Stove. After the dinner work is done wipe the stove with
soft newspaper ; scrape off the spots ; then wash with hot
soapy water ; wipe dry and give it a daily rub with kerosene.
Zinc. Kerosene is the best cleanser for zinc ; rub it hard
and use sand soap for any spots', then wipe with a dry cloth.
How to Scour. Use a soft but firm, closely woven cloth,
slightly wet, and rub on a generous portion of sand soap. If
the cloth drips, the grit dissolves too quickly, and if the
meshes are too open, the grit soaks into the cloth, instead of
staying where you need it, — between the cloth and pan.
Rub hard back and forth going into all the grooves, corners,
seams, spouts, handles, edges, etc., with a dull pointed metal
like an oyster opener or an ice pick, under the cloth;
for scraping use the brass scraper; it has pointed and
rounded corners. Never use a pointed paring-knife for this
purpose. Do not forget to scour off the brown stain on the
outside of granite saucepans ; it is always there, partly
from water boiling over and burning on, and partly because
you neglect to wipe the water from the outside before putting
the pan over the fire. If it is not removed every day and the
pan is used again and again, it soon becomes unclean and
needs a boiling soda cleansing.
After all the pans are scoured wash them in hot soapy water
and rinse with boiling water. Hotter water is needed for
rinsing kettles and pans than for table dishes.
Sal-soda Cleansing. Use a boiler or old pan large enough
to hold the articles to be cleansed. Put in water enough to
cover them and one-fourth pound of sal-soda to each gallon
of water✪ Sal-soda Cleansing. When it boils stand the silver in, so that the pieces
will not touch but be covered entirely. After boiling ten
minutes remove them and wash in hot suds, while other pieces
DISH WASHING 27
are immersed. The discolorations not removed by the soda
will yield readily to a slight rubbing with brush or cloth.
Scald and wipe dry. The soda will not injure silver and the
labor of cleaning is greatly reduced.
Treat in the same way saucepans, pie plates, wire broilers,
spiders, and fish pans, whenever they are browned beyond
what a slight rubbing will remove.
In using sal-soda, do not put the hands into the solution ;
use a stick, or long fork or holder in removing pans. Do not
use the solution on paint or floors. It takes off the paint and
makes floors splinter and turn grey. It is cheaper to use it in
the form of sal-soda, than in the many high priced prepara-
tions claiming marvellous power, of which soda is the principal
ingredient.
CHAPTER VI
CARE OF REFRIGERATOR, PANTRY, AND GARBAGE
Care of Refrigerator. If you have much food to keep, fill
the chest with ice and always replenish before it gets low, as
much ice is wasted in cooling the chest if it has entirely
melted. Plan to give the pipes and ice-tray a thorough
cleaning before new ice is put in.
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Stove. After the dinner work is done wipe the stove with soft newspaper ; scrape off the spots ; then wash with hot soapy water ; wipe dry and give it a daily rub with kerosene.
Zinc. Kerosene is the best cleanser for zinc ; rub it hard and use sand soap for any spots; then wipe with a dry cloth.
How to Scour. Use a soft but firm, closely woven cloth, slightly wet, and rub on a generous portion of sand soap. If the cloth drips, the grit dissolves too quickly, and if the meshes are too open, the grit soaks into the cloth, instead of staying where you need it, — between the cloth and pan.
Rub hard back and forth going into all the grooves, corners, seams, spouts, handles, edges, etc., with a dull pointed metal like an oyster opener or an ice pick, under the cloth; for scraping use the brass scraper; it has pointed and rounded corners. Never use a pointed paring-knife for this purpose. Do not forget to scour off the brown stain on the outside of granite saucepans ; it is always there, partly from water boiling over and burning on, and partly because you neglect to wipe the water from the outside before putting the pan over the fire. If it is not removed every day and the pan is used again and again, it soon becomes unclean and needs a boiling soda cleansing.
After all the pans are scoured wash them in hot soapy water and rinse with boiling water. Hotter water is needed for rinsing kettles and pans than for table dishes.
Sal-soda Cleansing. Use a boiler or old pan large enough to hold the articles to be cleansed. Put in water enough to cover them and one-fourth pound of sal-soda to each gallon of water. When it boils stand the silver in, so that the pieces will not touch but be covered entirely. After boiling ten minutes remove them and wash in hot suds, while other pieces
are immersed. The discolorations not removed by the soda will yield readily to a slight rubbing with brush or cloth. Scald and wipe dry. The soda will not injure silver and the labor of cleaning is greatly reduced.
Treat in the same way saucepans, pie plates, wire broilers, spiders, and fish pans, whenever they are browned beyond what a slight rubbing will remove.
In using sal-soda, do not put the hands into the solution ; use a stick, or long fork or holder in removing pans. Do not use the solution on paint or floors. It takes off the paint and makes floors splinter and turn grey. It is cheaper to use it in the form of sal-soda, than in the many high priced preparations claiming marvellous power, of which soda is the principal ingredient.
CHAPTER VI CARE OF REFRIGERATOR, PANTRY, AND GARBAGE
Care of Refrigerator. If you have much food to keep, fill the chest with ice and always replenish before it gets low, as much ice is wasted in cooling the chest if it has entirely melted. Plan to give the pipes and ice-tray a thorough cleaning before new ice is put in.
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