangle of heavy material
such as cretonne, Indian head and denim on which pockets of
various sizes are stitched, make a home for the odds and ends
in a household. Shoe and laundry pockets may be tacked to the
clothes press doors. The kitchen wall pocket should hold a ball
of twine, wrapping paper, soiled tea towels, corks, rubber bands
and other useful articles, a pocket in the bathroom holds the
dried and soiled towels and a mending pocket near the sewing
machine is never empty long.
Making Old-Fashioned Rose Jar
Gather the rose petals on a dry day after the dew is gone and
place these 'petals in rose jars, which are vases with lids, or in
fruit jars. Arrange the petals in thin layers, covering each one
with a thin layer of salt. Repeat until the jar is filled. If one
wishes, a handful of lavender flowers or rosemary leaves may be
added. Add 3 or 4 ounces of pulverized bay salt, 1 ounce of nut-
meg, 1 ounce of cinnamon and 1 ounce of cloves✪ Old-Fashioned Rose Jar. Keep the jar
closely covered except when the perfume is wanted in a room.
These are especially attractive additions to old-fashioned bed-
rooms.
Making Money in the Farm Home
The homemaker of the farm household who wishes to make
money will find that there are many products which she can
sell. The important factor is to find a market for these articles.
An exclusive trade of city customers is the most satisfactory for
HOUSEHOLD EECIPES 233
these people are willing to pay for the word coimtry when ap-
plied to a product. Eggs direct from the country, homemade
country sausage, horseradish or cottage cheese are worth more to
a city dweller than store eggSj sausage, horseradish and cheese.
A few of the articles which farm women may sell with profit are
poultry and poultry products, homemade jellies and jams,
canned fruit and vegetables, horseradish^ cottage cheese, vin-
egars, flowers, ferns, rhubarb and fancy fruit preserves. If the
home is large enough, city boarders may be taken during the
summer months when vacation season arrives. Occasionally a
market for fancy work and other types of hand sewing may be
found.
Making Baby's First Bed
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Housework is made easier by the use of convenient bags. After lettuce is washed, it may be stored in a cheesecloth bag in a cool place, such as a refrigerator. Tomatoes are prepared easily if placed in a tomato bag of cheesecloth and scalded. They can be hung up to drain. By the time they are cool, the
skins can be rubbed off and the vegetables returned to the bags to await the serving time. A three cornered jelly bag made of two thicknesses of cheesecloth or of cotton flannel is helpful. If a canton flannel bag is tied over the broom, the walls and ceilings may be brushed down without being scratched. Bags of cheesecloth, net or mosquito netting which are filled with dried sweet clover, rose petals or leaves, rose geranium, lemon verbena, lavender or other summer sweets impart a fragrance to sheets, pillow slips and other household linens if placed among them. Large cheesecloth bags for use in blanching or scalding vegetables before canning them by the cold pack method simplify the work.
Wall pockets which consist of a rectangle of heavy material such as cretonne, Indian head and denim on which pockets of various sizes are stitched, make a home for the odds and ends in a household. Shoe and laundry pockets may be tacked to the clothes press doors. The kitchen wall pocket should hold a ball of twine, wrapping paper, soiled tea towels, corks, rubber bands and other useful articles, a pocket in the bathroom holds the dried and soiled towels and a mending pocket near the sewing machine is never empty long.
Making Old-Fashioned Rose Jar
Gather the rose petals on a dry day after the dew is gone and place these 'petals in rose jars, which are vases with lids, or in fruit jars. Arrange the petals in thin layers, covering each one with a thin layer of salt. Repeat until the jar is filled. If one wishes, a handful of lavender flowers or rosemary leaves may be added. Add 3 or 4 ounces of pulverized bay salt, 1 ounce of nutmeg, 1 ounce of cinnamon and 1 ounce of cloves. Keep the jar closely covered except when the perfume is wanted in a room. These are especially attractive additions to old-fashioned bedrooms.
Making Money in the Farm Home
The homemaker of the farm household who wishes to make money will find that there are many products which she can sell. The important factor is to find a market for these articles. An exclusive trade of city customers is the most satisfactory for
these people are willing to pay for the word country when applied to a product. Eggs direct from the country, homemade country sausage, horseradish or cottage cheese are worth more to a city dweller than store eggSj sausage, horseradish and cheese. A few of the articles which farm women may sell with profit are poultry and poultry products, homemade jellies and jams, canned fruit and vegetables, horseradish, cottage cheese, vinegars, flowers, ferns, rhubarb and fancy fruit preserves. If the home is large enough, city boarders may be taken during the summer months when vacation season arrives. Occasionally a market for fancy work and other types of hand sewing may be found.
Making Baby's First Bed
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