Fowler's Household Helps eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 64 pages of information about Fowler's Household Helps.

Fowler's Household Helps eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 64 pages of information about Fowler's Household Helps.

The electric range is reliable, efficient and durable.  It saves time, work, worry and watching.  It promotes safety, comfort and cleanliness.

The electric range is convenient and easy to operate, as the heat is always instantly available and readily regulated at the turn of a switch.  Cooking becomes a certainty, as the same switch position always provides the same amount of heat.  All the heat is concentrated on the cooking and there is no excess heat wasted on other parts of the range or radiated out into the room.  Ordinary cooking utensils are used as with other ranges.

Cooking with an electric range can be done at a reasonable cost in consideration of the many inherent advantages above referred to.

The roasting of meat to the exact degree desired need not be the dread of the cook when an electric oven is available.  The uniformity and reliability of the heat of the electric oven facilitates the roasting of meat without constant attention and worry.

Electric broiling insures tender chops and steaks, as the surface of the meat is quickly seared and all its juicy tenderness is retained.

In order to facilitate the use of the electric range, your Lighting Company gives an instruction book with every installation.

ELECTRIC DISHWASHER

After each meal scrape off the dishes and place them in the washer in such a position that the water can be thrown against both sides of them.  It is convenient to accumulate enough dishes to fill the washer, as it may thereby become possible to do all of the day’s dishes in one washing.

Shake washing powder or liquid soap into the machine and add one-quarter of a cup of ammonia.  Pour in the right amount of hot water from faucet (according to instructions with machine) and allow the machine to run about 10 minutes.  Then let the water run out and pour in a little more to wash out the sediment.  Close the drain and pour in boiling water which acts as a rinsing water.  Run the machine two minutes more and drain.  Raise cover immediately after the machine is stopped to let the steam out.  The dishes will dry by themselves with high polish, but it is necessary to wipe the silver and glassware.

The washer is then ready to be used as a storage for dishes until needed again.

VACUUM CLEANER

There are many good electric vacuum cleaners on the market, all of which operate on the same general principle of suction.  The Hoover, however, has a motor-driven brush in addition, which acts as a sweeper.

Oil the motor with a drop or two each time it is used, according to the directions given with the machine.  If using a Hoover, the brush bearings should not be oiled as they are made of wood.

Should the brush become stuck it is due to threads, string and hair which have been collected by it.  Remove the brush according to directions supplied with the machine and free all the bearings.

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