The Fireless Cooker and Its Uses 



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the cooker. A shelf, a cupboard, or an improvised cabinet made from 

 a box may serv^e as a convenient storage place. 



The cooker itself should be placed near the stove both to prevent 

 unnecessary loss of heat in transferring the food from the stove to the 

 cooker and to save labor on the part of the worker. 



The soapstone radiators when not in use may be kept warm on the back 

 of the stove or in the sun in order to reduce the length of time required 

 to bring them to the desired temperature when they are needed. 



Fig. 71. A FIRELESS COOKER COMBINED WITH A CABINET FOR UTENSILb 



THE USE OF A FIRELESS COOKER 



The fireless cooker, like any other piece of equipment, should be used 

 intelligently in order that the best results may be obtained. As pre\dously 

 stated, for certain cooking processes and under certain conditions it may 

 be no more economical in fuel, time, or labor, than is the ordinary' range; 

 therefore, fireless cookery should be studied carefully by the housewife 

 in order that she may discover its best applications. A few experiments 

 with various kinds of foods, based on recipes adapted to the use of a 

 fireless cooker, are necessary in order to give one the desired mastery. 



