I am sorry to admit that I have been flicking through an ancient old Mrs Beetons Book of Cookery and Household Management.
I thought that I'd share 2 things which made me chuckle.
1. In the Index I was looking up 'Toffee' and saw almost next to it... 'Toenails - ingrown'
AAAGGGHHHH...YUCK!!!!
2. An instruction to boil the toffee to the small crack degree - tested by dipping the forefinger into a bowl of cold water and into the toffee, then quickly back into the bowl of cold water. I'd like to add that the toffee is boiling at an EXTREME temperatre....just wondered if you'd have any forefinger left or if it'd be melted off!!!
Anyone else come across crazy things in any types of books!?!