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Show Page HERALD. Provo, Utah, 28-- THE Friday. October 19, 1979 Save Energy Plan Kitchen ft HMD tei Cut Kitchen Costs With Heating Hints Cut energy cost in the kitchen and you might even be able to more often serve beef instead of beans. Here are some hints for doing so: If you have a gas stove, make sure its pilot light is burning efficiently with a blue flame. If the flame is yellowish, an adjustment is needed. Ask your gas company to turn off the pilot light if you don't mind putting a match to the oven and burners for each use. But do not attempt to shut off the pilot siderably So can preparing meals by the quick st.r-fr- y method in a skillet or a wok Slow cookers also save energy even though they are turned on for most of the day. They only use about as much electricitv as an average light bulb. You waste heat each time you peep into an oven or a closed pot on0'i5 Design Wisely up to 10 percent Then prop the door open for faster drying Keep the dishwasher's fil'er screen clean for maximum efficiency. Run the dishwasher only when full. Load il according to e the manufacturer's instructions to avoid rewashmg. When shopping for a hew appliance for the Instead, use a timer or kitchen or any other part watch the clock. of the home, consider its Keep your range-to- p operating cost as well as burners and reflectors its initial cost. The clean. That saves energy federal government will light yourself! When by enabling them to help you do so beginning shopping for a new gas reflect heat better. early next year when all Use kitchen (and new refrigerator-freezers- , stove, consider one with an automatic ignition bathroom) ventilating freezers, system instead of a pilot fans sparingly. One fan washers, dishwashers can blow away a houseful and water heaters will be light. Do not preheat your of warmed or cooled air required to carry labels oven except when baking in just one hour. estimating their annual Move pastries and leavened your operating expenses. products. Then preheat refrigerator away from for no longer than 10 g apminutes. pliances such as stove, Turn off electric oven and dishwasher. ovens or burners several the Open minutes before the end of refrigerator and freezer the specified cooking as seldom as possible. Take showers instead time. Heat .will be. And the of tub baths, Repair leaky teach retained long enough to refrigerator raiders in faucets. Lower the finish the cooking job. your household to do thermsostat setting on Do not turn on the likewise. your hot water heater, oven to warm your Leftovers should be and use cold water house. But do leave oven wrapped or covered, whenever you can. Run and dishwasher doors then allowed to cool to full loads in the disopen after use to warm room temperature hwasher and washing your home in winter; it's before refrigerating or machine, and use heavy that much heat your fur- freezing. appliances early in the nace will not have to Do not let more than morning or late in the V4 inch of frost build generate. up evening. Plan ahead. Cook in refrigerator and several dishes in your freezer. oven at one time. The exDon't set the tras can be refrigerated refrigerator and freezer or frozen for later at too low a temperature. Recommended settings reheating. Many frozen foods are 38 to 40 degrees for can be thawed in the the refrigerator's fresh-foo- d refrigerator to reduce compartment and 5 Faced with escalating cooking time. But check degrees for its freezer. labor costs, encouraged package directions for Zero is the optimum by inflation, and having warnings against doing temperature for a more leisure hours, peoso. separate freezer used for ple who at one time bareBoil water more long-terstorage. ly knew a nut from a bolt Make sure the seals quickly and efficiently in tools. a kettle or a covered pan around refrigerator and have taken up their They've developed instead of an open pan. freezer door; are tight. talents beyond paint And don't boil five cups You can test' a door by brush and plumb line. of water to make one cup closing it on a dollar bill. They're ready, some of of tea. If the bill can be pulled them, for the most chalMatch the size of the out easily, the latch may lenging of all home impan to the size of the need adjusting or the provement projects, the burner. Placing your seal may need replacing. kitchen. smallest pan on your Vacuum the For years, the kitchen largest burner allows refrigerator's condenser has headed the priority much heat to be lost in coils twice a year. list of homeowners conthe air. Remember to unplug the templating remodeling. Bake those brownies refrigerator first. The Within the past 18 to 20 or months, it has come to in a glass pan instead of drains of frost-fre- e head the a metal one and lower automatic-defroyour oven temparature refrigerators should be project list. One reason for this is cleaned frequently. by 25 degrees. If yours is a If shopping for a the encouragement oven, schedule refrigerator, remember provided by kitchen dealers themselves, for its cleanings immediate- that manual-defroly after cooking; it is models use less energy example, the American ones. Institute of Kitchen already partway to the than high temperature re- Also consider a model Dealers estimates that perhaps 50 per cent of its with a power-save- r quired for that process. members Whenever possible switch that turns off the thousand-plu- s across are inthe country use small appliances when element heating such as electric toaster not needed to prevent volved to some degree in inprograms, ovens and skillets the formation of water stead of the stove or the on refrigerator doors and and that perhaps 20 per cent are really aggresoven. Toasting bread in walls. for the oven, If you will be away sive in courting this segexample, the times three from home for several ment of the remodeling requires market. of toasting weeks, you might wish to electricity These dealers conduct bread in the toaster. and clean empty, unplug clinics-so- me If the recipe gives your refrigerator. of them once or Turn your dis- twice a month; others you the choice, cook on the range instead of in hwasher off after the more often. the oven. or use the Use of Tools rinse cycle y Pressure cookers setting if it has They supplement with and microwave ovens one to cut the apand explanations can cut cooking time con pliance's energy use by demonstrations the in heat-producin- Save Energy ROYAL BLUE cushions with single welts and self-tie- s chair seats in dinprotect ing room of Pennsylvania farmhouse. Cotton tablecloth in tiny gingham check rush-botto- m By m st st self-defro- st with red and white daisies adds a festive note to the decor as does the custom designed "Americana" wallpaper. white-and-bl- Kitchen Remodeling Tackled To be a good kitchen, a spreaders, slicers kitchen has to qualify on sandwich bags, ther-fiv- e counts: its storage moses and plastic space, work space, ap- - cutlery, pliances, ventilation and Are you fond of baking? Section off a portion of lighting. more means your counter so you can Storage than lots of space; it enjoy it! Install a marble means organized space, insert on which dough Where will you store the rolls out the way the book appliances acquired since says it should, and plan you moved into your pre- - storage to accommodate sent kitchen the corn a mixer, rolling pins, bak- the ing pans, flour, sugar, the toaster, popper, blender, the company-siz- yeast, baking powder and coffe urn? Remodel- spices. Do you grow your own ing offers you an opportunity to find convenient fruits and vegetables and locations for each and plan to preserve them? every item, and to al- Having a space for jars, locate space for things tops, strainers, pans and you intend to buy. too. paraffin is a great conwhere are the venience. So is cool squeegee, the pail and the storage with air circula into a tion. You U need extra cleansers to go closet? utility Storage for freezer space, too. cleaning supplies and Appliances, nowadays, utensils should be plan- include more than the ned so you can put them range, refrigerator and in and take them out easi- sink that make a kitchen ly, and its flooring should a kitchen. Think about a be one that doesn't mind a wet mop's being wet. coktop. a Work space involves barbecue grill for a special and personal re- cooktop or range, a cooktop, quirements as well as the smooth-surfac- e standard allowances of 24 a self cleaning oven, a inches on either side of microwave oven. Have you planned for the sink; a minimum of 15 to 18 inches of "landing waste disposal? If you space" adjacent to your already have a food waste door disposer, you know its refrigerator's handle; an safety value. Don't remodel area next to the. range. without one! Then there's Do make the trash compactor. In you or sandwiches every day? width, Keeping small children it fits neatly beneath a supplied with school counter. do you lunches is a task you can Ventilation simplify with a counter know how important it planned for the purpose. is? Power ventilation Consider a cutting board, does more than exhaust ventilated bread storage, cooking odors to the niches for wrap, knives, ' T Owners jPj V, structions that makers of cabinetry provide with their product. They tell what tools to use and show how 4 War ,CXN;"" i to use them. They advise where to start and, how to proceed. They illustrate how to avoid or if necessary, to solve problems. step-by-ste- All this they do without charge, on normal and natural assumption that a remodeling will involve the purchase of cabinets. i x For a fee, of course, the kitchen specialist will do more: he'll take precise measurements, draw a floor plan to scale, specify appliances and other built-inThis is insurance against your making a mistake it can later be costly for you to correct. s. FRENCH KITCHEN TABLE in walnut adds personality to a Boston-typ- e townhouse, but would be equally at home in a country dining room. 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