Housekeeping Safety Check
This week we present part two
of a series of safety questions for
you to check-your work habits.
Answer these questions by
using this letter scheme: I do
A - Always; S - Sometimes; N -
Never; 0 - No Opportunity.
When I Sew
Put pins and needles in pin
cushions never in my mouth,
clothes or in furniture.
Keep sharp objects' out of my
lap.
Pass sharp objects to others
with the handle first never toss
them.
Store scissors and other sharp
objects in holders or in a secure
place.
Keep fingers away from the
path of the sewing machine
needle.
Use slow speed on electric
sewing machine while learning to
operate it.
Know how to operate
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emergency release on electric
sewing machine.
Make sure cord is placed so it
does not rub against motor belt
when sewing machine is in use
(unless machine has concealed
belt).
Use care not to touch hot light
bulb (if it is not shielded).
Arrange electric cord of
machine on the floor so it will not
cause anyone to stumble.
One-Burner Cooking
for Simple Meals
Whatever your age, you’re
never too old to need good
nourishing food. Even if your
cooking equipment is a single gas
or electric burner you can still
have complete and varied meals.
The answer is one-dish meals.
Into a single pot or pan put
vegetables and the meat or other
protein food of a main dish. You
can cook many hot and norishing
meals of this kind on top of a
stove—meals such as Irish stew,
braised liver or pot roast with
vegetables, ham-and-vegetables
or fish chowder, or New England
boiled dinner.
To round out a one-dish meal,
add a crisp salad or other raw
food, bread, a beverage and
possibly a simple dessert.
A double boiler is a great help
in preparing a meal on one
burner. Such foods as creamed
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turn off motor when sewing
machine is not in use.
Close sewing machine
carefully to avoid damaging
electric cord.
Keep drawers and door of
sewing machine closed to avoid
bumping.
Avoid putting excessive weight
or pressure on sewing machine
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eggs or fish, left in the top part of
the double boiler over the water,
will keep hot while you cook a
vegetable in the lower part
Or serve a double-boiler meal
with a salad or a raw vegetable,
such as sliced tomatoes or
cucumbers. Or, while the boiling
water in the lower pan of a double
boiler cooks a potato or an ear of
corn, you can warn rolls in the
upper pan or reheat leftover
cooked meat in gravy.
The variations of meals on one
burner are endless and the
reward is a healthier, happier
you—regardless of age.
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By Doris Thomas,
Extension Home Economist
Use Prunes for
Economical Meals
A homemaker’s boon . .at
night or noon ... buy soon ... it’s
called THE PRUNE.
Well, that jingle may be best
forgotten, but the product is
certamly worth remembering.
Rich in natural fruit sugar and a
good source of vitamin A, the B
vitamins, and minerals, dried
prunes make an excellent
“munching” snack.
The large 1971 California dried
prune production is resulting in
supplies of ample prunes and
prune juice right now. These
items are named on the U.S
Department of Agriculture’s
Plentiful Food List this month.
USDA’s Agricultural
Marketing Service has many
suggestions for using prunes to
add a little something extra in
flavor and eye-appeal to meals
That “little something extra”
spells the difference between
ordinary meals and a memorable
one.
For breakfast, serve omelets
filled with a mixture of chopped
plumped prunes and crisp bacon
crumbles in sour cream. Or try a
warm-from-the-oven coffee cake
sparked with chopped prunes and
topped with mocha icing.
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For a savory hot lunch
prunes, baked beans, and ham
make a tasty trio. To prepare,
saute choppped plumped prunes
and onions in butter. Add diced
cooked ham, and then stir this
combination into canned baked
beans in tomato sauce Season to
taste. Portion into ramekins, and
bake in hot 400 degree F oven
about 15 minutes, or until hot.
Serve with crisp salad and hard
rolls.
For dinner’s dessert, it’s easy
to prepare a prune cake from a
basic spice cake mix. Simply stir
chopped dried prunes into batter
before pouring into baking pans.
Bake, cool, frost, and then
decorate with plumped prune
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 8,1972
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halves filled with walnut halves
Why not serve prunes often!
Create Good Shopping Habits
In so many things we do, we’re
pretty much people of habit.
Take, for example, food shop
ping. Week after week we go to
the same stores, park, it possible,
in the same spot, take the same
path through the store, buy about
the same items, and have the
same complaints about the food
quality or prices.
There’s nothing wrong with
developing habits In fact, with
all the decisions and jobs you
have to do today, it’s a necessity
that you do develop them They
save time, energy, and mental
work Today’s pace of living just
natually demands that we do
have habits But there are both
good and poor shopping habits.
Either type is equally easy to
develop and hard to break Three
good habits that would be good to
develop include observing and
taking advantage of specials,
preplanning your buys, and
comparison shopping.
Too often you forget to check
ads before you go to the store
Once at the store, you race
through it so fast you don’t see
the signs As a result, you miss
many opportunities to stretch the
budget with money-saving
specials.
Frequently you go to the store
without a clear idea of what you
want or need When you do, you
may end up with items that don’t
fit together too well into meals, or
they cost more than you planned.
The habit of preplanning your
buys avoids much of this.
You can’t compare prices and
qualities for every item you buy
every time you buy. Yet, these
comparisons are important to the
food budget Making a few
comparisons each time you shop
is a good habit to develop
Good food buying habits are as
easy to develop as poor ones By
observing and taking advantage
of specials, preplanning, and
making a few comparisons of
prices and qualities every time
you shop, both your food budget
and your family will benefit
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