The Housewifes Library PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... Bay State Apple Paring and Slicing.lachine. It is quite justly regarded as the very best ever made_ The little machine is clamped by the thumbscrew to a table. It pares and slices the fruit, and deposits the slices in a dish. Its operation is quick, efl'ective, certain, and simple. Can Opener.--One of the standing annoyances of housc keepers is the opening of cans containing fruits, vegetables, etc. It is certain that the ordinary tools employed for this purpose are very defective. They are hard to operate, dangerous to handle, and rough in results. The accompanying cut shows the Clipper Can Opener in position for service. It is screwed on to any convenient place. The table on which the can stands is adjusted by a ratchet movement to any height of can. The knife is curved to meet the circle of the can. It can easily be thrust through the tin, when, by a rotary motion, it will cut the top out, as cleanly as if cut by straight shears. This cutJ I ter is a specialty of the Cowles Hardware Co., of Unionville, Conn. bitter experience in every household. By using a boiler like these shown here, with water in the l0Wer vessel all I the danger is obviated, Cherry St0ner.--ln preserving cherries or making cherry pies, one of the most troublesome things is to get rid of the stones. The Family Cherry Stoner, here shown, does the work very well, preserving the plumpness of the cherry and saving all its juices, but effectually removing its stone. There are other stoners in the market, but this in preserving the form of the cherry surpasses them all. It is as nearly perfect as any machine can be. It seems endowed with intelligence. ' Apple Corer and Sli0e1'.--The contrivance here shown is the Climax Corer and Slicer, a fit companion for...