ELECTRICITY COOKING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 257, 29 October 1937, Page 2

ELECTRICITY COOKING

One of the most instructive and interesting demonstrations was given on Wednesday afternoon last by Mrs Connor at the Power Board’s demonstration hall. On this occasion the Jackson electric range was used to show the ease in which six articles of food could be cooked at once, including a cake. When entering the demonstration room I was greatly impressed with its pleasant appearance, the colour scheme, pretty flowers, and the dinner table which had been set with gleaming silver and cutlery. The floral decorations were pale ping gladioli Mr Killeen opened the demonstra tion with an introduction to the Jackson range and its capabilities, and asked Mrs Connor to show us what this model could do. The dinner was prepared, and consisted of the following dishes: Fish, meat, potatoes (roasted) and also some in their jackets, a cauliflower (boiled in the oven), Yorkshire pudding, and a Madeira cake. On viewing this Jackson range, one is inclined to think it was impossible to cook all this, and the oven appears to be very small compared to the other ranges, and although the range appears small it is not really so. It will cook as much as any other oven, and will do everything perfectly, as was seen when the dinner was dished up. It was a picture; everything beautifully cooked, and the cake was evenly browned. This dinner was cooked I for li hours without attention. While the dinner was cooking Mrs Connor outlined the instruction on using and care of this model, Jackson, using another range of the same type for demonstrating its easy cleansing arrangements, speaks for it ?lf. She explained the griller and top elements, showing that owing to the shape of the elements several saucepans could be kept simmering at once, on one element only. “Economy is the last word for this range, and its low consumption of electricity,” and can be put out on hire to any house in town or suburbs for just a nominal sum. A thorough description of utensils suitable for use with electric ranges, was also given. Consumers and friends who attended this demonstration spent a most enjoyable and useful afternoon.