Vintage Homemaking

Rules for the kitchen from The Complete Cook 1864
Side note: These rules are for the cook. This was in the day when a middle class housewife had help for the housework. As many of the rules pertained to dishes and utensils we no longer utilize I have only listed a few that I thought could [...]

Buckey Cookery  and Practical Housekeeping 1877
It is becoming fashionable in these pinching times to economize and housekeepers are finding it a pleasant pastime to search out and stop wastes in household expenses, and to exercise the thousand little economies which thoughtful and careful women understand so readily and practice with such grace. Somebody has said [...]

Edwardian Era (just after the Victorian Era) Nut Recipes. I particularly think the last one, Fruit and Nut Salad, sounds very delicious.
The Housekeeper section of Ladies World was all about nuts come January 1903 so I decided to share. Now I have not tested these recipes so I cannot say that they work out or [...]

I thought this was timely since I just bought one.
Godey’s Lady’s Book December 1867.
“It should be remembered that the pianoforte is susceptible of the change of temperature, and when tuned in one temperature will be out of tune in another.
Good and well made pianofortes will stand if they are tuned at proper periods.
Many [...]

This is a cold cream recipe from Godey’s Lady’s Book 1867. I believe the March edition.
I’m guessing you could substitute beeswax for the white wax. Rose watermay be purchased online and instead of setting by the fire how about placing in a double boiler?
“This is a simple and cooling ointment exceedingly serviceable for rough or [...]