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How to conserve household gas. Don't waste gas by using the oven to cook one dish at a time. When there's baking to be done, utilize one space as much as possible. Cakes, baked fruits or vegetables, and casserole dishes are fine economical companions in an oven

How to conserve household gas. If you would like to save gas and keep that souffle from falling don't peek in the oven unless it is imperative. Time and temperature charts should be used when baking to save loss of heat; the same rule applies to foods cooking on the stove. Remove the lids of pots only when absolutely necessary

A black and white photo of a woman opening an oven door. Office of War Information Photograph

How to conserve household gas. One of the best ways to save gas is to use a pressure cooker if you have one. These utensils save by greatly reducing the time of cooking. Another method to save gas is to use triplicate sets--three triangular cooking pots which fit together to make a circle. These make it possible to cook three vegetables on one burner

How to conserve household gas. Turning the gas as high as possible causes waste. A moderate flame will heat foods just as rapidly as a high flame. For more efficient cooking, use a pot with a flat bottom and straight sides. If the stove is equipped with different size burners, use small burners for small pots and large burners for large utensils

How to conserve household gas. Turning the gas as high as possible causes waste. A moderate flame will heat foods just as rapidly as a high flame. For more efficient cooking, use a pot with a flat bottom and straight sides. If the stove is equipped with different size burners, use small burners for small pots and large burners for large utensils

How to conserve household gas. There's a time for everything, and the time to read a cookbook is before you light the gas, not after. Burners should not be lit until the cooking utensil is ready for the flame. Whenever possible, use low heat; whenever practical, use direct heat rather than a double boiler

A pot sitting on top of a stove. Office of War Information Photograph

How to conserve household gas. Your stove is not a furnace! Though fuel will not be as plentiful this winter, don't make your stove do double duty. Instead dress more warmly; the wasteful practice would increase gas consumption enormously and result in curtailment of gas for all

How to conserve household gas. Don't waste gas by using the oven to cook one dish at a time. When there's baking to be done, utilize one space as much as possible. Cakes, baked fruits or vegetables, and casserole dishes are fine economical companions in an oven

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

Title and other information from caption card.

Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

Film copy on SIS roll 31, frame 1971.

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safety film negatives lot 1921 george danor united states office of war information photo oven cook one dish don t waste gas household gas one space casserole dishes office of war information farm security administration united states history kitchen library of congress
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01/01/1942
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safety film negatives lot 1921 george danor united states office of war information photo oven cook one dish don t waste gas household gas one space casserole dishes office of war information farm security administration united states history kitchen library of congress