Kitchen “Don’ts”

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Oct 13, 1904

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 41.

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Kitchen “Don’ts”

Don’t clutter up the kitchen when getting a meal, because it will take hours to “clean up” after the meal is over.

Don’t put a greasy spoon on the table. It leaves a stain which requires time to erase. Put it in a saucer.

Don’t crumple up your dish towels. Rinse and hang in the sun.

Don’t pour boiling water over china packed in a pan. It will crack by the sudden contraction and expansion.

Don’t black a stove while it is hot. It takes more blacking and less polish.

Don’t put damp towels and napkins in the hamper. Dry them first, or they will mildew.

Don’t use knives for scraping the table and pots.

Don’t pour boiling water and soap on grease spots. Moisten the spots first with a cold saturated solution of soda, then scrub them with the grain of the wood, using cold soap-suds.

Don’t put egg dishes into hot water—it makes the egg adhere. Soak the dishes first in cold water.

Don’t put tin pans on the stove to dry. They become heated, the solder loosens, and they soon leak.—Exchange.