Ash as a care product, kitchen recipes born out of necessity, constricting corsets – the lives of women between 1850 and 1918 were often laborious, time-consuming, and at times, from today's perspective, quite bizarre. Sandra Lembke must know, as she experienced the daily lives of common people, nobility, and actors, following the advice of doctors and miracle healers of that time. But what happens when a person from the 21st century is suddenly confronted with cigarette ash as a toothpaste, washing hair with soapwort, tedious laundry care, unusual wartime dishes, or great-grandma's underwear? The author researched in national and international archives and entertainingly connects the depiction of past everyday life with the account of her self-experiments. Living like it was yesterday can be so exciting!.