Foods and home making

Points to remember in caring for a gas stove : 1. Wash the removable tray daily. 2. When food spills on the burners, wipe them as soon as possible. 3. Occasionally remove the burners and clean them. Refrigerators — Stoves and Firebuilding 187 4. Keep the mixer clean. 5. Apply light paraffin oil to the uncoated metallic parts. 6. Keep the oven floor and grating clean. Avoid filling a gasoline or kerosene stove when the burners are lighted. Essentials for building a fire are fuel, heat, and air (or oxygen, which forms a part of the air). In building a fire all essentials for burning must be supplied. REVIEW QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES Each of the following statements is completed in more than one way. Only one way is correct. Read each statement carefully. Decide which is the best word or phrase to complete it. Then copy the sentence, completing it with the best word or phrase. 1. Before adding more ice, the ice compartment in a refrigerator should be ( a ) at least half full ( b ) at least a quarter full (c) empty. 2. A cabinet range has the oven (a) below the cooking surface ( b ) above the cooking surface ( c ) at the side of the cooking surface. 3. A yellow flame (a) is hotter than a blue flame ( b ) is cleaner than a blue flame ( c ) deposits soot on cooking utensils. 4. A yellow flame may be caused by (a) too much air mixing with the gas (6) too little air mixing with the gas. 5. Unenameled metal parts of a stove should be oiled with (a) cot- tonseed oil ( b ) light paraffin oil (e) corn oil ( d ) linseed oil. 6. In a refrigerator iced on the side, place milk (a) on the upper shelf ( b ) on the middle shelf (c) on the lower shelf just beneath the ice. 7. For the weekly cleaning of a refrigerator wash it with soda water containing ( a ) i tablespoon washing soda to i gallon of water ( b ) i table- spoon washing soda to i quart water (c) 2 tablespoons washing soda to 1 gallon water. 8. In starting a coal fire, the dampers should be arranged for ( a ) a direct draft ( b ) an indirect draft. 9. In starting a fire (a) only one of the essentials for burning need be supplied ( b ) only two of the essentials for burning need be supplied (c) all of the essentials for burning need be supplied. 10. The cleanest source of heat is (a) gas (&) kerosene (c) gasoline (d) electricity. HOME WORK 1. Study Figure 65 until you are able to read a gas meter. If you have a gas meter in your home, read the meter on one day. Then read 1 88 Modern Housewifery it the next two days. Bring a record of the three readings to your teacher. 2. Study Figure 66 until you are able to read an electric meter. If you have an electric meter, read it on three consecutive days. Bring a recard of the three readings to your teacher. East Ohio Gas Company Figure 65. Dials of a Gas Meter Gas is measured in cubic feet. Read the left dial first, then the others in succession. When the hand is between two numbers, read the smaller number, i.e., the number the hand has passed. If the hand is directly on a number, read that number. Since the last dial indicates hundreds, add two ciphers to the last reading. These dials read: 056,300. To find the amount of gas used since the last reading subtract the formei reading from the present reading.