LIGHTING A FIRE

The handbook of household management ... · Tegetmeier, W. B. · 1894
Source
The handbook of household management and cookery
Status
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (13)
  1. In a close stove the first thing is to empty the fireplace.
  2. Take out the larger cinders and half-burnt coal with your fingers, and lay them on one side for lighting the fire.
  3. Then rake out all the ashes (this can be done with the lids on, then it will not make so much dust).
  4. Next take off all the lids, and sweep all the soot carefully out.
  5. Once or twice a week the flue pipe must be taken off and cleared out; also the flues under the oven.
  6. The soot should be carried away at once, as it blows about.
  7. Then black-lead the stove.
  8. Put in a few cinders, lay on them a piece of paper and a few sticks crossing one another.
  9. On these lay very lightly some pieces of half-burnt coal and a few cinders, leaving space for draught.
  10. Do not fill the grate full, put the lids on, draw out the damper, light the fire, and shut the front door.
  11. An open fire is lighted, in much, the same way.
  12. There are no flues to clean out but the chimney as high as one can reach, and behind the register door, should be cleared from soot, daily.
  13. Having lighted the fire, clean the fire-irons, carry away the small, cinders and dust to be sifted, and wash the hearth.
Original Text
LIGHTING A FIRE, MILK AND EGGS, CHILDREN’S FOOD. To Light a Fire.—In a close stove the first thing is to empty the fireplace. Take out the larger cinders and half-burnt coal with your fingers, and lay them on one side for lighting the fire; then rake out all the ashes (this can be done with the lids on, then it will not make so much dust). Next take off all the lids, and sweep all the soot carefully out; once or twice a week the flue pipe must be taken off and cleared out; also the flues under the oven. The soot should be carried away at once, as it blows about. Then black-lead the stove; put in a few cinders, lay on them a piece of paper and a few sticks crossing one another, on these lay very lightly some pieces of half-burnt coal and a few cinders, leaving space for draught. Do not fill the grate full, put the lids on, draw out the damper, light the fire, and shut the front door. An open fire is lighted, in much, the same way. There are no flues to clean out but the chimney as high as one can reach, and behind the register door, should be cleared from soot, daily. Having lighted the fire, clean the fire-irons, carry away the small, cinders and dust to be sifted, and wash the hearth.
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