after her coronation in 1837? Have a parliamentary meeting? Have tea with all the royal dignitaries? No – she gave her dog, Dash, a bath.
Take two or three roman or cabbage lettice, and when you have washed them clean, swing the pretty dry in a cloth; the beginning at the open end, cut the…
Take six pounds of tomatoes, and sprinkle with salt; let them remain a day or two, then boil, and press through a course sieve or cullender. Put into the liquor…
Don’t be put off by these books being old – many of them are still available in modern editions, if you want to look at them further. Eliza Acton…