OCTOBKR, 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE C U L T U K E 



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Our Food Page— Continued from page 66 1. 



of a practical, inexpensive kitchen-table 

 covering. Zinc is now extremely expensive 

 and is not attractive when it gets old; 

 aluniinuni is expensive and dents easily; 

 tlio sanitary white enamel tops are fine but 

 expensive, and if the table is in front of a 

 sunny window the glare from the white top 

 is rather objectionable. Many use table 

 oilcloth, but this is never satisfactory for 

 hard use. As for the bare table top of 

 our mother 's and grandmother 's day, with 

 its constant need of scrubbing, modern 

 housekeepers will not tolerate it. Try cover- 

 ing your table with the ordinary printed 

 door linoleum, cut to fit the top and secured 

 firmly with brads. This is very durable, 

 sanitary, easily kept clean, and if one se- 

 lects a small pattern of colors to harmonize 

 with the rest of the kitchen it is good- 

 looking. If it becomes marred by accident 

 it can be replaced for a dollar or less. 



Have you ever tried keeping a roll of pa- 

 per toweling near your kitchen sink? It 

 has so many uses. A sheet of it on the table 

 beside you when you are preparing fruit or 

 vegetables is just the thing for wiping your 

 fingers when the telephone bell rings, as it 

 always does when you are engaged in some 

 work which soils your hands. A bit of 

 clean paper toweling is preferable to a 

 brush or rag for oiling baking pans. Cookies 

 or drop cakes may be cooled on it instead 

 of having one of your clean kitchen towels 

 covered with grease spots. It is preferable 

 to crumpled brown paper for draining dough- 

 nuts and other foods fried in deep fats. 

 When you serve such fruits as whole peaches 

 or apples they may be dried on a paper 

 towel after washing. Celery or lettuce may 

 be wrapped in it to place in the ice box. If 

 you wish to oil your loaves of bread before 

 covering them for the last rising, cover 

 them with a paper towel before you put the 

 other towel over. When you are unfortunate 

 enough to spill cream or something equally 

 messy on your kitchen floor, wipe it up with 

 a paper towel before you wash it with a 

 cloth. 



Yes, I am aware that paper towels are 

 expensive, but laundry work is even more 

 expensive. 



Now I can imagine someone saying, 

 "Mrs. Puerden seems to overlook the mod- 

 ern tendency to beautify the kitchen." No, 

 I don't; I wish every Gleanings housekeep- 

 er could have a kitchen just as dainty and 

 pretty as any room in her house, but I do 

 not believe anything is gained by making 

 a kitchen masquerade as something else. It 

 is primarily a place in which to prepare 

 food. A kitchen, such as I have described, 

 could be carried out with white or ivory 

 enamel shelves and woodwork, and, with the 

 very attractive utensils now to be obtained 

 in the stores, would look better to a house- 

 keeper who recognized its convenience than 

 a kitchen where all the working equipment 

 was hidden. 



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