One Simply Cannot Get the Staff

Do not entrust the making of tea to servants

This is taken from a very old Victorian recipe book.  It made me smile.

Blend your teas thoroughly well and keep in a closed tin in a dry place.

Do not entrust the making of this (or any other tea) to servants.  The scalding of the teapot and making of tea with freshly boiling water are essential:  and this is what servants usually ignore.

Water that has been boiling some time will not "draw" tea properly: much less so, water that "has boiled" which is too frequently made use of by servants.

Hints on Food Storage:
It is essential that all store-provisions should be kept covered otherwise they accumulate dust and germs, and become unfit for use, even though they may appear so.  


This is a fact which no servant can get into her head, and which requires constant attention.