- In cold weather a leg of mutton improves by being hung three, four, or five weeks.
- When meat is hanging, change its position frequently, to equally distribute the juices.
- There is much more injury done by admitting visitors to invalids than is generally supposed.
- Matches, out of the reach of children, should be kept in every bedroom. They are cheap enough.
- Apple and suet dumplings are lighter when boiled in a net than a cloth. Skim the pot well.