Topic 30 of 77: Fav-o-rite cookbooks
Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (16:47) |
Host (KitchenManager)
Which ones can't you live without, and conversely,
which ones are a complete waste of time/money?
95 responses total.
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Response 1 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (16:57) * 2 lines
I would NEVER buy myself a cookbook unless it has lots and lots and lots of pictures in it. Actually I have never bought a cookbook in my life. But my mum gave me the old South African Cook and Enjoy it, which I love - it is very funny in places (though probably only to me), and has all the dishes I grew up with. Also the measurements are in cups and spoonfuls, which makes it much, much easeier.
I don't like beans and/or lentils so much, because they make you . . . well nevermind, but so I don't ever want one of those cookbooks. And vegetarian is alright, but no seed-eating-egg-avoiding-fun-killing vegan recipes for me, thank you. I bet they all start with 'Pluck one living . . . ' anyway.
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Response 2 of 95: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sat, Jul 4, 1998 (23:57) * 1 lines
"Microwave Cooking for your Baby & Child" was like a Bible when my kids were babies. I made all my own baby food (who knows what's in those jars?) and this book was chock-full of great food combinations. Other than that I'm not really the cookbook type. When you're vegetarian people give you cookbooks all the time as gifts, for some reason.
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Response 3 of 95: Wolf (wolf) * Sun, Jul 5, 1998 (00:02) * 7 lines
whoa, like this new background, when did it change? (see how long it's been
since i visited!)
i like cookbooks period. but my husband does all the cooking (he loves it and
i am one lucky babe). i think his fav book is a cajun one called pirate chest
or something. he never follows the recipe exactly and the stuff always comes
out good. (now i'm braggin' on him, he'll never cook again!)
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Response 4 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Jul 5, 1998 (00:58) * 1 lines
Chris is also a good cook - we always fight over who's cooking, because the one who doesn't cook has to do the washing up, and we both HATE it.
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Response 5 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Jul 5, 1998 (05:48) * 6 lines
Ten Talents and Diet for a Small Planet.
Plus the Farm Vegetarian Cookbook and the Tempeh Cookbook.
My favorites.
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Response 6 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Jul 5, 1998 (08:54) * 1 lines
Do you cook, Terry?
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Response 7 of 95: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sun, Jul 5, 1998 (22:51) * 1 lines
I would love to take a peek at the tempeh one; I could use some inspiration besides stir-fry and tacos!
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Response 8 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Jul 6, 1998 (09:47) * 1 lines
I do cook on occasion.
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Response 9 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Jul 6, 1998 (12:32) * 1 lines
I like that in a man.
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Response 10 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Mon, Jul 6, 1998 (13:23) * 5 lines
I love to sit a read cookbooks! I park my caboose down on Tattered Cover's second floor and peruse and peruse...
But I don't use them in the kitchen.
More like inspiration for me.
Welcome back vacationers!
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Response 11 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Jul 6, 1998 (16:09) * 1 lines
And welcome back to you too! What have you been up to, stranger?
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Response 12 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Sun, Jul 19, 1998 (10:25) * 2 lines
two of my fave cookbooks are
The Joy of Cooking and Unmentionable Cuisine...
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Response 13 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Jul 19, 1998 (11:07) * 2 lines
Do they have nice, juicy steak recipes?
I don't eat meat every day, but I could never become vegetarian. Nothing like a big juicy steak to cheer me up when I'm feeling bored.
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Response 14 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (04:01) * 3 lines
My favorite recipe for cooking steak requires the burnout oven at a foundry. the
oven runs at 1000 degrees C. Recipe calls for a steak two inches thick and frozen solid. Place steak on moldfork. stick steak into center of oven, being careful not to touch sides, top, or floor of oven with steak. Count to ten.
remove steak. Eat.
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Response 15 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (00:51) * 1 lines
OOOH, yes! I like a steak who whispers that soft 'moo' in my ear every time I take a bite. YUMMY!
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Response 16 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (00:56) * 2 lines
Specially when It's also charred black and crispy on the outside. MMMMM can't
be beat!!!!
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Response 17 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (07:01) * 2 lines
Yes, like crisps with raw flesh in it!
Have you ever had biltong, Tim?
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Response 18 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (10:52) * 2 lines
I don't think so. However, I was known to eat some strange things when I was
drunk. What is it?
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Response 19 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (00:38) * 3 lines
??
Biltong is a typically African thing - a dried meat snack. Sort of like meat crisps, but softer, and spicey. But not as one knows it over here or in America. I have no way to describe it, but I'll be sure to bring you some next year, because I'll be in Africa for 4 weeks before coming over. You'll love it!
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Response 20 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (00:47) * 1 lines
I'm sure I will, Sounds like jerky!!
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Response 21 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (01:09) * 2 lines
Jerky? How can you say that?? It's not jerky at all!
What's jerky?
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Response 22 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (09:29) * 3 lines
Strips of spicy meat with most of the water removed. A Native American idea. It
was common over here in Leif Ericson's day @ AD 1000, and has been ever since.
I like it very much though, and I look forward to trying your version, Riette.
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Response 23 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (10:41) * 1 lines
Okay, I'll bring lots - you'll be hooked! But I'd like to try your version too, if I may.
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Response 24 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (12:25) * 1 lines
For sure, Riette. We can load up on it for the trip to Mexico.
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Response 25 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (01:09) * 1 lines
Cool! But we musn't take a gun to Mexico. I don't want to go to jail for 5 years.
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Response 26 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (01:49) * 1 lines
Specially not a Mexican jail, Riette. I don't own a gun. I don't need a gun.
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Response 27 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (10:10) * 1 lines
Good! Neither do I. I saw a horrible programme about it on TV last night though, and thought: I do NOT want this!
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Response 28 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (16:54) * 2 lines
Riette, I would not want to be in any jail. I for sure don't want to be in a Mexican jail.
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Response 29 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Nov 27, 1998 (00:57) * 1 lines
No, me neither. I like having a loo that flushes.
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Response 30 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Fri, Nov 27, 1998 (01:04) * 1 lines
I like views that aren't framed by bars, Riette.
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Response 31 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Nov 27, 1998 (15:16) * 1 lines
Yeah! And in your case keeping your backside close against the wall will get pretty uncomfortable too....
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Response 32 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Fri, Nov 27, 1998 (15:27) * 1 lines
Riette, I'd sleep that way.
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Response 33 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (00:37) * 1 lines
I'd make SURE of that if I were you. Because you know how sperm builds up with men - and as far as I know they don't lock men and women up in the same cells, not even in Mexico! And those guys, they don't care WHAT kind of a hole they can find in their desperate need to relief themselves of the hydrostatic pressure!
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Response 34 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (00:46) * 1 lines
Riette, they'd also have to be bigger than I am. In mexico That is practically non existant.
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Response 35 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Nov 29, 1998 (01:13) * 1 lines
ha-ha!!! But the bigger the better, remember!! And they can always stand on top of each other to be able to reach such an exotic thing as you!
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Response 36 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Sun, Nov 29, 1998 (01:18) * 1 lines
That still leaves them a little weak thru the middle, Riette.
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Response 37 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (01:05) * 1 lines
Let's hope so! And let's not go to jail. Let's go to the desert instead.
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Response 38 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (01:16) * 1 lines
Will do Riette, ASAP.
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Response 39 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (01:16) * 1 lines
ASAP?? After Some Alternative Prowling?
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Response 40 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (01:16) * 1 lines
As SOON AS Possible, Riette.
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Response 41 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Dec 1, 1998 (01:00) * 1 lines
ha-ha! I know! But I knew you were going to correct me too, and I like it so much when you get strict like that! ha-ha!
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Response 42 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Tue, Dec 1, 1998 (01:06) * 1 lines
Riette, You are such a tease!!
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Response 43 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Dec 1, 1998 (13:01) * 1 lines
And you're such fun to tease!
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Response 44 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Tue, Dec 1, 1998 (20:55) * 1 lines
Well I'm glad you enjoy it so much, Riette.
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Response 45 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Jan 14, 1999 (00:08) * 128 lines
Christopher Kimball, founder and editor of Cook's
Illustrated magazine, grew up on a small farm in Vermont.
During the summer he worked as a farmhand, milking cows and
fixing equipment. Yet what Kimball remembers and cherishes
most about those long, balmy summers was a gathering place
called the yellow farmhouse. Here, all the farmhands
converged for pound cake, molasses cookies, and a wealth of
other hearty home-cooked foods. In "The Yellow Farmhouse
Cookbook," Kimball shares his passion for these farmhouse
foods in a series of recipes and stories. For a taste of
what the book has to offer, Christopher Kimball wrote a
special essay for Amazon.com, summing up this place he
called home.
******
A Place to Call Home
by Christopher Kimball
We all need a place to call home and, for me, that place is
the yellow farmhouse. It was part of a large New England
farm originally owned by Fred Bentley that had three large
barns, a corn crib, a sap house, an outhouse, a pigsty, and
a small yellow shed that was used through the 1950s and '60s
as housing for the farmhands. It was the home of Marie
Briggs, the de facto town baker, as well as Floyd Bentley
and his cousin Junior Bentley.
Dinner was served promptly at noon each day, all the
farmhands crowding around the table for a roast, baking
powder biscuits, milk gravy, potatoes, boiled greens,
homemade anadama bread, and a good dessert: pound cake,
molasses cookies, or, once in a great while, a fruit pie.
The parlor was a busy room, never empty of visitors at any
hour, really the town center for many decades. It is quiet
now, although I remember the stories told in the small
parlor, tales that filled the room with a special cadence, a
flash of wit that spoke to the uncertainties of country
living. Perhaps I remember most fondly the smell of that
small parlor, the ripe scent of yeast, molasses, fresh
bread, green wood, maple syrup, wood smoke, and pickled
meats, a heady perfume that seeped into the wallpaper and
floorboards and that remains today. It was a dark, still
room, even in summer, since the closed windows were often
steamed from the simmering water on the stove. It was a
world submersed in half-light, visitors appearing suddenly
from the outside without warning, the sun at their backs,
their approach having gone unnoticed.
The "Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook" was brought to life with the
notion that good food must have a sense of place. Each
recipe is born with a story to tell of a cook, of a town, of
the lives of those who sit around the dinner table enjoying
the food and the company. But the foundation of the book is
an investigation of the best methods of making classic
country recipes such as apple pie and apple crisps, roast
turkey, pot roast, buttermilk baking powder biscuits, lemon
meringue pie, chicken fricassee, mashed potatoes, potato
salad, coleslaw, strawberry jam, chocolate chip cookies, and
much more.
I figured out how to bake a pumpkin pie with a crisp crust,
make an apple crisp with a truly crunchy topping, make a
tomato sauce in 10 minutes that tastes fresh and lively,
cook up perfect rice every time, make pie pastry that is
easy to roll out and doesn't shrink when baked, and make a
roast that is fall-apart tender and juicy. I have included
more than 300 carefully tested recipes, including a 40-
minute Whole Wheat Soda Bread, Country Meatloaf, Raspberry
Rectangles, Hermit Bars, Blueberry Boy Bait, stews, soups,
preserves, breads, etc. I sought out simplicity of method
and good taste above all, streamlining methods, pulling back
on cream and sugar where necessary, but retaining the hearty
flavors of American country cooking.
I also tested plenty of cookware for this book with actual
ratings of specific brands, including hand-held mixers,
inexpensive chef's knives, cookie sheets, muffin tins, loaf
pans, saucepans, graters, and instant-read thermometers.
(Hint: cheap supermarket cookie sheets work better than more
expensive brands, and I found a $12 chef's knife that is
almost as good as the $85 models.)
In addition to the recipes, you'll also meet a cast of
characters, from Floyd Bentley, who was painted by Norman
Rockwell in "Breaking Home Ties," to Rob Woodcock, who was
known to harvest Christmas trees with a shotgun, to my
neighbor, Jean, who once invited my wife and I over for a
dinner of woodchuck and squirrel. You'll be invited to
attend our annual Ox Roast potluck supper in August, march
along with us in the July 4 parade, sing "Precious Lord,
Take My Hand" at our Old Home Day celebration, and go
swimming at the Baptist Hole just behind the Methodist
Church.
But "The Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook" is also about lessons
learned from a lifetime of country cooking and a childhood
in a small New England town. We each had our work to do and
we knew how to do it. It has always been that way on farms.
Nobody stops to say "good job" or to slap you on the back.
When Marie's bread came out just right or her baked custard
was light and tender, it was simply eaten along with the
rest of the meal and quietly appreciated. This is the
unwritten code of the farmhouse: an expectation of hard
work, a reliance on others to do their jobs, and an interest
in the well-being of the community. In hard times, these
were necessary traits for survival, but now that times have
changed, I think that we could do worse than to take a
moment to stop by the yellow farmhouse, take a seat at the
table, backs warmed by the old green Kalamazoo, and share
the food and the stories. Marie and Floyd and Junior
wouldn't have thanked you for stopping by but they would
have nonetheless been glad of your company.
Featured in this post:
"The Yellow Farmhouse"
by Christopher Kimball
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316496995/thespring
To try out four of Christopher Kimball's fantastic recipes--
Buttermilk Baking Powder Biscuits; Rich, Thick Chocolate
Cookie; Master Recipe for Quick Tomato Sauce; and Blueberry
Boy-Bait--go to
http://www.amazon.com/yellow-farmhouse-recipes
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Response 46 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Jan 14, 1999 (13:01) * 3 lines
°drooling shamelessly°
The James Rizzi cookbook I got for Christmas from my husband is incredible. Full of typical New Yorker recipes, really easy to understand instructions, and great results. My favourite is his Devil's Burger recipe. The weird thing is that the book was only published in German!!!!!
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Response 47 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Jan 14, 1999 (23:22) * 1 lines
too cool!
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Response 48 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Jan 15, 1999 (03:54) * 1 lines
But why would a New Yorker's cookbook be published only in German, do you think?
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Response 49 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Jan 15, 1999 (09:06) * 2 lines
not sure...think if I wrote a Texan one,
we could get it published in Afrikaans?
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Response 50 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Jan 15, 1999 (10:51) * 1 lines
Absolutely!! As long as every dish includes meat, that is.
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Response 51 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Jan 15, 1999 (11:52) * 1 lines
pretty much guaranteed...
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Response 52 of 95: T Patrick McCourt (PT) * Fri, Jan 15, 1999 (17:01) * 1 lines
You are saying that Afrikaaners like their meat.
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Response 53 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Jan 16, 1999 (06:09) * 1 lines
Afrikaners don't consider it a meal unless it includes meat.
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Response 54 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Sat, Jan 16, 1999 (08:28) * 2 lines
what?!?!?
no big tofu eaters over there?
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Response 55 of 95: T Patrick McCourt (PT) * Sat, Jan 16, 1999 (12:56) * 1 lines
I must say that I agree with them on that point. Tofu is ok, but it is not meat.
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Response 56 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Jan 16, 1999 (14:29) * 1 lines
No, Stacey. I have not found a single vegetarian restaurant in Namibia. Or a single vegetarian, for that matter! I mean, I like meat, but $hit! They eat it for breakfeast, lunch, dinner AND inbetweens! And they just don't understand why they die of heart attacks before they turn 50....
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Response 57 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Sat, Jan 16, 1999 (15:33) * 2 lines
*laugh*
I bet the average length of time spent constipated is rather large...
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Response 58 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Jan 18, 1999 (01:52) * 2 lines
°guffaw°
Not constipated, it has more of a spout-$hit-effect! The thing is the meat is just so good there, I end up eating it all day the first two days. Then I spend 4 days on the loo, which is usually enough to convince me to stop. And then I'm okay for the rest of the holiday!
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Response 59 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Jan 18, 1999 (01:53) * 1 lines
Excuse that visual, but it's the truth.
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Response 60 of 95: T Patrick McCourt (PT) * Wed, Jan 20, 1999 (20:51) * 2 lines
I was going to say that if you are having a problem with constipation, you are
cooking the meat too much.
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Response 61 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Jan 20, 1999 (21:57) * 1 lines
so, what are you going to say instead?
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Response 62 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Jan 26, 1999 (10:02) * 1 lines
I, for one, was going to say constipation hits all sorts of people for all sorts of reasons, and sometimes not just in the stomache either!
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Response 63 of 95: Alexander (aschuth) * Wed, Oct 20, 1999 (11:19) * 3 lines
Oh. What insight! Ah, great!
Now lemme see, where's da friggin' dictionary....?
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Response 64 of 95: John Burnett (mrchips) * Wed, Oct 20, 1999 (11:24) * 1 lines
"The Choy of Cooking" cookbook series by my favorite chef, Hawaii's own Sam Choy.
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Response 65 of 95: John Burnett (mrchips) * Wed, Oct 20, 1999 (12:10) * 3 lines
I'd like to check out the cookbook written by City Slickers'"Cookie":
"You ain’t gonna be gittin’ no nouveau almondine sauce, flambeed, sauteed city food. The food’s brown, it’s hot, and there’s a lot of it."
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Response 66 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Oct 20, 1999 (14:12) * 1 lines
Back to the original question - which one can I not live without...the one I learned to cook as a child with: The New Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking-school Cookbook. It was first published in 1896 and unfortunately is now out of print. My son wants mine when I no longer need it. Of course, he learned to cook using it, as well.
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Response 67 of 95: John Burnett (mrchips) * Wed, Oct 20, 1999 (18:14) * 1 lines
Fannie Farmer is the All-American standard, predating Betty Crocker, Aunt Jemima, Mrs. Butterworth, or Poppin' Fresh.
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Response 68 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Oct 20, 1999 (19:10) * 1 lines
It is the perfect book for the new Bride. It starts with how to set a table then how to make appetizers, cocktails and so on through the entire meal. I wish they would reprint it...I think it is splendid and refer to mine often.
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Response 69 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Oct 21, 1999 (13:12) * 1 lines
A person called Fannie sets the standard for newly-weds? Fannie, newly-wed, newly-wed, Fannie .... yes, something about it works....
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Response 70 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Oct 21, 1999 (13:13) * 1 lines
And, GLAD to hear to yours often, Marcia!!! ha-ha!!!
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Response 71 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Oct 21, 1999 (13:13) * 1 lines
And, GLAD to hear you refer to yours often, Marcia!!! ha-ha!!!
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Response 72 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Oct 21, 1999 (13:16) * 1 lines
Fannie is the diminutive of the feminine Frances...In the old days. So it is not quite as suggestive as it appears
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Response 73 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Oct 21, 1999 (13:22) * 2 lines
Um...Ree...it is the book to which I refer often...not THAT part of my anatomy!
(Other people seem to watch THAT for me *lol*)
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Response 74 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Oct 24, 1999 (13:02) * 3 lines
HA-HA!!!
No, I know - but how'd you expect me to resist???
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Response 75 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Oct 24, 1999 (14:20) * 1 lines
I would have been severely disappointed if you had resisted...You made my day with your comment. (...you have *never* disappointed - you are always delightfully funny...)
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Response 76 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Oct 26, 1999 (03:32) * 1 lines
FILTHY minds think alike!
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Response 77 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Oct 26, 1999 (19:32) * 1 lines
*lol* ...make that "creative minds" think alike...and I will agree with you *grin*
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Response 78 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Oct 27, 1999 (02:49) * 1 lines
There is nothing creative whatsoever about my mind. It is all destructive.
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Response 79 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Oct 27, 1999 (15:46) * 2 lines
Oh My - time to cheer Riette and have her smile light the room once again.
There is everything creative about your mind from the tenderness you show toward innocent little fuzzy animals (and husbands also fall into that category) to breath-takingly creative art...and I personally know of your compassion and empathy as well as your sturdy backbone. I am all appreciative of your being - creative or not!
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Response 80 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, May 15, 2000 (11:35) * 23 lines
Selecting Cookbooks
Consider these guidelines when purchasing your next
cookbook.
-Ask yourself "Will I really make these recipes?"
-Research books online. Sites like Amazon and Barnes and
Noble are great places to do this. Read the reviews and the
comments from people who bought the book.
-Go to a bookstore or library and examine the cookbook,
even if you're going to order it online. You can't judge a
book by looking at the cover!
-Don't jump on every cooking trend bandwagon that comes
along. Collect books on a variety of subjects and styles.
Don't forget about the classic works that you don't own.
-You can find some great cookbook values at used
bookstores, thrift shops, and yard sales.
Topic 30 of 77 [food]: Fav-o-rite cookbooks
Response 81 of 95: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, Jun 3, 2000 (09:58) * 45 lines
Clearing up my books and stuff. Here's a list of the cookbooks that I not only own but use (well, when I get off the computer that is!) and am fighting house male to retain.
Maggie’s Cookery Books
BRITISH
Spices, Salt and Aromatics in the English Kitchen – Elizabeth David
Recipe Book – Wives Fellowship, Lebanon Missionary Bible College
Walthamstow Hall 150th Anniversary Cook book, 1838-1988 (Hannah’s boarding school)
The ‘Metro’ Recipe Book 1930s
The Farmer’s Wife Book of Farmhouse Food – Zena Skinner
Traditional Scottish Cookery - Theodora Fitzgibbon
Traditional Scottish Cookery – Margaret Fairlie
Cornish Recipes
The Complete Book of Home Preserving
VEGETARIAN
Vegetarian Dinner Parties (menus from around the world)
The Vegetarian Cookbook
Modern Vegetarian Cookery – Walter & Jenny Fliess
Julian Graves Cookbook
Simple and Speedy Wholefood Cooking
Vegetarian Chinese Cooking
CHINESE
Ken Hom’s Quick and Easy Chinese Cookery
Ken Hom’s East meets West
Classic Chinese Recipes
INTERNATIONAL
The Book of Jewish Food – Claudia Roden
International Cookbook – International Museum of Cultures, Dallas
The Wycliffe International Cookbook
The Best of Scandanavian Cooking
The Best of German Cooking
Classical Gambian Recipes
Australain Women’s Weekly Potato Cookbook
Diet for a Small Planet
MICROWAVE
Good Housekeeping Complete Microwave Cookbook
The beginner’s Guide to Microwave Cooking
Best-Ever Cook’s Collection Microwave
Topic 30 of 77 [food]: Fav-o-rite cookbooks
Response 82 of 95: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, Jun 3, 2000 (10:03) * 3 lines
My favourite cookbook to read is The Book of Jewish Food which is a mine of information and fun stuff too.
The one I can never find when I want it becuase it keeps getting nicked and therefore didn't get on my book list is 'The More with Less Cookbook'
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Response 83 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Jun 3, 2000 (21:27) * 2 lines
Love that last one! I need a copy I think (can't imagine whose 2 daughters are running off with it?!)
Why has no one come up with one called "Creative Nuking"????
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Response 84 of 95: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sun, Jun 4, 2000 (11:16) * 2 lines
probably for a very good reason LOL
Actually I have a horrible feeling More with Less has fallen apart again and got thrown. I think that was my third copy. Any requests for recipes from that lot?
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Response 85 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Jun 4, 2000 (17:07) * 1 lines
Hmmmmm. Ones you particularly like and taste really good would be nice =)
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Response 86 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jul 10, 2000 (12:49) * 27 lines
I think this is an ad or something masquerading as information:
Essential Mediterranean Cookbooks
These are just four of the many wonderful books written
about the vast subject of foods from countries on the
Mediterranean Sea.
-NICK STELLINO'S MEDITERRANEAN FLAVORS by Nick Stellino
(Putnam Publishing Group). A great collection of recipes
from the popular PBS host. In this volume Nick goes beyond
just the dishes of Italy for which he is best known.
-MEDITERRANEAN COOKING by Paula Wolfert (Ecco Press). The
author of three works on the region, Wolfert spotlights the
lighter and healthier side of the area's cuisine. This book
is geared for the intermediate to advanced home cook.
-TAPAS: THE LITTLE DISHES of SPAIN by Penelope Casas
(Random House). The savory appetizers of Spain are featured
here in over 300 recipes.
-THE MEDITERRANEAN KITCHEN by Joyce Goldstein (William
Morrow & Co.). This is an easy-to-use book for anyone
wishing to explore the simple, but flavorful foods of the
region.
Topic 30 of 77 [food]: Fav-o-rite cookbooks
Response 87 of 95: July (july) * Mon, Jul 10, 2000 (13:30) * 1 lines
Thnx Marcia, on this note does any one have a delicious spinach dip recipe & willing to share it with me?
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Response 88 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jul 10, 2000 (14:31) * 1 lines
Yup ! Mine is very good and I'll post it on Food 42 - Spring's Cookbook!
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Response 89 of 95: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sun, Sep 10, 2000 (09:44) * 11 lines
This isn't really a favourite cook book as such - but more a collection on a website of an enthusiasts passin for awful cookery....
"They're not really recipe books. They're ads for food companies, with every recipe using the company's products, often in unexpected ways. (Hot day? Kids love a frosty Bacon Milkshake!) There's not a single edible dish in the entire collection. The pictures in the books are ghastly - the Italian dishes look like a surgeon got a sneezing fit during an operation, and the queasy casseroles look like something on which the janitor dumps sawdust. But you have to enjoy the spirit behind the books - cheerful postwar perfect housewifery is taught in every book. Sure, you'll fall short of the ideal. But what's an ideal for if not to show up your shortcomings?"
Anyway, go look at http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/
for a laugh...
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Response 90 of 95: Carys (Carys) * Mon, Sep 11, 2000 (16:30) * 1 lines
I love cookbooks. I collect them actually but I'm not much of a cook. I really love to look at pictures of food. So if there are no photos I'm not much interested. I have the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook from the early '50's. It is really fascinating to see how people's tastes (pardon the pun) in the food they prepare have changed.
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Response 91 of 95: Maggie (sociolingo) * Tue, Sep 12, 2000 (02:52) * 3 lines
Did you look at that site I posted Carys??? From what you said you should enjoy it I think. Some of the pix are quite funny when you consider what was 'normal' then and how we view things now .....
Funny about collecting cookbooks and not really cooking much! I'm like that too ...I have a nice collection (there's a list of them here somewhere....)and despite the clearing out we're doing (in prep for Africa trip) I efuse to let them go to the junk shop ....I'm not much good at/interested in everyday cooking, but give me a complicated dinner party - and I'm quite inventive!
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Response 92 of 95: Carys (Carys) * Sat, Sep 23, 2000 (09:17) * 5 lines
Maggie, I do like the new site. I'm sorry about taking so long to get back here. I lurked a bit here in the public mode for a few months. I always thought it would be fun to post -- but I'm going to be erratic about it. I won't be able to get here as much as I would like to. But the food and culture site is interesting and I like the pork chop recipe.
I'm glad you understand and share the pleasure of collecting cookbooks. The funny thing is many people that do collect them aren't really people who cook much. I've known some people that love to read cookbooks, yet almost always eat out or send out for food.
Where are you going in Africa? There is a topic for African food. Yours I think. I'll enjoy looking around there to see what types of food and food info are posted.
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Response 93 of 95: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, Sep 23, 2000 (10:54) * 3 lines
Hi Carys, if you look at the african cultures topic in the cultures conference, and the Mali topic in the travel conference you'll see more about what I'm doing and where I'm going. Yup, I'm going to Mali for approx 5 months researching in schools. I'll be in email contact so I'm going to email Marcia with my news and thoughts and experiences, and she'll post it in Spring for me. But do feel free to email me (sociolingo@hotmail.com)!!!! I'm sure I'm going to get lonesome.
As far as cookbooks are concerned (getting back to topic), I'm going to be sure to take my Wycliffe International cookbook with me. That's an update of the old 'jungle camp' cookbook. It has lots of interesting recipes and survival stuff in it. I keep having to buy a new copy every few years as mine wears out. I also use the 'more with less' cookbook all the time. Although I'm British I almost always use American cup recipes now. I cannot imagine being without my set of cups and spoons. So they'll go with me too. I have a new pressure cooker to take (did you know you can keep meat fresh for days by cooking it and then bringing it up to pressure and leaving the cooker unopened each day). I think with those two cook books I can survive ... I expect to do more entertaining this time as we repay all the invites out we had last visit ....So I'm going to have to think about that in my planning of what cookbooks to take.
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Response 94 of 95: Carys (Carys) * Sat, Sep 23, 2000 (11:43) * 1 lines
I didn't know that about keeping meat fresh for several days. Thanks for the email addy.
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Response 95 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Aug 27, 2001 (17:06) * 1 lines
My cookbook is index cards sitting atop my counter cabinets (I am tall enough to reach it up there) But I still check things in my ancient Fammy Farmer. I hope they bring it out again. A good reprint would make its way to my new daughter-in-law to be.
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