Cleaning The Gas Stove

Northern Advocate, 10 December 1936, Page 14

Cleaning The Gas Stove

The gas-cooker, like all faithful servants, gives better work in return for a little care. The gas stove, it is pointed out, should be kept scrupulously clean. A clean stove ensures that there is no smell in the kitchen when cooking is in progress. After meat has been roasted the sides and tops of the oven should be rubbed with paper while they are still warm. This removes grease while it is still in liquid form. In the same way, the hotplate should be rubbed over after use, or immediately if grease has splashed over.

Once a week, the oven shelves and burners should be taken out and washed with hot water and soda. The sides and top of the oven should also be washed down. When the movable parts have been roughly dried and replaced, it is advisable to light the burners in the oven for a few minutes. The bars and burners on the hotplate should also be lifted out and washed with hot water and soda. A small scrubbing-brush will clean the burner. A metal skewer or hatpin is useful for removing grease from clogged holes.

The enamelled trays should be taken out and washed. Damp salt will remove stains. Rust can be removed from bright steel parts by rubbing with a raw onion. Unlacquered brass taps may be washed with warm water.