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“Will you cut the bread, dear? There’s the steel bread knife; doesn’t it look bright and shiny, too? I cleaned all my steel knives by dipping them into the earth in a flower pot I keep filled for that purpose. Well, I think dinner is ready now, Bob.”

One of Bettina’s more bizarre household tips!

I am learning SO much! 😂
A gem from 1917, this is a cookbook and housekeeping book intended for a new bride. It’s written as a novel with recipes and amazing illustrations.

..getting a bit tired of all the white sauce used for binding/drowning vegetables in...

and such tiny portions! a four egg omelet for four people.

The baked good seem fine, but egg whites in coffee? And white sauce on everything not all ready covered in aspic.
What IS a fireless cooker?