Well I never! Doubtless all the girls will be impressed by your knowledge of salt scrubs … take a look online at the Elemis version, you’ll need your credit card. I bought a very small mustard jar sized Australian scrub and it was indeed a splendid thing, probably made from your preserved lemons! I should add that the type of salt has to be the more flakey sort, any coarse stuff will require a visit to A&E if the user is not careful! Next time I make a batch I’ll do you a trial size. I must remember to think ‘manly’ - we don’t want strong floral notes wafting into the workplace, or more importantly into your salubrious social haunts

Cid

p.s. Memoirs of a Geisha, fab book and film

Miles

Don’t worry I only use salt derived from the rain forest, harvested by local people

Here’s one for you Miles: take a decent size jar (like the one with the lemons in), put large quantity of flakey salt in, top up with a skin friendly oil such as almond and add a few drops of your favourite essential oil …. stir with rain forest wooden spoon*. Rub a small quantity of salt scrub all over the body to exfoliate and relax in the bath after a hard days work. My recipe is extra satisfying when you think of the price of the shop bought version.

Cid

*of course any spoon will do in a crisis

One must tread carefully when debating the delicate nature of my flirtation with George. Experience tells me that the Tuesday Psychotherapy Assembly is likely to cut to the quick and tell me the raw truth behind my nicely constructed obsessions… when what I really want to hear is a load of old flannel that when whisked up in a virtual bowl, can be easily inverted without spilling a drop

Back to the lemons, does it have to be rock salt?

Cid

Christine