The Laurel Health Cookery: A Collection of Practical Suggestions and Recipes for the Preparation of Non-Flesh Foods in Palatable and Attractive Ways

articles from the grocery and market, for weighing letters and papers for mailing and many other things. When you have used a good bread mixer for a time, you would not go back to the old, laborious way of kneading bread for double its cost. The mixer also makes better bread than can be made by hand. [Illustration: SOME COOKING CONVENIENCES] [Illustration: PUDDING MOLDS COPPER SAUCE PAN TURK’S HEAD MOLD BORDER MOLD ALUMINUM OMELET PAN SURPRISE BEATER] One of the greatest labor savers is a food cutter. A large sized one, even for a small family, is most satisfactory. Many now have a nut butter attachment which is desirable, though a regular nut butter mill is preferable for nut preparations. Try to have something for a quick fire. If you are out of the reach of gas, a well-cared-for two burner oil stove will do good service. Eternal vigilance is the price of preventing double boilers from going dry. Add more water before there is the least danger. Rinse off the egg beater or batter whip and hang it in its place as soon as you finish using it, before going on with what you are doing, unless, as in some cakes, it needs to drain, then have ready a pitcher, tin can or quart measure containing cold water to drop it into after draining. The cogs of an egg beater should never be wet; when they are wet once, its usefulness is impaired. The “Surprise” beater should never be touched with a cloth. Always wipe a can opener after using, and hang it in its place. Wire strainers should always be rinsed as soon as used; colanders also, unless they require soaking, in which case put them immediately into water. Put sticky utensils to soaking as soon as emptied. Rinse and put to draining everything that can be rinsed; then it will be ready for use instead of rusting in the sink. Never put knives, spatulas, egg beaters or whips in the sink; always rinse them off at once. Professional cooks never lay a knife down without wiping it