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Show I would not lr 1 coi:M icpe.it A ;."c u:..h i is r.joa aiiJ s.vcct; 1 keep 111 J;!tr. us-li: i:,y 1 A not en - iicerl.t sli p tl;r.e. Alia grateful fur iili b.essi.".: sent, 1 go ir.r common way. conu-nt To mke no new experiment i J. G. Whittlof. J HAVE YOU A F I R EL ESS COOKER? j Any housekeeper in country or city cannot afford to be without u cooker. The patented ry!jfrj ones in a d e t o i r. -''l roasting and bak-rt bak-rt -j&l aie ot course R -T 1 ' the , best, but one jj may make one i from a box, a candy pail or an old trunk. The outside cover should be tight and the packing material, any packable nonconducting material, like paper, excelsior, cork, sawdust or even hay. In these davs of economy a hale of hay was placed in the woodshed of one country woman, she cut out a place for a good-sized utensil with a tight cover, made n cushion of hay and used that home-made cooker all the season, then the cow ate it. Surely this is a good type of economy. If a box or pail Is to be used, pack the lining firmly around the utensil to be used. One which Is tapering toward to-ward the bottom removes better from the well. Make a collar of cardboard to fit the top and leave space to slip the pail In and out easily. For a cushion use any of the above material. If the well or pocket to hold the pail Is lined with asbestos paper it will save heat. Cereal cooked In a fireless if one has soapstones to put Into the cooker or if not set into a dish containing boiling boil-ing water, will be cooked much better, tastes better and Is much more wholesome whole-some than the twenty minutes to a half hour usually given such dishes on the stove. Get the cereal cooking at j night and when boiling hot put into the cooker. In the morning Just reheating re-heating is all that is needed to serve a hot well-cooked food. The soap-stone soap-stone dish which may be used In the fireproof cookers Increases the heat as It can be heated hotter than the boiling point and when shut up in the cooker retains heat six to eight hours. Let it get very hot but not red, for fear of cracking. Place one at the bottom and one on -top of a dish of meat and one may bake any roast to a turn. Breads.: pies, puddings and cakes may be baked equally well. |