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Show ITfonseho! HOW TO MKAMtftK. , poma of tha beat cooka ra the wont mrnurr. ITha young gradual: of A cocking rhool tnlarht object to thaf t Atf-mi-nt. Mho has learned to maaauro very accurately. ac-curately. Hha haa ilio. rtoubtleaa. trll to do a little proaelytlna for tha new j rtiiM of accural maaaurlnir at home. It amndalaea her to are huw her own I r. other dip tha teaapoon or tabia-' tabia-' a poo it out of tha baklnar powder or 'tiplc bonaa without thinking of eva-I eva-I nng them off for arruiale meaaur. And tha tableapoon aha uaea la not even m atandard meaaure. Kha gueaaa at a half or quarter teaapoon whtla tha young rooklnaj arhool ajradnate haa a aet of half and quarter tebapoon meaaurea or ela carefully evena of r hir full teaapoon and then cuta It Into halve and quarter. I'erhapa tha moat trying thing about tt alt la that tha mother who rln't meaaure often geia more appetizing reaiilt than tha daughter who tloi-a. h? rourna thin doean t prove anything any-thing thtit la. not anything i-oncrn-ln the merit of meaaurlng accurately accurate-ly The fact merely la that the old experienced cook haa an eye that haa hen trained by many yeara' experience. Hhe can' tell almoal by the feeling of the cuiaaor epoon In her hand whether ah haa lha right amount of flour, fait or augar. ainreover, the exparlenct-d cook know that thar are aome ln-gredlenta ln-gredlenta In avery recipe that may be added lea preclaely than other. A little more or lewe "Mutter In a cake! doean't make much dtfferenca eacept In rlrhneaa An egg more or iea; doean't make or mar the cake, only make It more or lea light, and mellow. mel-low. Moreover, the nature of flour i varlc o that It la aometime necea- j Arv to add mora or Iraw flour to a, given amount of Mould. Then the cook who know from experience how a given hatter ahould frl and look na the alvantar. In the meantime, accurate measuring1 la working much good. Tnere are atll) many cook a who are not expitrletufd and who have no Innate faculty 'or cooking For them the rule of preclae meaaurlng I of enormou Importance. (Copyright. l2t. by the McClur I Newapaper Syndicate |