N is for No Frills and Natural

Yes .......... it is an apt description of moi, but, it's not what I mean.






If you live in Australia you'll recognise the No Frills brand as quality supermarket products with bland packaging. Apparently this was started by Franklins back in 1978 with just three products- peanut butter, honey and potato chips.

Now of course there are no frills everything- including airlines- and I am not so sure about that!

But no frills groceries means you can save a lot of money on your weekly shopping bill by not being swayed by packaging or shelf positioning. I am ALWAYS grateful for a bargain.

I am also very grateful to have got to a stage in life where I can disregard the claims made by companies that produce cleaning products. What a lot of money and damage to the environment we can save by simply cleaning with the products our grandmothers used!

I am almost fanatical now about white vinegar. There isn't much that this product doesn't clean as well as, or better than, the alternatives I've found.

Have a look at this website for some (well a 1001 actually) great ideas
http://www.vinegartips.com/Scripts/


Got to be grateful for vinegar!

I have a book that was passed down to me from a great, great Aunt. It is entitled Everything a Lady Should Know. It doesn't have a publication date but I assume around 1900 because, although having a Hunter Street Sydney bookseller's label, it talks of dissolving mixtures "over the fire".

It has recipes and cures for just about everything the 21st woman needs to know.
Here is the entry on the uses of the humble lemon.

 What a lemon will do

Lemonade made from the juice of the lemon is one of the best and safest drinks for any person whether in health or not. It is suitable for all stomach diseases, excellent in sickness, in cases of jaundice, liver complaint, inflammation of bowels and fevers. It is a specific against worms and skin complaints. The pippin (seed) crushed may be used sugar and water and taken as a drink. Lemon juice not only cures disease, but prevents it. Sailors make daily use of it for this purpose. We advise everyone to rub their gums with lemon juice to keep them in a healthy condition. The hands and nails are also kept clean, white, soft and supple by  the daily use of lemon instead of soap.It also prevents chilblains. Lemon is used in intermittent fevers, mixed with strong, hot, black coffee without sugar. Neuralgia (nerve pain), it is said, may be cured by rubbing the part effected with a cut lemon. It is valuable also to cure warts. It will remove dandruff by rubbing the roots of the hair with it. It will alleviate, and finally cure coughs, colds if taken hot on going to bed at night. Its uses are manifold and the more we employ it internally the better we shall feel ourselves.