On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 06:30:49 GMT, "kilikini"
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>Michael, my first cookbook, The Betty Crocker red and white checked one, is *full* of recipes that
>are written, typed, snipped, etc. It feels so nice to pull out an index card of a recipe written by
>my grandmother.
>
A zillion years ago, my aunt and uncle sent me the Betty Crocker cookbook as an engagement present
the very cookbook you're talking about. It actually taught me how to cook, as the recipes were so
simple, simply explained and taught some basic techniques. It also fired up a latent passion for
cooking. Now, my cookbooks cover an entire 6' tall bookshelf. I may have a ton of favorite recipes
in Now You're Cooking, but I still like to rummage through my cookbooks for Something Else.
And I still have my mother's box of handwritten recipe index cards. Some of them I will never make
again (such as an 1890s recipe for nut bread from my great-great-grandmother and was so chewy that I
could have used it for a doorstop), but it's fun to have as a keepsake.
Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as old as the bird, and if the
bird's breasts had been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very good dinner." Anonymous.
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