HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-10-25, Page 39ENTERTAINING GUESTS today needn't mean lots of
after-the-party drudgery. This non-stick skillet from
France, handsome enough for buffet parties, is clean
in seconds because of its unique mechanically bonded
interior that absolutely prevents food from sticking. •
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HOME CARE SECTION 7B
Don't let 'kitchen blues' spoil your pgrty for you
If high costs are forcing
you to think twice about ex-
pensive remodeling projects,
like beautifying a room—
reconsider. You can improve
the appearance of virtually
any room inexpensively with
louver doors.
For that closet you've al-
ways been meaning to do
something about, consider
the installation of folding or
sliding wood louver doors as
a do-it-yourself project. They
are available at local home
centers or building supply
stores in stock sizes and
come with special tracks and
hardware for easy installa-
tion and operation.
A skilled handyman ought
to be able to install them in a
matter of hours.
Wood louver doors are ap-
propriate for virtually any
They can be painted to
match or contrast with the
room colors, or simply
stained , or varnished to high-
light the rich, natural grain of
the wood.
Smoke
detector
protect 's
family
To provide maximum pro-
tection, fire and smoke de-
tectors must be installed in
the right locations in your
home, says a major manufac-
turer of the safety devices.
For basic protection, ac-
cording to Honeywell, a
smoke detector should be interior design from Colonial
placed between each sleep- to modern, because of their
ing area and the rest of the
house. This might be at the
head of the stairway leading
to bedrooms in a two-story
house, or in a hallway of a
ranch house, apartment or
mobile home.
A multi-level home should
be equipped with a smoke de-
tector on each additional
level—including the
basement—for the minimum
of recommended protection.
The best fire-safety mea-
sure is to add detectors to liv-
ing and family rooms, as well
as workshops, utility and
furnace rooms. As a final
safety measure, put one in Sliding or folding louver
every smoker's bedroom. : doors come either full lou-
The unit is attached to wallor vered or with •louvers in the
ceiling with the screws and • top half and solid wood
anchors provided. Next the panels in the bottom half.
battery is connected and
clipped into the detector.
When the cover is snapped
on the detector is set to give,
you an 85-decibel warning of
the earliest stages of a fire.
The candles are lit. The
wine waits in a crystal carafe.
Silver gleams on the buffet
table, and it looks like it's
going to be the prettiest party
you ever had.
If only you didn't have to
think about all those pots and
pans waiting to be scrubbed,
you could enjoy the party,
too!
The "kitchen blues" have
plagued women for genera-
tions (recently, men have
also gotten a taste of clean-up
woes). And even in this
enlightened age, when al-
most half the women in
America are in the labor
force—and presumably have
better things to do in their
spare time than wield a dish-
cloth and scrub brush—
bookstores and libraries still
offer weighty references on
the "cleaning arts."
Long ago, "recipes" for
the removal of food and
stains from metal were
passed from one generation
of women to another. For
dark stains caused by eggs in
aluminum, they cooked acid
foods such as rhubarb or
tomatoes—a method that
could be used only in the
summer!
Buttermilk was the ac-
cepted antidote for corrosion
in copper pots, which often
were also scrubbed with a
'mixture of flour, salt, lemon
juice and ammonia.
Cast iron always presented
problems if it wasn't
thoroughly dried—and new
brides were cautioned never
to store iron utensils with the
covers on, lest moisture and
rust form inside.
Today, steel wool, soap-
filled pads, stiff-bristled
scrubbing brushes and scour-
iog powders continue to 1410
grocery shelves, for mos
metalware still needs at least
occasional weci41 treatment.
But scrubbing and stain-
removal are methods more ,
appropriate for the nine-
teenth than for the twentieth
century. These days, more
Whether you are employed
outside the home, active in
community groups, or man-
aging a busy household, your
time is too precious to waste
on unnecessary or inefficient
tasks.
With a little pre-planning,
you can organize your daily
and weekly chores so there is
more time to play with the
children, read a good book or
just plain relax.
Here are some time-
efficient tips to help you
shave hours from your cur-
rent schedule:
• Do more than one thing
at a time. While' watching
television, you could mend
or iron clothes. Or, do the
dinner dishes while talking
on the phone to a friend or
relative.
and more hostesses are revel-,
ing in the freedom and plea- ,
sure of cooking with the new ,
non-stick pots and pans i
featuring mechanically-1
bonded pure PTFE—the
most slippery substance in
the world.
)Made in France by
T-Fal. these durable pans do
When making a roast din-
ner, whip up the children's
sandwiches and freeze them
for a week's worth of school
lunches.
• Cook double the
amount. Yours may be a fam-
ily of four, but cook for eight
when you are preparing a
casserole, roast or meals
with sauces (such as
spaghetti, chili or coq au yin).
You can serve one-half the
amount that night and freeze
leftovers for a tasty ready-
to-go dinner.
• Clean as you go. Don't
let spills, splatters or
smudges accumulate —
they'll only be harder to
clean later. 'Keep a bottle of I • spray cleaner in
the kitchen, bathroom, laun-
dry room and playroom :
what 'non-stick has always
promised—completely elim-
inated the need for any clean-
ing other than a casual swish
of a soapy cloth.
That's liberation—and
that's what's making today's
parties a lot more fun and a
lot less work. They're parties
even a hostess can enjoy!
ready to spray Orisanysoiled
washable surface; then wipe
clean the plastic, metal, vinyl
or painted surfaces with a
clean cloth or paper towel.
• Rotate your cleaning
schedule. Assign one room a
'week to a thorough, top-to-
bottom cleaning; tackle the
other rooms as you would
normally on a weekly
schedule.
This means that once
every six weeks or so your
rooms have been given a fall
or spring cleaning.
• Enlist help. Even t ha
smallest child can learn ' re,tx
;ponsibility and help cut
down on your daily chores.
Start when they're young,
teaching them to put away
toys and hang up jackets'.
Louver doors . . .
Improve
any room
distinctive "textured" ap-
pearance, which adds dimen-
skin to otherwise flat wall
surfaces.
Besides their good looks,
louver doors have a number
of practical advantages for
closets. Since they either fold
back against each other, or
slide open and closed, they
can be used in areas with lit-
tle floor clearanep
The louvers also permit the
free flow of air to prevent '
mildew and keep clothes
fresh.
Manage with efficient time