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Cold Meat and How To Disguise It: A History of Advice on How to Survive Hard Times, A Hundred Years of Belt Tightening

Cold Meat and How To Disguise It: A History of Advice on How to Survive Hard Times, A Hundred Years of Belt Tightening

by HunterDavies (Author)

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    Hardcover 2009

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Synopsis

Credit has been crunched, banks hammered, the economy battered, prices up, hopes down. All classes are being urged to economise, make do and mend, spin things out, avoid waste. It has been ever thus. In times of War, General Strikes as well as Economic Disasters, Governments as well as agony aunts, do-gooders, magazines, books and manufacturers have always exhorted us to tighten the old belts. Hunter Davies looks back at a hundred years of handy, and often hilarious, exhortations as they were applied to Food, Children, Health, Clothing, the Home, Money and Savings. Some of the hints and advice are mystifying, but all are part of social history, and some could prove very useful in today's economic climate. For instance, you really might want to turn some cold scraps of meat into a succulent new dish or knit some old bits of string together in order to make a jolly useful dishcloth...

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 160
 Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Published: 16 Apr 2009
ISBN 10: 071123051X
ISBN 13: 9780711230514

Media Reviews
Not just a collection of recipes and tips for those suffering economical hardship today, but is a racy and often humourous personal commentary on the way people lived through two wars. Keswick Reminder A century's worth of handy and often hilarious exhortations. Manchester Evening News This is the book Davies was born to write. He's a hoarder by nature, a collector, and to research his project he simply raided his bookshelves for old leaflets and books, turning up such titbits as an 1891 recipe for lark's pie ... Davies is the star of the book. Observer Governments and domestic gurus have long been telling us to economise and handing out tips on how to do so. Hunter Davies has ransacked magazines, books and leaflets from the past to compile an anthology of handy hints that is both entertaining and, in this credit crunch, highly useful. Waterstone's Books Quarterly It wont necessarily encourage such a consumerist society as ours to make-do-and-mend but will certainly raise a smile and forms an interesting romp through a century's social history. Cumbria Life If you want an antidote for the grim budget, then this is it. Hunter Davies's austerity anthology is packed with fun and delight, tips and advice that ought to lift depressed spirits. Camden New Journal A wry look at money-saving advice complied from Government campaigns, magazine agony aunts and posters. With a few chuckles at some of the more mystifiying ideas, there are still plenty of tips you'll find useful today. BBC Good Food Magazine Cold Meat is the perfect book for our times. We have grown fat and decadent. It's time to put some backbone into our lives. Of course the best way to save money is not to buy a book like this. That, however, would be to deny yourself an evening of gentle amusement. It would be taking austerity too far. Cumberland News Offering sage advice in uncertain times. Good Book Guide
Author Bio
Hunter Davies is the author of over 30 books, many of them with a Lake District connection, as well as biographies of Wordsworth, Beatrix Potter and Eddie Stobart. His authorised biography of Wainwright appeared in 1995. He is married to the novelist and biographer Margaret Forster and they divide their time between London and their Lake District home in Loweswater.