Whether you have plans today or are just staying in. May your Saturday be an awesome one. Stay safe, keep warm. Peace!

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    1 year ago

    Wunnderful! Does it include making pot scourers from the combings of horsehair from the horse that pulls the family carriage? And using cabbage leaves to clean the toilet (thunderbox style)? I have a copy of the 1898 edition of Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management, which contains useful advice on hiring a butler. And housemaids. I could use both but the supply is very limited rn.

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        1 year ago

        Yep. Only a MUCH older edition. The recipies are about half of it. The rest is ‘household management’. Including how to clean carpets without a vacuum, and how to prepare a bedroom suite for guests of ducal rank. Used tea leaves are involved for the carpets. And guests of ducal rank expect a tin of biscuits on the mantelpiece in case they get the munchies during the night. And fresh sealing wax in the escritoire. Makes one wonder a bit what the Gs of DR were getting up to on the preceding evening.