This linen cross stitch sampler, purportedly made by a year-old Jane Austen in , was displayed for the very first time. The stitching has become frayed and undone, so that the sampler appears to have been made in Such a practice was very common after a person died.
Letters and personal items were given to close friends and family members as a remembrance. Sampler detail. Jane Austen prided herself on her precise sewing skills.
This sampler shows a more inexperienced hand than a seamstress in her later years. I must add that a sampler I made at a similar age does not look nearly half as good.
Jane mentions a young needlewoman in Northanger Abbey. Henry Tilney remarks upon the age difference between Catherine Morland and himself:. Read Full Post Β». Oak cask for making vinegar. Image Taste of Croatia. Vinegar has had a long and noble history of uses for mankind. Since ancient times it has been used as a preservative. Delicate fruits and berries were ripe for such a short season that vinegar, with its acetic acid content, was used to to preserve them. Blackberry vinegar recipe. Add sugar and water, to the mixture and one had created a tart and pleasing beverage.
Mix it with alcohol, and this sweet concoction became a tasty mixer! Vinegar Cocktails Are Making the Rounds. As vinegar is so necessary an article in a family, and one on which so great a profit is made, a barrel or two might always be kept preparing, according to what suited. In foods it is used for its antibacterial properties, as an acidity stabiliser, diluting colourings, as a flavouring agent and for inhibiting mould growth in bread.
