The Pattern cook-book

this desired smoothness. Before iron-ware is used, it should be washed out and dried perfectly. The inside should then be rubbed with fat or oil that contains no salt, and be allowed to remain thus greased for six or eight hours before washing again. Place the utensil on the fire and heat it gradually, after which wash it thoroughly with soap and water and rub with a dry towel. This process will smooth the surface, if carefully done. Iron comes next to copper in the matter of retaining heat, although it is far below the latter metal in this respect. Copper utensils are not much used for two reasons — their weight and the danger of poisoning. Copper requires constant inspection and care and does not find favor in the eyes of housekeepers generally. It may be cleaned with sour milk and salt. Granite-ware is most commonly used nowadays, being preferred on account of its lightness and cleanliness ; and if its cost can only be brought to a more reasonable figure, it will eventually displace all other varieties of cooking utensils. In selecting this ware, if a piece does not seem firm in every part, or if there is a flaw in the enamel, reject it, for the granite will chip and crack. Granite-ware will not endure rough treatment, but with care, it will last a long time. Two lists of kitchen utensils are here given, each being very complete in itself. One, which is called by the house supplying it the "one hundred dollar outfit," includes everything needed in the kitchen and is sold for one hundred dollars. The other is the " twenty-five dollar outfit," the cost for the articles furnished amounting to that sum. For those who cannot afford the costlier outfit, the less expensive one will be found very complete. List No. I, Step Ladder $2. Clothes Horse i. " Line, 50 Yds i, o Doz. Clothes Pins Skirt Board Ironing Table 5, Zinc Top Kitchen Table 4, Dish Drainer Water Bucket Rolling Pin Potato Masher Vegetable Slicer Clothes Wringer 5' Wash Bench i. Cedar Wash Tub i. Wash Board Flour Bucket Salt Box Nest Boxes Coflfee Mill Wooden Spoons Soap Cup Oval Iron Boiler, Lined. Muffin Pan Roasting Pan Bread Pans Fry Pan Omelette Pan Garbage Can Tea Kettle Agate Cook Pot " Sauce-Pan i " Farina Boiler i " Pudding Pan " Colander " Coffee Pot I " Tea Pot Tin Pie Plates " Jelly Cake Plates Butter Kettle Basin. Turk's Head Wire Broiler Iron Spoons, assorted Wash Boiler, Copper Bottom.. . 2 Toaster Radish Grater Chain Dish Cloth Croquette Mould Nutmeg Grater Set Skewers Flour Dredge Sugar " Pepper " Tin Cup Dish Pan $100.00. Graduated Measure $ 15 Cake Turner 12 Dipper 5 Oyster Broiler , 50 Egg Beater 25 Egg Whip 6 Skimmer 7 Scoop 5 Cake Cutter 3 Tea Strainer 5 Coffee Strainer 12 Fish Boiler 2.85 Waffle Iron i.oo Wire Vegetable Boiler 22 Soap Stone Griddle i.oo Pudding Boiler 75 Jelly Mould 50 Melon Mould 55 Soup Strainer, 85 Dust Pan 20 Dust Brush 40 Bread Box 80 Cake " 75 Sugar Can 75 Coffee Canister 18 Tea " 15 Spice Box 70 Crumb Tray and Brush . . 60 Japanned Trays i.io Mincing Knife 18 Bread Knife 35 Butcher Knife 20 Set Sad Irons 1.40 Polishing Iron 80 Ice Pick 12 Egg Poacher 25 Hatchet 40 Meat Saw 40 Tack Claw 15 Set Scales and Weights 1.65 Stove Brush 35 Package Stove blacking 5 Dish Mop 12 Steamer 50