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106 When Bread Cooks Too Quickly When your bread is browning on the outside, before it is cooked inside, put a clean piece of brown paper over it. This will prevent scorching. To Remove the Odor of Onions Fill with cold water kettles and sauce pans in which they have been cooked adding a tablespoonful of bread soda and the same of ammonia. Let stand on the stove until it boils. Then wash in hot suds and rinse well. A pudding or bean pot, treated in this way, will wash easily. Wood ashes in the water will have the same effect. Never Leave a Glass of Water or Medicine, Uncovered in a Room This is very important. Water will absorb all the gases, with which a room is filled from the respiration of those sleeping in the room. Weights and Measures 4 Teaspoonfuls equal 1 tablespoonful of liquid.

4 Tablespoonfuls equal half a gill.

2 Coffee-cupfuls equal 1 pint.

2 Pints equal 1 quart.

4 Coffee-cupfuls of sifted flour equal 1 pound.

1 Quart of unsifted flour equals 1 pound.