The Spring Clean-Up
Tagged with: Advice, ARTICLES, Homes and Gardens
Tagged with: Advice, ARTICLES, Homes and Gardens
“Men are now so well served out of doors, – at their clubs, well-ordered taverns, and dining-houses, that in order to compete with the attractions of these places, a mistress must be thoroughly acquainted with the theory and practice of cookery, as well as be perfectly conversant with all the other arts of making and keeping a comfortable home”. So wrote Mrs Beeton in the preface to the first edition of her Book of Household Management in 1861.
How different the world is today and we thought it would be interesting, and maybe even useful, to have a look at the section on spring cleaning. To read more go to page 30 in the Feb and Apr 2021 issue