A “Housekeeper’s Remembrancer” from the Victorian era so you never forget the knife powder or bath brick when you go out

by ir0nychild

22 comments

  2. I suppose you were just meant to remember the non-fancy biscuits.

  3. KNIFE PWDR. must have been important to be uppercase on the shopping list and I’m all for BACON.

  4. ~~if this is from the Victorian era, why is there a slot for Coke?

    Edit: coke was invented in the 1880s iirc. Victorian era ends, what, 1901? So between its invention and the end of the Victorian era, Coke became important enough to the average British home to stress remembering it at the shops?~~

    Edit: Coke is a grey, hard, and porous coal-based fuel with a high carbon content and few impurities, made by heating coal or oil in the absence of air—a destructive distillation process. It is an important industrial product, used mainly in iron ore smelting, but also as a fuel in stoves and forges when air pollution is a concern.

  7. The placement of the holes really upsets me. Some of them are so out of alignment it could lead to horrific confusion. Check out vinegar! Is it that or wine or vegetables?!

  8. Has anyone worked out what “do” means? I get it means the item above, like we use “ now… but what is do short for?

  9. I love these useless things, because it’s so obvious this was never ever practical.

    Once you go out and shop for these things, you’ll want them written down on a note. So why not just replace the remebrancer with a piece of paper and save some time?

  10. I’m presuming the ones in capitals are the important things, BACON, CAKE, VASELINE.

  11. A bath brick was a clay bar used for cleaning. Being mildly abrasive it worked kinda like Jif/Cif.

  17. What is the difference between cooking eggs and fresh eggs?

    Dried egg powder, maybe? I thought that shit was wartime rationing nonsense…

  19. I hope that ‘bath brick’ isn’t home when I get back.

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