RECIPES FOR HOME ECONOMICS CLASSES. . 2

HOUSEKEEPING.

“The best type of housekeeper feels that every part of her work is worth
doing well. The kitchen is her workshop for the care and preparation of food
for the family’s use. It should be the cleanest room in the house.

When learning to cook it is very necessary to measure all ingredients with.

exactness if the best results are to be obtained.

The following directions will assist in the proper care of the kitchen, and
in obtaining good results in cooking :—

Personal Cleanliness.

1. A wash-dress or a dress well covered with an apron is to be preferred.

2. The hair should be fastened with a band, so that no hairs may fall into
the cooking.

3. The hands should be thoroughly washed with soap and water before
beginning to cook, ‘

4. When cooking, wash your hands whenever they become sticky or soiled,
or after touching your hair or pocket-handkerchief.

Rules for Working.

1. Read recipe carefully; follow directions accurately.

2. Plan work so as to save time and labour.

3d. Hconomize in the use of dishes, by measuring dry materials first, then
liquids.

4, Never taste food from a mixing-spoon.

Dishwashing.

PREPARATION.
1. Collect all dishes; scrape and rinse; pile together dishes that are
alike. :

2. Soak dishes which have contained starch, milk, or eggs in cold water.
Soak dishes which have contained fat or sugar in hot water.

3. Wipe out all greasy pans with paper before washing.

4, Fill two dish-pans about two-thirds full with hot water; make one
soapy for washing and use the other for rinsing.

). Place rinsing-pan to the left of the dish-pan and work from right to
left (except in case of left-handed children). ©

DIRECTIONS FOR WASHING.

1. Wash the cleanest dishes first in the following order: Glass, cups
and saucers, silverware, plates, remaining china, cooking utensils. Rinse
all dishes in clear hot water, changing the water as often as necessary.

2. Scour kitchen knives with sapolio or bath brick.

8. Wooden handles should not be soaked. Do not put the cogs of the
Dover egg-beater jn water. |

4. Tables should be scrubbed with clean hot water and soap, rinsed and
dried thoroughly. .

, 5. Towels should be washed in clean, hot, soapy water, and rinsed twice
in clear water.

6. Wash and dry dish-pans, inside and out.

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