Martha Lee Anderson

“ SILVER CLEANING. Silver may be cleaned easily and thoroughly by placing it in an aluminum pan filled with a hot solution of baking soda, salt and sugar, or in an enamel or granite pan, using a similar solution and a small piece of aluminum such as a measuring spoon or pot cover. Use about a tablespoon of each, baking soda, salt and sugar, for every quart of hot water. 37 Select a large container for convenience. Place the silver in such a way that it is completely immersed and that each piece comes in contact with the aluminum or a piece of silver touching the aluminum. ”

“ Sweet milk may be used in place of sour milk if clabbered artificially. To sour or clabber sweet milk quickly, place 11⁄2 tablespoonfuls of lemon juice or 11⁄3 tablespoonfuls of vinegar (white vinegar makes a whiter product) in a standard measuring cup, then fill to the one-cup mark with sweet milk. Mix well. The resulting liquid will contain as much acid as natural sour milk or buttermilk when it is at its best for baking, and may be used exactly as natural sour milk or buttermilk in any baking soda recipe.
MEASURING. Always use level measurements. ”

“ Such a flour is seldom used in the home today, except by those who make large quantities of home-made white bread. Usually, the gluten is present in this flour to the extent of 11 to 12%.
GENERAL PURPOSE OR FAMILY FLOUR. This flour is intended to fill all needs and, consequently, is made by blending flours from soft and hard wheats. It contains a moderate amount of medium hard gluten, and is used in baking hot breads, such as muffins and scones. However, it can be used for pastries as well. When employed in place of pastry or cake flour, two level tablespoonfuls less per cup should be used. ”

“ Among those ingredients are chocolate, cocoa, brown sugar, tomato juice, sour milk, buttermilk, apple sauce, spices, cottage cheese, molasses, vinegar, citrus fruit juices and many more. These acid ingredients are familiar to everyone. One or more of them, you will notice, is used almost every time you bake.
The baking soda gently but surely reacts with these natural acids, freeing millions of tiny carbon dioxide bubbles which are held enmeshed in the batters and doughs. ”

“ In Arm & Hammer or Cow Brand Baking Soda recipes, certain types of flour are used or specified simply to indicate that such a flour gives the most desirable characteristics to that particular baked product, but it does not mean that another type of flour cannot be substituted, nor that an inferior product will result if a correct substitution is made. ”

“ Cold water removes milk more quickly than hot, as hot water causes a coating of milk to adhere to the glass. Bicarbonate of soda not only hastens the cleansing process, but sweetens the bottle. Milk cans, pails and all milk containers are cleansed in the same manner, using more baking soda in greater quantities of water.
FIRE EXTINGUISHER. Arm & Hammer or Cow Brand Baking Soda is unsurpassed as a fire extinguisher. It not only smothers the fire, but generates carbonic acid gas which temporarily envelopes the flames, shuts off the air supply or oxygen, and so extinguishes the fire. ”

“ Whether the refrigerator is electric, gas, oil or ice, keep the inside sweet and clean by wiping all surfaces with a soft cloth wrung from cool or lukewarm water containing a handful of baking soda to each quart of water, or by generously sprinkling baking soda on a damp cloth and briskly rubbing the surface to be cleaned. ”

“ As this gas expands during the baking, the product becomes light and tender. Thus it is that baking soda uses nature’s own unrivaled acids to leaven and lighten baked products.
5 Success Assured
Leavening nature’s way is surprisingly easy. The acid content of citrus fruit juices or vinegar may be used to develop the unsurpassed flavor and texture associated with baking soda products. The following amounts,
11⁄3 tablespoons vinegar (4 teaspoons)
11⁄2 tablespoons lemon juice (41⁄2 teaspoons)
3⁄4 cup orange juice (12 tablespoons)
may be used with 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda. ”

“ Baking soda! Yes, grandmother used it in her prized recipes and the modern homemaker finds it making her baking day a success.
Arm & Hammer Brand and Cow Brand Baking Soda are refined bicarbonate of soda whose standard of purity is that set up by the United States Pharmacopoeia. For over 90 years this mild, healthful, alkaline substance has been creating baking history. All these years homemakers have depended on baking soda to make their baked products deliciously moist and delicately light and tender. ”

“ Use standard measuring equipment: a 1⁄2 pint cup marked in quarters and thirds; a set of standard measuring spoons consisting of a tablespoon, teaspoon, 1⁄2 teaspoon and 1⁄4 teaspoon.
MIXING. There is no such thing as “luck” in baking. Success depends on good ingredients correctly combined. Follow the directions carefully as set down in the following recipes.
BAKING. Keep the oven at the temperature specified in the recipe. You have mastered an important part of baking, if you keep your oven under control. Oven regulators and thermometers safeguard baking. ”

“ In many of these recipes, designed in our Research Test Kitchen, one or more acid ingredient is used to create perfect leavening with baking soda.
Follow these recipes accurately and carefully, then enjoy the finer flavor and even texture produced when baking with baking soda. ”

“ Add the dry ingredients to the liquid ingredients, beating until smooth.
5. Cover dough closely with wax paper and chill in refrigerator overnight or several hours.
6. Then turn dough on a lightly floured board and roll thin. Cut with a floured cooky cutter. Garnish. Keep dough cold as it becomes sticky and hard to handle when warm.
7. Bake on ungreased baking sheet in a hot oven. ”

“ You will find that we have carefully selected a most pleasing variety of old favorites and new, delicious tempters. Many are pictured in color, so you can see what your results will be. All have been critically tested ... ”

“ To this mixture blend in the dry ingredients.
4. Form into two rolls 6 inches long. Wrap in wax paper. Place in refrigerator until thoroughly chilled or as needed.
5. Cut 1⁄4 inch slices from roll as required. Bake in hot oven. ”