Show NEEDLESS WASTE I Some Useful Hints for the Housekeepers Note Book I A few hints in that note book in regard to carelesb wastefulness are well worth I considering Waste in the kitchen is often very great from apparently trivial I sources 1 In cooking meats the water is thrown out without removing the grease or the grease from the dripping pan i thrown away Scraps of meat are thrown away I Cold potatoes are left to sour and spoil Dried fruits are not looked after and become be-come wormy I Vinegar and sauce are left standing in tin I tinA tinApples are left to decay for want of I sorting over The tea canister is left open Victuals are left exposed t be eaten by the mice Bones of meat and the carcass of turkey I are thrown away when they could be I used in making good soups Sugar tea coffee and rice are carelessly spilled in the handling Soap is left to dissolve and waste in the water Dish towels are used for dish cloths Napkins are used for dish fowels Towels are used for holders Brooms and mops are not hung up More coal is burned than necessary by not arranging dampers when not using the fireLights fire-Lights are left burning when not used Tin dishes are not properly cleansed and dried Good new brooms are used in scrubbing kitchen floors Silysr spoons are used in scraping kettles ket-tles Cream is left to mould and spoil Mustard is left to spoil in the cruse etc etcPickles Pickles become spoiled by the leaking out or evaporation of the vinegar Pork spoils for want of salt and beef because the brine wants scalding Hams become tainted or filled with vermin ver-min for want of care Cheese moulds and is eaten by mice and vermin Tea and coffee pots are injured on the stove Woodenware is unscalded and left to I warp and crack And so on and dn indefinitely and it is important that the eye of the mistress be I ever vigilant no matter how competent the help may be considered or how thorough the housekeeper p w H I |