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Show HOW TO DO BAKING I WITHOUT AN OVEN Small Preparations Can Be Cooked Easily Without H Wasting An Ovenful of Heat H By MARIE FOLTZ ArROBLEM which has long confronted con-fronted tho housekeeper Is that of baking small preparation H 1'ndf-r present household rondt- H tlons thi baking of a cheap pudding H requires an ovenful of heat A pan H Df biscuits containing lUe cents' worth. g raw nyAc.Jals may roqulre ton ilMftettrth of gas in Its baking Thr H oiK c,,f,P a dbh as macaroni H oftl'Wfort"Sonfl because it Involve' Hl the- heating an oven. And this Is H not to bo wondertd at Gas bills are B far from welcome ti say nothing of H hot kitchens and oserhcatcd housc- H Wcro .nanufacturr-rs to wasto tho 5H Mtno proportionate nergy In their Tents m -U wasted in the overage ltcbn, tho exorbitant prices that wo 1 now payjfor necessities would bo nom- lnftl In comparison with what would B ntnrwl(e confrpnt u. The dlff-runc B b-rlweenibiTslnessTocouomy and kitchen economy in too striking to be over-Sr over-Sr h1?i,n l.ry,,IB to 8,vc lh,i Problem ii.ti!!i M ,nc. to un-rtal:e som iwrestlng (.KpiJrn,wt3 In houBchoW nlnn?' J 2"? the management manage-ment ot a household quite as much a .bumiifsn proposition m the manage-mont manage-mont of a store or a. factory In these xperimrnts T have met with far greater great-er success than ray fondust hopes had Jed mo to exiect My Hrst attention was given to tho kitchen ovon. inasmuch as there arc countless articles of choap food that ? nutritious and delicious if bnkod. My Idea was to securo a small 2V?i Wh).Cw wo.uli1 hcat nulckly and evenly with a minimum of gas. Inoulrv at stores handling kitchen utensils revealed re-vealed a wide variety of ovens, from the mammoth four-burner affair to tha tiny warming oven. The more expensive ex-pensive ones were out of tho question. for economy in money and work was tho point to bo gained. This cheaper onos all possessed the serious objection objec-tion that tho opening of the oven door, for testing purpwen, allowed the accumulated ac-cumulated hent to escape, resulting in a loss of baking onorgy nnd danger of chilling of tho article within. Then a hnppy thought camo to me. There are tireless cookers. Whv not an ovenless baker? Th principle of baking Is to keep an een degree of heat about tho article. I purchased a hot pinto, of which then are a number of kinds upon the market. Tho ono 1 use is made of three pieces of heavy, choap Iron riveted riv-eted together, the two outer pieces being be-ing separated from the inner ona by a quarter-Inch Bpnce. the whole forming R sort of drum which retains heat for a connlderablc time Armed with the hot p!at a heavy granite pan and a two-hurher ga stove I undertook my first experiment, chooa-lng chooa-lng potato- as the lmplt article' to bake. I l.id the potatoes on top of tho pinto, covered them with tho Kron-ito Kron-ito pan and lighted the gaa, taking care not to turn the flame high onough to burn ihm. Tn far lesa time than It takes to bake them Irr an ovon. and with leas than lialf the gas. the potatoes pota-toes were ready for the table. They proved mealy and dry, and were thoroughly thor-oughly delicious. Next T tried a pnn of spaghetti. This was prepared in tho usual way. placed on tho hot plate, covered with an inverted in-verted pan and allowed to bake. Iien sufficiently dono It was plnrod uncovered uncov-ered beneath the flame, the hot pinto throw Inr the boat down and browting It as prettily ns could bo done in tho best oven ever made. It was only a step from potatoes and spaghetti to a multitude of baked dishes, fiuch aa apples, custards, meat loaves, pics, biscuit and corn bnsad. Below Be-low nrc nppcndod a few reclpea for baking. Tho list may be extended as funcy and ingenuity surges t. Baked Apples Core and put In a pio pan, adding a 7ittlo witter. Cover with any dec metal pan; for example, a pudding pan Bake slowly on the hot plate. When brown on the bottom turn them over. Thy are done when the skins burst open. Escalloped Potatoes, Spaghetti, etc. Prepare for baking. Cover with a deep pan and bake slowly on tb hot plate. Itemovo the cover and brown beneath tho burner. The principles of baking without an oven aro the same, whatever article ls tcWoctt-d Care mast always be used to korp the baking article well covered and to pre von t burning. It Is best to becin with the simple thins, such as potatoes with the Jackets on. and then graduate Into tho more complex, like pies and puddings. There is no mystery mys-tery whatever connected with the process pro-cess and no Involved details to be followed. fol-lowed. Tivo tilings only are to be particularly particu-larly renvjmboredj Do not turn the stw too high, and whsrover possible, especially es-pecially wlUi PHstrios, uie a h.vy Iron skillet in addition to the hot plate, as thla retains tho hoat with llttia danger dan-ger of burning-. |