. Popular electricity magazine in plain English. r eggs, fried, four slicesbacon and two quarts of water boiled . 02 Breakfast for four persons—twelvepieces fried mush, six medium pota-toes fried, four eggs fried, one and ahalf quarts coffee and one gallon ofwater to boiling 06 Dinner—Nine medium potatoes, threefourths pound veal steak, one cancorn, one quart water for tea, onegallon boiling water 07 SEMI-ENCLOSED OVENS Baked six large potatoes 012 Four-pound roast and six large potatoes baked 03 It is to be noted that the cost of cooking withthis type is less than with the open plate. AIR-TIG
. Popular electricity magazine in plain English. r eggs, fried, four slicesbacon and two quarts of water boiled . 02 Breakfast for four persons—twelvepieces fried mush, six medium pota-toes fried, four eggs fried, one and ahalf quarts coffee and one gallon ofwater to boiling 06 Dinner—Nine medium potatoes, threefourths pound veal steak, one cancorn, one quart water for tea, onegallon boiling water 07 SEMI-ENCLOSED OVENS Baked six large potatoes 012 Four-pound roast and six large potatoes baked 03 It is to be noted that the cost of cooking withthis type is less than with the open plate. AIR-TIGHT COOKERS Four-pound roast, six large potatoes and one quart tea ..$0,015 Boiled dinner—One small head cab-bage, three pounds ham, boilingpiece, twelve medium potatoes 015 Two-pound steak, one quart spaghetti, twelve potatoes 027 Three-pound pork roast, six largesweet potatoes, can corn, warmed onepound of fruit pudding 027 In addition it may be stated that onefamily of three persons cooked one weekon the open plate type for 73 cents but. Bread Fresh from the Electric Oven with the air-tight cooker another familymanaged for one week (less one meal)on 193^ cents. It is interesting to comparethis with the advertised statement of acompany in Indianapolis selling 55 centgas that a dinner for an average familycan be cooked with gas for three not much difference at thoseprices but of course few cities are asfortunate as Kansas City in havingelectricity at three cents per kilowatthour. Twice that is common, yet even ata higher rate many people will prefer tocook with electricity. LORD KELVIN AT CAMBRIDGE Lord Kelvin entered Cambridge whenhe was just seventeen years of age butwas well prepared to enter the greatuniversity. It is amusing to read someof the inquiries of the great philosopherin his first letter to his sister after settlingdown in his rooms at Cambridge. Heasked if when making coffee, he shouldput the coffee in before or after the wateris boiling and
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