. Household science in rural schools . Fig. 42.—Tightly fitting lid is heated and placed underneath the cooking kettle. Thisintroduces a possible danger from fire, in case the hotstove plate should come into direct contact with inflam-mable packing material such as excelsior or paper. Toavoid this danger, a metal lining must be provided for thenest in which the cooking vessels and stone are to be ])la(i(l. COVERING PAD A cushion, or pad, must be provided, to fill coniplctclythe space between the top of the packing material and the 15 216 HOUSEHOLD SCIE^CE IX RURAL SCHCJOLS cover of the box aft
. Household science in rural schools . Fig. 42.—Tightly fitting lid is heated and placed underneath the cooking kettle. Thisintroduces a possible danger from fire, in case the hotstove plate should come into direct contact with inflam-mable packing material such as excelsior or paper. Toavoid this danger, a metal lining must be provided for thenest in which the cooking vessels and stone are to be ])la(i(l. COVERING PAD A cushion, or pad, must be provided, to fill coniplctclythe space between the top of the packing material and the 15 216 HOUSEHOLD SCIE^CE IX RURAL SCHCJOLS cover of the box after the kettle is in place. This shouldhe made of some lieavy goods, such as denim, and stuffedwith cotton, crumpled paper, oi: excelsior. Hay may beused, but it will be found more or less odorous. Figure 43shows the vertical cross-section of a home-made tirelesscooker. c^. ■—/i rr-j^f. —C Fig. —A^ertical cross-section of fireless cooker. A. Outsidecontainer; B. packing- or insulating material; C. metallining of nest; D. cooking kettle; E. soapstonc plate, orother source of heat; F. pad of excelsior for covering top;G. hinged cover of outside container. THE FIRELESS COOKER 217 DIRECTIONS FOR FIRELESS COOKER^XO. II (Single Cooker) ^Materials required: Galvanized iron can. No. 3, with acover; some sawdust; a covered agate pail (to be used as acooking pail); and two yards of denim; any old linen,cotton, cr woollen material may be used instead of denim. METHOD OF MAKING Place loose sawdust in the bottom of the can to a depthof about three inches. Measure the depth of the cookingpail. Turn a fold two inches greater than this depth theentire length of the denim or other material and make along bag. Lay the bag flat on the table and fill it with aneven layer of sawdust, so that when completed it will stillbe half an inch wider than the depth of the
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