A handbook of home economics

2. Remove from fire, add the butter and vanilla, and beat until creamy and thickened. Pour quickly into a greased tin. When firm, cut in squares. Syrup 2 c. sugar. J/g c. water. Place in saucepan and stir until sugar is dissolved. Boil slowly, without stirring, until a light syrup is made. Remove and cool. Color with caramel and flavor with lemon, if desired. What is the price of confectioners' sugar? How many cups of granulated sugar make a pound? How many cups of confectioners' sugar make a pound? How do you caramelize sugar? Estimate the cost of the nut brittle and give it in itemized form. Estimate the cost of the fudge in the same way. To what class of foods does sugar belong? What does it do in the body? Why should we not eat large quantities of sugar in any form? Where is beet sugar made? In what section do we find maple sugar? How is maple sugar made? What is the price of granulated sugar? What does cane sugar come from, and how is it made? HOUSEKEEPING Care of Refrigerator Look over the refrigerator daily to see that no food is left to spoil. Food with a strong flavor, or hot food, should not be put into the refrigerator. Once a week every part of the refrigerator should be washed with a solution of washing-soda, a dish mop being used. Rinse, wipe as dry as possible, and air thoroughly before using again. Flush the waste-pipe with the soda solution. Care of the Sink Always pour dishwater through a sink strainer, and put the refuse left in strainer in garbage pail. When dish-washing is finished, wash every part of the sink and sink strainer with hot, soapy water. Wash above and around the sink, and use a scrubbing brush and a skewer when necessary. Flush the sink with boiling water every day, and about once a week with a strong, hot solution of washingsoda. (Cover 1 c. washing-soda with 6 qts. boiling water and let remain on the fire until all the soda is dissolved. Pour this, boiling hot, into the pipes, using 2 to 3 qts. for each sink.) Garbage Garbage should be burned, or should be put into large pails to be collected several times a week. These garbage pails should be cleaned thoroughly with the hose, after emptying, and dried well in the sun. When necessary, a strong, hot solution of washing-soda should be used to clean them. Scraps in the kitchen should be put into a graniteware pail. This scrap pail should be emptied into the garbage pail every day. It should be washed as any other dish and thoroughly dried. Once a week it should be washed with the soda solution. Care of the Range When grease or other material is spilled on the range while cooking is being done, rub off at once with paper. Beside cleaning out the ashes from the range every day, the space above and below the oven should be cleaned out about once a month, as the soot and ashes collected there prevent the proper heating of the oven. Never blacken the range without cleaning it first. Moisten some stove polish with cold water and rub it over the range with a brush or cloth. Blacken when stove is cold. Use a dry brush for polishing, rubbing very briskly. Begin at front of range when the stove is warm. To Clean Metals