some of the cake recipes in my book says to bake in a moderate oven, or gentle oven, or even better "Bake 1 & a half hours or even less" with no temperature given there. This recipe must be for experienced cooks.

But I found something even better in the Home Nursing section

Cure for Diarrhoea - 40 drops of Oil of peppermint, 80 drops launanum, half pint of brandy. Dose - 1 tablespoon in same quantity of water, repeat the dosew in 10 minutes. f the symptoms are not relieved, continue taking the medicine at intervals of half an hour. For adults only. This remedy has been used successfully for English cholera.

And to think that for years - decades - I've envied my Aunt getting Great Aunt's copy of "Enquire within for everything." This book will join my reading pilke, rather than be returned to the cookbook shelf, looks like there is lot of good reading there.

On the next page the recipe to Destroy Ants calls for 20 grains of white arsenic!

fThe irst editon of this wonderful book was issued in 1895 & the 17th in 1922, & I think I've heard of later editions, but I bet those recipes/hints aren't there any more.

sandra