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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1905 



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of our cities arc kept at a low temperature, is 

 an extremely interesting theme for discussion, 

 says an exchange. By enabling housekeepers 

 to dispense with ice, these miniature cold stor- 

 age closets form an excellent and economical 

 suhstitutc for the old-fashioned refrigerators, 

 and the hrinc chilled refrigerators are hettei 

 than those cooled with ice in being perfectly 

 dry, as the cooling pipes, which arc kept at a 

 temperature of about twenty degrees Fahren- 

 heit, condense upon their surface the moisture 

 in the air around them and freeze it into a 

 mass of frost crystals which cover the pipes 

 to a depth of an inch or more. In St. Louis 

 chilled brine for cooling purposes is supplied 

 from mains laid in the streets, hut in cities 

 where cold storage warehouses are not so com- 

 mon as in St. Louis individual plants are likely 

 to be required. A plant suitable for an apart- 

 ment house containing twenty-five families 

 costs about $5,000, but it is very probable that 

 the extra rents that tenants would pay for 

 sharing in its use would afford a large interest 

 on the investment. The owners of some apart- 

 ment houses in New York already supply their 

 tenants with ice gratuitously as a special at- 

 traction ; and it is probable that anything so 

 simple as a cooling pipe service would soon 

 come to be regarded by tenants as a luxury to 

 which they were entitled without paying any 

 extra rent for it. Under such circumstances 

 it seems as if small individual cooling machines 

 would be useful, not only to owners of apart- 

 ment houses, but to housekeepers in general. 

 It is said that a concern in Paris, France, 

 makes a domestic ice machine, selling for about 

 $15, which will freeze an ice cream or a carafe 

 of water in a few minutes. 



A Fireless Stove 



FRESH attention has been given to fireless 

 cooking by a report from the American 

 Consul at Frankfort, Germany, on some 

 recent applications of this device, which has 

 been known for some time, and has actually 

 been shown and used in this country. The 

 German experiments seem to have been more 

 extensive than the earlier efforts. The matter 

 is one that naturally attracts a good deal of 

 curiosity. The device is based on the fact that 

 cooked food may be kept warm by being pre- 

 served under a cover. The boxes sold in Ger- 

 many are heavy and lined with felt, or, better 

 still, with hay, and the wife of the director of 

 one of the industrial schools at Frankfort de- 

 clares that she has used one for years, at first 

 merely to keep food warm, but that since she 

 has discovered that things may really be cooked 

 in this hay box she has evolved a theory of 

 cooking by it that has led to surprising and 

 gratifying results. Articles which require to 

 be eaten directly off the fire, such a« griddle 

 cakes or cutlets, to secure the desired crispness, 

 are not satisfactory, but ordinary meats, vege- 

 tables, soups, etc, taste just as they should 

 after a careful trial of the hay box. A few 

 minutes' boiling on the gas range, and then 

 several hours in the box, will prepare vegeta- 

 bles for eating, and they will keep warm there 

 for half a day. 



An economical woman will make her own 

 " hay box " out of a discarded trunk or pack- 

 ing box that has a close cover and no cracks. 

 This may be pretty well filled with shavings, 

 hay, or even paper, in which the pots (prefer- 

 ably earthenware) of food are closely packed 

 and covered with a pillow to avoid the escape 

 of any heat. Care must be taken to air the 

 hay and interior of the box when not in use, 

 as it grows musty, and fresh hay should be 

 put in every few weeks. 



