Foods and home making

Characteristics : is light, inexpensive, and a good conductor of heat ; melts at a low temperature ; unless retinned or twice dipped, coating wears off readily and iron base rusts. Useful for: measuring cups, cake and pie pans, strainers, cookie cutters, sifters, strainers, egg beaters, cake coolers, frying baskets, potato ricers. Care : clean with soap ; use scouring powder sparingly, as it wears off tin coating ; use brush for cleaning wire ware. ENAMELWARE2 Characteristics : is easily cleaned, light, durable if carefully handled, not affected by food acids ; enamel cracks and breaks off if suddenly cooled or heated. Useful for: saucepans, double boilers, dish pans, colanders, pudding pans, mixing bowls, ladles, pitchers, custard cups, refrigerator dishes. Care : clean with soap or scouring powder. GALVANIZED IRON3 Characteristics : does not rust ; is acted upon by acids. Useful for : water buckets, sprinkling cans, food bins. Care : clean with soap ; scour with a mixture of kerosene and baking soda or bath brick ; rinse thoroughly. 1 Iron coated with tin. 2 Iron coated with enamel, i.e., glass ; also called granite and agate ware. s Iron coated with zinc. 590 Appendix GLASSWARE Characteristics: is easily cleaned; holds heat; is not acted upon by acids ; is broken by knocks or sudden changes of tem- perature. Useful for : Ordinary glass — measuring cups, mixing bowls, lemon extractors, food containers. Oven glass (may be used for both baking and serving dishes) — casseroles, custard cups, pie plates, bread and loaf-cake pans, platters. Care : clean with soap or fine scouring powder. EARTHENWARE Characteristics: is easily cleaned; holds heat; is not acted upon by acids ; is breakable ; poor grades are absorbent. Useful for : casseroles, bean pots, custard cups, tea pots, drip coffee pots, mixing bowls, food containers. (Baking utensils may be used also for serving dishes.) Care : clean with soap or fine scouring powder. WOOD Characteristics : is a non-conductor of heat ; is not acted upon by acids; spoons do not scratch pans or bowls and are noise- less ; absorbs odors and flavors. Useful for: cooking spoons, chopping bowls, bread boards, mallets, steak planks. Care : scrub with cold water and scouring powder, dry in the air to prevent mildew. DESTROYING HOUSEHOLD PESTS1 ELIES Prevent flies from breeding by keeping 1. Garbage in clean, covered cans ; 2. Stable refuse in covered bins, removing it once or twice a week, scat- tering it thinly over fields ; 3. Outdoor toilets screened; wastes covered daily with sifted ashes or fine road dust, removed often and buried far away from wells and springs used for drinking. Destroy flies by 1. Swatting; 2. Fly paper ; 3. Using a mixture of formaldehyde solution, water, milk, and brown sugar. Buy a 40% solution of formaldehyde in water. Mix J cup milk, cup water, x teaspoon formaldehyde solution, 1 teaspoon brown sugar. Pour into a saucer ; put a piece of bread in the middle of the saucer. Darken a room, leaving only one light spot. Place the saucer in the light place. (The saucer should be placed, of course, out of the reach of small children and pets.) ANTS