The Care of Food in the Refrigerator
When the food is placed on the table in the kitchen by the tradesman, the care of it at once falls upon the one who is in charge of the household and she must know just how to take care of each article.
All meat should be removed from the paper at once; wiped with a piece of cheese cloth wrung from cold water, placed on a plate, another plate turned over it and placed in the position indicated, [in frontispiece], on page 2. The butter should be put in a jar, covered and placed on the shelf of the refrigerator immediately under the ice chamber. A space should be left on this shelf for eggs, milk and cream. Cheese should be removed from the manilla paper leaving it wrapped in the wax paper, and placed in a covered vessel in the refrigerator. The care of vegetables, fruits, meats, fish, etc., follows hereinafter.