Household tips from a bygone era on cleaning and cooking
A collection of practical cures and methods for everyday chores. It covers cleaning routines for fabrics and skin, stain removal with cooking ingredients, keeping moths away, enhancing flavors in teas and salads, and simple kitchen hacks for preserving foods and utensils.
Strange Inklings From A Curious Page Of Tales
A fragment from a late 19th century miscellany recounts odd facts and anecdotes. It covers DIY remedies a fly killer with formaldehyde solution, egg substitutes with breadcrumbs, and cheese. It also includes notes on East India Company medical footing in India, Greek fire torches, the Amazon River’s vast reach, and bizarre menu items once served by Dean Buckland.
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