Foods and home making

4. The girls of a home economics class were asked to prepare and serve refreshments for a school party. One hundred and fifty guests were ex- pected. The girls decided to serve lemonade and cakes. They dis- cussed the problem of serving. The school owned three dozen glasses. Would it be better to use the glass cups and wash them several times while serving or should they buy one hundred and fifty paper cups? Which do you think would have been the better plan for serving the lemonade ? Give a reason for your answer. 170 Modern Housewifery HOME WORK 1. Wash and dry the dishes at the close of a meal. Note carefully the number of minutes it takes you to do the work. 2. Study the dishwashing equipment in your home. Discuss it with your mother. Devise ways of making dishwashing easier in your home. If possible, make the changes. 3. Wash and dry the same number of dishes as you did before rear- ranging or changing your dishwashing equipment. Note carefully the number of minutes it takes you to do the work. 4. Report to your teacher the changes you make and the time you now save in washing dishes. CHAPTER XV REFRIGERATORS — STOVES AND FIREBUILDING Can you answer these questions ? If not, look for the answers as you study this chapter. 1. How thick are the walls of a refrigerator? Why are they so thick ? 2. What kind of material is used for interlining refrigerators? 3. Milk spoils more readily than many foods. Is there any one place in a refrigerator better than another for storing the milk? Explain. 4. Why should ice not be covered with paper? 5. Is it a good plan to let the ice almost or entirely melt before add- ing more ice to the refrigerator? 6. What is an insulated oven ? Why is it desirable ? 7. Why is a yellow gas flame objectionable? How can a burner be adjusted so gas will burn with a blue flame? 8. Should the unenameled metal of a stove be oiled with such oils as corn or cottonseed ? Why ? 9. What causes many of the accidents which occur when gasoline or kerosene stoves are used ? 10. What is the advantage of a heat-regulated oven? What should be considered in buying a refrigerator? How cool is the inside of a refrigerator when it is iced or in operation ? This is a most important question to determine when buying a refrigerator. According to research, the average temperature in the milk compartment during 24 hours should not exceed 45 degrees Fahrenheit. A good refrigerator (either iced or mechani- cal) should maintain this temperature in the milk compartment when the room temperature does not exceed 85 degrees F. How much will it cost to maintain these temperatures (provided a refrigerator is used intelligently) is another point to investigate. IJ2 Modern Housewifery In an iced refrigerator maintaining the temperature given above, the average ice melting rate should not exceed in 24 hours, 17 pounds in a refrigerator of 3 cubic feet storage space, or 30 pounds in a refrigerator of 7.1 to 10 cubic feet storage space.1 The cost of operating a mechanical refrigerator is information that a sales- man should be able to give. If a refrigerator maintains a low temper- ature at reasonable cost, it must be well built. Some important points to investigate are :