1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD Stocking the Cupboard cracker is useful for breaking lobster as well as nuts, and the picks of course will be included, also fruit knives and orange spoons and after-dinner coffee spoons, if he can afford them. With the list as above, the bachelor may entertain very nicely on a small scale. He may, if he has the time and inclination, pick up veritable treasures at old auction rooms and second hand shops in solid silver and quaint old china that will give his dining service an individuality as strong as his pocketbook will stand. FOR THE utensils and " articles de cuisine," the fol- COOKING lowing list w^ill be found to embrace all the things needed for a very small menage:

mixing bowls

covered agate kettle

2

I

I tin oven to use over gas

colander

I

frying pans

2

large

chain

dish cleaner

I

2 small ones

frying pans

2 covers

for

quart measure

kitchen knives

I

3

flour

sifter

forks

I

3

2 basins

2 mixing spoons

double boiler

measuring spoon

I

I

oblong baking dns

I graduated measuring cup I chopping bowl and knife

3

2 small

skillets

strainer

I egg beater I meat board

1

toaster

1

broiler

1

ladle

I

dish pan

I skimmer

I

large tin pan

I

1 pitcher

This sounds a lot, but you will be surprised to see the small amount of space they take w^hen neatly hung on the closet door and placed on the shelf that the closet will doubtless contain for their reception, He 23