From Betty's kitchen to yours
112 illustrated pages of old-fashioned cleaning, laundry, kitchen, garden and money-saving tricks that still work today, plus honest words about the popular ones that don't.
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Every trick is written out step by step, the way a friend would show you across the kitchen table. Real measurements, what to do, and what to watch out for.
Ten chapters that cover the whole house, from the cupboard under the sink to the garden gate.
Throughout the book you'll find Betty's Honest Corner, where she sets straight the household tricks the internet gets wrong. A few of them:
Baking soda and vinegar will unclog your drain.
They mostly cancel each other out. The fizz is just gas. Betty shows you what actually clears a drain.
If an egg floats, throw it out.
The float test tells you how old an egg is, not whether it's safe. Here's the test that really matters.
A carrot top will grow you a new carrot.
It grows lovely greens, but never another carrot. Find out which scraps really pay you back.
My mother's cupboard had a jug of vinegar, a box of baking soda, a bowl of lemons, a canister of salt and a bar of soap. And her house was clean. Really clean.
This book is everything I've picked up since, from her, from the women on our street, and from a lot of trial and error in my own kitchen. Some of these tricks are a hundred years old. Every one of them I've actually done. And when something is mostly a nice story, I'll tell you that too.
With love, Betty
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Hardly any. Most tricks use things you already have: white vinegar, baking soda, lemons, salt and dish soap. Where a store-bought product really is the best answer, Betty says so.
The book goes much further. It collects Betty's tricks for the whole house in one organized place, with measurements, step-by-step instructions, safety notes and charts you can print.
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Keep it on your phone, print the pages you like best, and tape them inside a cupboard door. That's what Betty would do.
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