Foods and home making

(б) Put 1 teaspoon of sugar into a second cup or test tube. Add 2 tablespoons boiling water. Stir the contents of the cup or shake the tube. Does the sugar dissolve at once in the hot water? A Dishwashing Contest 165 (c) Does sugar dissolve more readily in hot or cold water ? (d) If you wanted to rinse out quickly a dish having held molasses or some other sirup, would you use hot or cold water? What are the main steps in dishwashing ? 1 . Scrape the dishes well; put them in neat piles. Dishes may be scraped with a knife or better with a plate scraper. Soft paper is good also to use in cleaning dishes. 2. Soak dishes which are hard to wash. Use cold water for dishes which have held : a. uncooked eggs b. uncooked flour or starch c. milk or cream Use hot water for dishes which have held : a. sugar or sirup b. greasy foods c. most cooked foods 3. Wash the dishes in hot, soapy water. The water should be as hot as the hands can bear it. Change the water often. This is important. If the water is changed often, it does not make much difference in what order the dishes are washed. Do not let the cake of soap soak in the water. Get soap into the water by rubbing a bar of soap several times on the dish cloth or add some soap chips. 4. Rinse the dishes in boiling water. Let the dishes stand in the boiling water to destroy disease bacteria which may be on them. How should dishes be drained? It would take a long time to dry clothes if they were lifted out of the rinsing water with- out wringing them. It takes longer to dry dishes if they are taken out of the rinsing water and immediately dried on a towel without being drained. After rinsing, the water should be drained from dishes if they are to be dried quickly. Dishes may be conveniently drained by arranging them in a 1 66 Modern Housewifery rack as they are washed. (See Figure 53.) If the rack is placed in a pan, the scalding water may be poured over the dishes and the dishes may be allowed to stand for a few min- utes. Then the rack may be lifted out of the hot water and the dishes allowed to drain. Should dishes be dried with a towel? How should dish- towels be cared for ? There is an old saying which goes : “ Man works from sun to sun, Woman's work is never done.” If work is care- fully planned, the time of doing some kinds of home work may be shortened. Towel-drying of most of the dishes is unnecessary. It is best to dry glass- ware and possibly silver with a towel. But porce- lain or china need not he dried with a towel if it is rinsed in scalding water and then drained. Dishes are usually cleaner when scalded and allowed to iry in the air than when dried with a towel. A great deal of care is needed to keep dish towels and dish cloths clean. They should be washed every day and scalded often. A good way to scald a dish towel or cloth after it has been washed and rinsed is to cover it with cold water. Then heat the water until it boils. Pour off the hot water, wring, stretch, and hang to dry. How can dishwashing be done more easily and quickly? When one has to stoop while working at the sink, dishwashing is more tiresome than it needs to be. A sink should be placed