I was paging through the book "The Pantry - It's History and Modern Uses" and found this cute quote:
"Calmness and method...are the housekeeper's friends. Do one thing at a time. (There! I've forgotten my bread in the oven! I put it in to bake while I was writing. All burnt on the top! Oh, Dear!) Where was I? Oh, one thing at a time! Don't stop to shed a retrospective tear over old letters in the garret while baking sponge cake, nor hunt for eggs in the barn with the pantry door wide open for the cat to enter in search of a nice dessert. A housekeeper needs her wits about her."
-Mrs. Mary R. P. Hatch, Daughters of America 1890
It made me laugh since I often try to do many things at once. Actually I am making bread and writing this at the same time....what can I say!
~Alyssa
"Calmness and method...are the housekeeper's friends. Do one thing at a time. (There! I've forgotten my bread in the oven! I put it in to bake while I was writing. All burnt on the top! Oh, Dear!) Where was I? Oh, one thing at a time! Don't stop to shed a retrospective tear over old letters in the garret while baking sponge cake, nor hunt for eggs in the barn with the pantry door wide open for the cat to enter in search of a nice dessert. A housekeeper needs her wits about her."
-Mrs. Mary R. P. Hatch, Daughters of America 1890
It made me laugh since I often try to do many things at once. Actually I am making bread and writing this at the same time....what can I say!
~Alyssa
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