Elegant and Frugal!
An organized kitchen workspace. " Give me half-a-dozen eggs, a few spoonfuls of gravy and as much cream, with a spoonful of butter and a handful of bread crumbs, and I can get up a good breakfast or luncheon ," said a housekeeper to me once, in a modest boastfulness that became her well, in my eyes. For I had sat often at her elegant, but frugal board, and I knew she spoke the truth. Elegant and frugal dining room " Elegant and frugal !" I shall have more hope of American housewives when they learn to have faith in this combination of adjectives. As quoted from: Breakfast, Luncheon and Tea, by Marion Harland, 1875 .. part of the "Common Sense In The Household" series. For gaining much wisdom about domestic life, visit the ' Feeding America ' website to read complete one and two century old books published in the United States of America.