THE KITCHEN.

Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18167, 4 November 1930, Page 5

THE KITCHEN.

How often have you felt you could not eat a meal because the odour of cooking has destroyed your appetite? To a large extent this trouble can •be avoided. If you boil cabbage with the lid off the pan, place a crust of bread in with it to prevent the smell of the vegetable penetrating all over the house. A little vinegar should be kept on the stove while onions are being cooked. This will prevent the smell going through the house and there will be no disagreeable reaction when you eat the meal. Rub the top of the cooking stove with newspaper every time it is used, because any spot of grease t left on will make its presence felt as soon as the stove is heated again. Make sure iileo that ihe burners are thoroughly clean, When cooking food which has a strong odour, put a few grains of coffee on the hot stove; the pleasant fragrance of coffee will then predominate. When milk and meat juices boil over sprinkle salt thickly over the spilled liquid and there will be no smell. If there is delay, cedar ashes should be used instead of salt. • Do not overheat the oven, as this causes many of the unpleasant odours connected with cooking food. The ordinary baking tin which allows the meat in it to splutter and splash while the fat forms large bubbles, should be substituted by the patent roaster, which is really nothing more than a covered baking tin.