QUESTIONS

Explain why it is necessary to have the fire box, ash pan, and other parts of a coal range clean before building a fire.

If both hard and soft woods are used in building a fire, which should be placed next to the paper? Explain your answer.

What is the advantage in using oil rather than blacking in cleaning a range?

Explain why a stove cloth, saturated with oil, should be kept in a covered tin can or stone jar.

Compare the method of mixing the crumbs in Scalloped Tomatoes and in Scalloped Corn. Which contains the more moisture,—corn or tomatoes? From this explain the difference in mixing.

What is the price of 12 ears of green corn or of 1 can of corn?