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Put your knowledge of the domestic arts to the test!

Teste seu conhecimento das artes domésticas!

Ele é repleto de conselhos maravilhosos e, às vezes, inusitados.


Este é Experiências na Vida Doméstica (edição de 1954), um livro didático do ensino médio que ensina economia doméstica.

Vamos ver como você se sairia na aula!

Você passaria em uma aula de economia doméstica de 1954?

¡Pon a prueba tu conocimiento sobre las artes domésticas!

Está lleno de maravillosos y, a veces, locos consejos.


Esto es Experiences in Homemaking (edición de 1954), un libro escolar de Economía Doméstica.

¡Veamos cómo te iría en la clase!

¿Puedes aprobar una clase de Economía Doméstica de 1954?

Could You Pass A 1954 Home Economics Class?

It's filled with wonderful, sometimes wild advice.

Says the book: “Before you go to breakfast, open your window, if you closed it when you got up, and pull the covers back over the foot of the bed so they may air.”   
The idea is to let your bed air out while you're eating breakfast. Then you're supposed to make your bed (and brush your teeth) after you've eaten.

Open your window!

What's the first thing you should do when you wake up in the morning?

According to the book, “Your stocking should be washed every day when you take them off.”

How often should you wash your stockings?

“The toilet should be washed daily with a strong soap, a long-handled brush, or a cloth which may be burned afterwards.” Really into the instructions to burn something, TBH.   
Aside from the once-a-day cleaning, they say to clean the toilet once a week with a strong disinfectant.

Once a day!

How often should you clean your toilet?

“The hair should be shampooed regularly at least every two weeks and more often if it gets dirty.”

How often should you wash your hair?

From the book: “In making introductions, there are a few simple rules to remember. Men and boys are introduced to women and girls. Young people are introduced to older people of the same sex.”   
So you present Gloria to your mother, and present your father to Gloria.  
Yes, this is confusing as hell.

“Mother, this is Gloria Adams.” “Father, I’d like to introduce you to Gloria Adams.”

How would you go about introducing your friend Gloria to your parents?

“Eggs should always be washed before using; when an egg is opened, the contents often run over the outside of the shell, taking along whatever dirt or bacteria have accumulated there.”

Eggs

Which of the following foods should always be washed before you prepare it?

“If it is necessary to taste a food several times, the use of many different spoons can be avoided by pouring some of the food from the mixing spoon into a teaspoon. Repeat each time it is necessary to taste the food. This special spoon for tasting saves work and keeps the food clean.”  
Pretty smart little hack!

True!

True or false: You can use the same spoon to taste a food several times as you’re preparing it.

“Generally, the cleanest dishes are washed first and the cooking utensils last.”  
They do not specify how long you can let that dirty pot soak in the sink before finally doing something about it.

Glass, silver, china, kitchen utensils.

The order in which you should wash dishes is:

“A right-handed person picks up a dish with her right hand and places it in the washing pan. She then holds the dish with her left hand and washes it with the dishcloth or mop, which is held in her right hand."  
Got all that?

“A right-handed person picks up a dish with her \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ hand and places it in the washing pan. She then holds the dish with her \_\_\_\_\_\_ hand and washes it with the dishcloth or mop, which is held in her \_\_\_\_\_\_ hand."

“The sink should be cleaned whenever the dishes are washed.”

How often should you clean your kitchen sink?

According to our authors, "A table laid with fresh linen, with china and silver placed in an orderly way, and perhaps with a centerpiece of bright flowers produces a cheerful effect and helps those who eat at it feel happy. **Table manners tend to match the table.** The entire meal is made enjoyable, the food tastes better, and it is more beneficial when the table is attractive, the company agreeable, and the talk around the table friendly and interesting."

As the saying goes, "Table manners tend to match the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_."

“Place all dishes at the left of the person being served, except beverages, which are placed at the right. When placing dishes at the left, place them with the left hand. When placing beverages, use the right hand."

When serving a meal, place all dishes to the \_\_\_\_\_\_ of the person being served using your \_\_\_\_\_ hand. Place beverages to the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of the person being served, using your \_\_\_\_\_\_ hand.

FYI, “compromise” is just a combination of English and Russian.

“There are three types of table service: English, Russian, and compromise.”

What are the three types of table service?

“To spread butter on bread, break off a small piece of bread and butter it with your knife; do not butter the whole slice of bread.”

What is the correct way to eat bread and butter?

"After you have found your place, it is customary to stand behind your chair until your hostess is seated. At the close of the meal, she also gives the signal for leaving the table."  
Glad to see women reclaiming a tiny bit of power here.

The hostess!

It is customary to stand behind your chair until \_\_\_\_\_\_ takes their seat.

They say if everyone does this, no one will bump into each other!

"It is considered correct to sit and rise from the left of your chair."

You should always sit and rise from \_\_\_\_\_\_ of your chair.

Also! Here's a tip: "Press on the right side for a glossy finish; on the wrong side for a dull finish.”

“Cotton and linen fabrics may be pressed on either the right or wrong side."

Iron cotton and linen fabrics on \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

The book spends several pages explaining the difference between a democratic family and a patriarchal family, and gives examples of both kinds of families. According to our authors, the children in the patriarchal family end up struggling because they had "little opportunity to make decisions for themselves" and were "poorly prepared for adult life in a democracy."

A democracy!

The ideal family structure is a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

In the chapter on budgeting, _Experiences in Homemaking_ explains that a mother’s work is a form of income, and asks, “Have you ever stopped to consider what it would cost if someone were paid to do the work your mother does about the house? … When estimates have been made of what it would cost to pay other people for the various tasks the mother does in caring for her home and family, it has been found that the mother’s time is as valuable as the average father’s time in terms of money.”

Labor income.

The work a mother does in the home is called:

When it comes to the domestic arts, you still have a lot to learn. You have been known to leave dirty dishes lying around, you don't give a damn about the "proper" way to clean things, and you probably butter your entire slice of bread before eating it. SMDH.

You probably would have failed home ec!

You own an iron and clean your place from time to time, but you don't care much for rules when it comes to the domestic arts. Keep studying and you may become a hostess with the mostess someday!

You would have passed home ec, but barely!

Hot damn, you are quite the domestic goddess! You care about having a clean and lovely home and you know the best ways to make that happen. The rest of us could stand to learn a thing or two from you.

Wow, you're a true home ec expert!

Homens e mulheres, testem seus conhecimentos!

Você passaria em uma prova de economia doméstica de 1954?

¿Puedes pasar una clase de Economía del Hogar de 1954?

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Could You Pass A 1954 Home Economics Class?

This is Experiences in Homemaking (1954 Edition), a high school home ec textbook.

Let's see how you'd do in the class!

Could You Pass A 1954 Home Economics Class?

This is Experiences in Homemaking (1954 Edition), a high school home ec textbook.

Let's see how you'd do in the class!

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