tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post1197465950302376298..comments2024-03-28T20:33:58.050-04:00Comments on Mystery Lovers' Kitchen: DIRTY BOOKSKorina Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06533228666706765470noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-53855454473323702592010-09-28T23:18:35.980-04:002010-09-28T23:18:35.980-04:00I have that Cookies and Candies book too! Also Ju...I have that Cookies and Candies book too! Also Julia Child - both volumes; Fannie Farmer; Craig Claiborne; but my favorite, the dirtiest of my dirty books, is my mother's old cookbook, now in many pieces and so worn as to be unusable: Meta Givens' Modern Encyclopedia of Cookery. I bought a slightly newer version in a used bookstore just to have a working copy, since Mom's is kept Laineshotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06404938863398418810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-37438307600467833832010-09-28T18:46:35.347-04:002010-09-28T18:46:35.347-04:00I love cooking. I am very picky when it comes to ...I love cooking. I am very picky when it comes to buying a cook book. My number one priority is the need for pictures! I will not even look at a recipe unless it has a picture next to it.Mishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11190111094915160871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-27349321939235610172010-09-28T18:40:34.166-04:002010-09-28T18:40:34.166-04:00Oh what a wonderful topic. My mom's wedding g...Oh what a wonderful topic. My mom's wedding gift copy of the Joy of Cooking holds a special spot on my shelves. Now way too fragile to use regularly, I still take it out, if only to see her handwriting. I actually have that cookie book!!! Also with a price tag on it...<br />Thanks for making a rainy cold day here in Mittenland a bit warmer...with memories.Nanchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17977306538398462043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-66763992254401039592010-09-28T16:49:55.917-04:002010-09-28T16:49:55.917-04:00I love old cookbooks, and sometimes give them away...I love old cookbooks, and sometimes give them away as wacky gifts to my readers.Serene @ MomFoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929355230933637152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-81992209753352901942010-09-28T15:18:21.537-04:002010-09-28T15:18:21.537-04:00I treasure my reissued Betty Crocker cookbook
from...I treasure my reissued Betty Crocker cookbook<br />from the 50's that a friend gave me. When I can't sleep, I like to read cookbooks or knitting patterns -- they comfort me! Love the cookie recipe. A must share with the dudes!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10034538053367194707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-83436104899747010212010-09-28T14:54:07.136-04:002010-09-28T14:54:07.136-04:00I have my mother's old cookbook that has the b...I have my mother's old cookbook that has the blue War-time section in the middle. I believe this is a Better Homes cookbook but I can't be sure and can't check the title right now. These recipes were used during WWII when rationing left little to the housewife to cook with. Some recipes are...interesting...susiedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01614040929072168679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-86950594283906542072010-09-28T13:38:28.536-04:002010-09-28T13:38:28.536-04:00Avery, my mother had a copy of the Gourmet cookboo...Avery, my mother had a copy of the Gourmet cookbook (which of course I still have), but I could never get into it.<br /><br />CindyD, after telling myself I hated almond flavor, including marzipan for years, I discovered I loved it. I've got a dynamite almond cake recipe that has half a pound of almond paste in it (and that one I found in a newspaper years ago).<br /><br />One thing that Sheila Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-86042909977460755362010-09-28T12:32:01.742-04:002010-09-28T12:32:01.742-04:00I have several of those too. Just wanted to ask i...I have several of those too. Just wanted to ask if you've tried almond extract in your sugar cookies?CindyDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-49604332780848065202010-09-28T12:01:56.084-04:002010-09-28T12:01:56.084-04:00Thanks for the sugar cookie recipe. I use one out ...Thanks for the sugar cookie recipe. I use one out of my original Better Homes and Garden Cookbook to bake cut out christmas cookies, similiar to your picture. This cookbook is falling apart. My very first cookbook I recieved when I was like 10, I am now 62. It is the Better Homes and Garden children's cookbook. It has survived all these years, Traveled many many miles, packed, unpacked etc. Isusan e.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-80120390199758041572010-09-28T10:05:29.397-04:002010-09-28T10:05:29.397-04:00That Cookies and Candies Cookbook looks so familia...That Cookies and Candies Cookbook looks so familiar. I think I have the Meat version of that series! It has the all time easiest fried chicken recipe in it.<br /><br />~ KristaKristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11002970043709820868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-48666044851991210502010-09-28T09:41:32.073-04:002010-09-28T09:41:32.073-04:00Dirty books. How cute! Yes, I have dirty books. ...Dirty books. How cute! Yes, I have dirty books. My go-to is an old Gourmet book, one of 2. Love the beef stew recipe. And pie crust. And...<br />Thanks for the memories.<br /><br />~AveryDaryl Wood Gerber a.k.a. Avery Aames https://www.blogger.com/profile/14774220321350792346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-42855005807878666202010-09-28T06:23:55.302-04:002010-09-28T06:23:55.302-04:00I love my cookbooks just as much as I love my myst...I love my cookbooks just as much as I love my mystery collection. The sugar cookie recipe will be used here as the boys love decorating them. With Halloween around the corner this will be great. I agree with Elizabeth fish in 2nd day dishes not too sure about ha.~ Babs ~https://www.blogger.com/profile/14447816893758898115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-32460265372760937062010-09-28T05:15:10.975-04:002010-09-28T05:15:10.975-04:00I love looking through my old cookbooks! You'r...I love looking through my old cookbooks! You're right, Sheila, the annotations are priceless. :) It sounds like you come from a family of great cooks!<br /><br />Thanks so much for sharing your sugar cookie recipe--I bet my kids are going to love this one, and so will I! Not sure about that "Fish in 2nd Day Dishes" section, though!Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com