Product Description

Did you know that a few drops of peppermint oil in a jug of water will help to keep flies out of your kitchen? Or that a paste of salt and vinegar will make your glassware sparkel? These are just some of the fascinating hints and tips from a treasure trove of tried and tested ideas presented in this indispensible domestic bible from Reader's Digest. Based on the experience and knowledge of past generations, Hints and Tips from Times Past will help you to cope with hundreds of everyday problems. More than 1200 practical ideas, recipes and remedies will teach you how to make your own bath oil, how to protect yourself from mosquiteo bites with the help of parsley, how to make delicious pickes and preserves and much, much more. Each of the 6 fascinating chapters offers a compendium of handy tips and techniques, including easy-to-follow recipes, with comprehensive information on all the ingredients, so you know where to get them, what they do and how long they will keep. Beautifully illustrated with spectacular full-colour photographs, this is a household bible that is both practical and inspiring

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #316650 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

Customer Reviews

This book is excelent providing historical insights!
Well if you want all the tricks and tips about healthy eating, remedies, medicine, then this is the book for you!
This featured book looks at all the areas to how life was like back then and how it was better!

It contains advice based on the experience of past generations to help you cope with hundreds of everyday problems!
It has helped me so it can help you to make the most of your present life!

Not cheap, but worth it!
This is a great reference book. It has all kinds of helpful recipes for herbal remedies, household cleaners, drying and preserving food...and all environmentally friendly. Some of the recipe ingredients looked a bit obscure, but there is a list of where to buy them, and the ones that they said were available from a chemist I have been able to locate easily. Every recipe I've made so far has done exactly what it claimed it would in the book.

If your great-grandmother isn't alive to tell you how they did things in her day, then this book is invaluable!