LORENZ BOOKS GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSEHOLD SECRETS
Traditional wisdom, hints and tips for using natural ingredients in the home Margaret Briggs PUB DATE:
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Sports, Recreation & Health
September 2012
UK £19.99/US $29.99 (P) 160 x 5 books (S160BOX5) ⁄2
240 x 115mm/91 x 41 9780754824947 0 7548 2494 2
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Cooking; Household; Health WKH
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• Five classic volumes filled with hundreds of timeless household hints and tips for using baking soda, vinegar, salt, lemon and honey
• Delicious culinary ideas and recipes for these age-old ingredients, with surefire salad dressings and marinades, pickles and preserves, cakes and bakes
• Brimming with traditional household uses, such as cleaning kettles, removing ink from the carpet, making a hair rinse and removing grease spills
• Learn about the medicinal and health benefits that these old-fashioned yet effective remedies can bring your family – from relieving tired muscles and treating wounds and headaches to soothing sore throats and strengthening your immune system
• Features a description and history of each ingredient, and a guide to the many varieties that are available
This super collection of practical volumes is packed with hundreds of home cures, household hints and recipes for five staple storecupboard ingredients. Bicarbonate of Soda provides versatile cleaning solutions and a range of recipes; Vinegar explores one of nature’s most miraculous products, capable of doing the jobs of hundreds of household substances; Salt gives great advice about both cooking and cleaning with this essential mineral; Lemon looks at the nutritional, beauty and health uses of citrus fruits; and Honey contains culinary recipes, beauty tips and health benefits. Together, the five books offer essential information and inspirational ideas that will both help and delight every householder.
About the Author Margaret Briggs was a teacher for more than 30 years working in a variety of schools. Since leaving teaching she has had more time for gardening and cooking, and has embarked on a second career as a freelance writer, researcher and editor, alongside her writer husband.
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