Shelves and all portable parts, when washed and scalded, should be placed in the sun to dry; if this is impossible, dry before a fire.

Keep a good supply of ice in the ice chamber; it is cheaper in the end.

Never keep the doors or covers of the refrigerator open unnecessarily long; it wastes the ice.

A good refrigerator properly cared for should last at least twenty-five years.

How to Caramelize

Place sugar in clean agate-ware frying pan, and stir continually until the sugar becomes a golden brown sirup.

How to Poach

Place food to be poached in frying pan half filled with boiling salted water. Cook below the boiling point from three to eight minutes.

How to cream Butter