MODERN GAS STOVES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22405, 29 April 1936, Page 5

MODERN GAS STOVES

LEISURE FOR HOUSEWIVES COOKING WITHOUT LOOKING DEMONSTRATION IN TOWN HALL A very large number of women watched a demonstration of automatic cookery at the concert chamber of the Town Hall yesterday afternoon and again last night when Mr. Leonard Hazel, overseas manager and expert demonstrator for Radiation, Limited, London, revealed the working of the New World and tae Champion gas cookers, "Cooking without looking is now an accomplished fact," Mr. Hazel said. "There is no longer any need to stand round in the kitchen, to keep opening the oven door and thus waste heat. A new era of greater leisure and freedom from kitchen worries is at hand." A six-course meal, which was cooked in the smallest model New World cooker, consisted oi : a large piece of beef with potatoes, s. large chicken, two pounds of fish, green peas, an entree composed of rolls o:i liver and bacon, and an egg custard, In explaining the object of the demonstration Mr. Hazel said all the dishes comprising this sixcourse meal would be cooked simultaneously in the small oven before them, with the doo:: closed during the cooking period of one hour, without any attention whatever. There would be no basting, no sly peeps, no eyes on the clock and no worry. The housewife could, in fact, leave* her home entirely and find the dinner perfectly cooked upon her return at the end of the prescribed time. At the end of the hour Mr. Hazel opened the oven door to show his audience a perfectly-cooked meal. Oven features While the dinner was cooking Mr.* Hazel explained the features of the new stoves and pointed out that the automatic system was the result of 75 years' experience in the manufacture of ga3 appliances. The regulo was the watchdog of the oven and relieved the cook of the most tedious part of her work. By setting the regulo at the required number, a dinner might be placed in the oven and cooked perfectly without any other attention. For the six-course meal, which was cooked 011 the stags, a special demonstration motor had been installed on the platform and t'iis showed the cost of the cooking of uhe meal in pence. The complete meal, sufficient for 12 persons, cost about 2d to cook. Another interesting feature -which was demonstrated, was a quick meal for two people. This comprised two largo steaks with fried chipped potatoes and tomatoes, and . for dessert a large jam tart. These were cooked simultaneously in another oven without any attention whatever from the demonstrator and were ready for eating in 20 minutes. Minimum of Effort Mr. Hazel pointed out that for persons desirous of cooking their own meals in a short luncheon hour this should have a particular appeal. By this method a quick, hot and nourishing meal might be obtained with a minimum of effort and attention, and these results could be obtained with no other fuel. The fact that there were two zones of temperature in the oven was another attractive feature which allowed of the cooking of such contrasting foods as a roast of beei : and a custard in the same oven at the same time, while the steam-rich atmosphere which thn ovens contained was demonstrated by the fact that the chicken was cooked to a" rich brown without any basting. Following Mr. Hazel's address a demonstration of cake-making and other baking was given by Mrs. Mann, demonstrator for the Auckland Gas Company. The demonstrations will be continued this afternoon anc! this evening and twice again to-mor.row.