The keen sense of touch in clean, sensitive finger tips, is
a great help in deciding many points in the manual part of
cookery, and one loses much if this sensitiveness is lessened
by grime, or grease, or dough.
Wiping the hands on the towel at the side will be suffi-
cient at times, but use water for anything that really adheres.
Always wipe them before touching any food or dish, and
form the habit of wiping every dish or utensil before using it
for food.
Personal cleanliness, of under and outer clothing, and of
the entire body is not a fad ; it is a vital matter, and should
be cultivated until it is as natural as breathing.
If you have any of the following untidy habits, which have
been observed among some pupils, strive at once to make
yourself perfect in this respect :
Do not use your handkerchief, or apron, in place of a towel
or holder.
Do not work with sticky or floured fingers, or lick your
fingers.
Do not put your hands on your face, or your hair, or use
your handkerchief at your nose, without immediately wiping
your hands on your towel.
Do not use a hand towel as a dish towel, or the hand basin
for food.
Do not taste with the mixing spoon. Pour from the mix-
ing spoon into a tasting spoon. In dipping into any thick
mixture, wipe the tasting spoon before each using.
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Do not use a sponge in cleaning food.
Wipe every tool and utensil before using on food and wash
all that have been exposed to dust or have been used recently.
Do not leave the spoon in the pan when food is cooking.
Do not shake food from the spoon by striking on the edge
of the bowl or pan. It will nick china and crack enamel.
If a strong shake, without contact with the pan, does not
dislodge it, remove with a knife.
CHAPTER II
SWEEPING AND DUSTING
The dress for home kitchen work should be comfortable
in style and of washable material. The skirt should be
plain and short, and the sleeves large enough to be easy over
the elbow. Cuffs and bands are in the way and if turned
back soon become mussy. Make the sleeve with one seam
nearly straight and the same width at the wrist as above
the elbow ; finish the edge with a half -inch hem. Then when
at work you may turn the bottom over and up as far as you
wish. It will fit smoothly if turned back evenly, will stay
at any height without pinning, and will not bind the arm.
When your work is done, it will be smooth and clean.
Protect the hair with a sweeping-cap of thin material. A
large pocket handkerchief with a half-inch hem, folded down
the middle and sewed at the upper end, may be slightly fitted
to the head by box plaits on each side about five inches from
the top and at the back of the neck. Turn the lower corners
over diagonally and catch at the point. It fits over the hair
in sunbonnet-style, is light, easily washed, and cooler than a
close cap.
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Presented as published in 1915. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
The keen sense of touch in clean, sensitive finger tips, is a great help in deciding many points in the manual part of cookery, and one loses much if this sensitiveness is lessened by grime, or grease, or dough.
Wiping the hands on the towel at the side will be sufficient at times, but use water for anything that really adheres.
Always wipe them before touching any food or dish, and form the habit of wiping every dish or utensil before using it for food.
Personal cleanliness, of under and outer clothing, and of the entire body is not a fad ; it is a vital matter, and should be cultivated until it is as natural as breathing.
If you have any of the following untidy habits, which have been observed among some pupils, strive at once to make yourself perfect in this respect :
Do not use your handkerchief, or apron, in place of a towel or holder.
Do not work with sticky or floured fingers, or lick your fingers.
Do not put your hands on your face, or your hair, or use your handkerchief at your nose, without immediately wiping your hands on your towel.
Do not use a hand towel as a dish towel, or the hand basin for food.
Do not taste with the mixing spoon. Pour from the mixing spoon into a tasting spoon. In dipping into any thick mixture, wipe the tasting spoon before each using.
Do not use a sponge in cleaning food.
Wipe every tool and utensil before using on food and wash all that have been exposed to dust or have been used recently.
Do not leave the spoon in the pan when food is cooking.
Do not shake food from the spoon by striking on the edge of the bowl or pan. It will nick china and crack enamel. If a strong shake, without contact with the pan, does not dislodge it, remove with a knife.
CHAPTER II SWEEPING AND DUSTING
The dress for home kitchen work should be comfortable in style and of washable material. The skirt should be plain and short, and the sleeves large enough to be easy over the elbow. Cuffs and bands are in the way and if turned back soon become mussy. Make the sleeve with one seam nearly straight and the same width at the wrist as above the elbow ; finish the edge with a half -inch hem. Then when at work you may turn the bottom over and up as far as you wish. It will fit smoothly if turned back evenly, will stay at any height without pinning, and will not bind the arm. When your work is done, it will be smooth and clean.
Protect the hair with a sweeping-cap of thin material. A large pocket handkerchief with a half-inch hem, folded down the middle and sewed at the upper end, may be slightly fitted to the head by box plaits on each side about five inches from the top and at the back of the neck. Turn the lower corners over diagonally and catch at the point. It fits over the hair in sunbonnet-style, is light, easily washed, and cooler than a close cap.