m
closely and cook in the oven until tender. This will not injure other
foods baking in the oven.

Do not place breads, cakes and pastries upon the top shelf; rather,
place them on the lower shelf and cook in moderate oven. Do you know
that there are still among us women who firmly believe that placing
other foods to cook in oven with cake will surely spoil it? This is a
mistake; utilize every bit of oven space.

An oven thermometer soon pays for itself. Pay strict attention to
heating the oven; if the oven is too hot, the heat is wasted, while it
cools sufficiently. This wastes gas. When food is first placed in the
oven, keep oven door closed for first ten minutes and then open when
necessary.

Placing food in oven will materially reduce the heat. Do not try to
increase the heat; just as soon as the mixture acquires the heat, the
baking will begin in the usual manner and the dish will be ready to
remove from oven in given time.

Never keep the oven waiting for the food; rather let food remain in
cool place while oven is heating.

Before mixing materials select the pans that will best fit the oven.
This does not mean that you must discard your present equipment. It
means that you should place in groups such pans that entirely fill
oven space without crowding. Keep this fact in mind when purchasing
new utensils.

The best and whitest rye flour is milled from the centre of the grains
in a manner similar to wheat flour. When only the bran is removed from
the milling, we have the darker flour, carrying a heavy pronounced
flavor. The rye meal is used for making pumpernickel, a Swiss and
Swedish rye flour bread.

HOME-MADE YEAST

Wash four potatoes and then cut in slices, without peeling, and place
in saucepan, and add three pints of water. Cook until the potatoes are
soft and then add

One-half cupful of hops.

Cook slowly for one-half hour. Rub the mixture through a fine sieve
and then pour hot mixture on

One and one-half cupfuls of flour,
One tablespoonful of salt,
One-quarter cupful of brown sugar.

Stir until well mixed, beating free from lumps. Cool to 80 degrees
Fahrenheit. Now add

One yeast cake dissolved in one cupful of water, 80 degrees
Fahrenheit

Stir well to mix and then let ferment in a warm place for ten hours.
Now pour into jar or crock and store in a cool place.

TO USE

Use one and one-half cups of this mixture in place of the yeast cake.
Always stir well