The Archive · 1930

Paper Cups Handy

Paper cups _make handy contains ors for individual portions of salad, berries, cut fruit, or desert for the: picnic meal. They may be prepared at home, and covered with moisture= proof or waxed paper, and then ara ready to serve at the picnic.

Wattles! What magic there is la that word. Few other dishes cart be used at every meal from breaks fast to the after-the-theatre partys They may be served as main course or as dessert. The waffles theme selves may be varied and the wayd of serving them are legion.

The first essential for good wafes an iron in good condition. If you have an electric waffle iron, wipe off the grids with either a damp clot or dry cloth, but do not wash Preheat the iron for ten minutes, and for the first wallles grease the fron slightly, or go over the gride with a brush dipped in cold ware then pour on the batter. The tim: for baking the waffles is about tw minutes, although it may take thre Between waiiles one minute's: heat= ing is usually sufficient.

'A cast-iron waffle iron should be seasoned, using the same method as any cast-iron utensil. First wash the iron and scour it with stoot wool and soap or a scouring powders Then boil it for about an hour in a washing soda solution and again) scour the iron. Cover the surface of the iron with suet or any salted fat and heat until quite hots then wipe out the fat with erampledl tissue paper, and the iron is ready, to use. The time for preheating' the iron must be learned by experi ence.

To make paint adhere to tinwat's, rh the surface thoroughly with piece of rough pumice stone, of coarse sandpaper. Then apply thin cent of shellac varnish befor: the surface is painted.

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