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What was the main cookbook you started married life with?

ECBG — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 05:22:13 GMT

Do you still have it?

I do, and still it's always been my reference book!

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Snowpuppy — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 05:34:13 GMT

I have that cookbook but truly beat to death, well worn pages and spine.

Tho some of us were brave, struck out on our own and didn't wait for a man before buying cookbooks.

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nana59 — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 05:38:53 GMT

Yup-still have it and still use it--was a bridal shower gift in 1971.....also have the Fanny Farmer Cookbook from the same year.....didn't know how to boil water when I got married and moved to a Mississippi Air Force Base with my new husband--first time away from home.....wow have times changed!! Thanks for bringing me down memory lane!!

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denisemb — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 05:43:05 GMT

Received a Good Housekeeping Cookbook from a friend at work 30 years ago.

Still refer to it at times and thank Micky.

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Azcowgirl — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 06:06:25 GMT

Mine was a wedding gift also. I still have it and my mom's as well. I love that she made little notes in hers .🙂The page with Ethel's sugar cookies was so worn out and frayed and taped....it was our absolute favorite sugar cookie that has now been THE holiday must have for three generations now 😀

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Desertdi — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 07:14:41 GMT

The Joy of Cooking (a copy over 50 years old), with a later updated version, and a paperback copy of the same.

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Toppers — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 07:18:12 GMT

A Good Housekeeping Cookbook, and a Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook.

My Mom then gave me her old copies of a Betty Crocker cookbook and a McCall's cookbook.

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qualitygal — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 09:49:03 GMT

I have to laugh. I could have used one! Now there's a gift every bride-to-be should have, and for variety, more than one!!!

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kelsey17 — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 10:56:54 GMT

Good Housekeeping Cookbook (blue hardcover).....still occasionally refer to it....

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JeanLouiseFinch — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 11:21:23 GMT

A friend of my sister's worked at Pillsbury so somehow she received some cookbooks and gave one to me. For the longest time, I was a cookbook collector - enjoyed them as pleasure reading. I still have several, but have gotten rid of a lot too. It's so easy to find recipes online now that I hardly open a cookbook anymore.

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Nataliesgramma — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 11:38:25 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
Do you still have it?
I do, and still it's always been my reference book!

Me too!!

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PamelaSue72 — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:23:27 GMT

That was my bible, too. It's how I learned how to do much of my cooking. And what that book didn't teach me, my MIL did. So I was lucky.

I got married at 16, so I didn't have a lot of cooking expertise under my belt. In fact, it was all I could do to make a decent fried egg. So between Betty Crocker and my MIL (who had to take me under her wing because otherwise, her son would probably starve), I learned everything I needed to know.

That book has notes written all thoughout. It has dog-eared pages. It has a few torn pages. When my son left the house to go out on his own, he asked for that book. It has stood him as well as it did me.

I love to cook, I love to bake. And I love to collect cookbooks.

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Deb1010yetagain — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:28:58 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
The Joy of Cooking (a copy over 50 years old), with a later updated version, and a paperback copy of the same.

Hey you, me too!!! I haven't used it in ages, but I still have it and it helped me thru quite a few challenges.

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Campion — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 13:32:05 GMT

I don't know if Joy of Cooking still has the pride of place it did when I got married long ago.

I actuall have my mother-in-law's copy, which is the version I like best (1940's?) Love it.

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jaxs mom — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 13:32:53 GMT

What cookbook did I start married life with? On our honeymoon I bought Diana Kennedy's The Art of Mexican Cooking. I also grew up reading Bon Appetit magazine and I cooked from it a lot. I already had a collection of cookbooks before I got married.

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Desertdi — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 13:34:25 GMT

@Deb1010yetagain wrote:
@Desertdi wrote:
The Joy of Cooking (a copy over 50 years old), with a later updated version, and a paperback copy of the same.
Hey you, me too!!! I haven't used it in ages, but I still have it and it helped me thru quite a few challenges.

@Deb1010yetagain Hey Deb.....glad to see you back. Hope you are doing OK. di

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StylishLady — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 13:45:58 GMT

Better Homes & Gardens cook book circa 1963. Got it when I was married. A few years ago I got a newer addition as my old one showed its age. Much to my chagrin, it had changed some of its recipes, and I didn't care for them. I found a pristine circa 1963 copy at a rummage sale and bought it. It should last me for the duration.

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Poodlepet2 — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 13:53:06 GMT

The Joy of Cooking was one of my firsts. My edition is 30 years old and I have bought updates, but they aren't the same....I just love the stories! For example, the strudel recipe. One of the authors said that growing up, her family had a Hungarian laundress who used to make strudel when she had some spare time..... I still have that copy and I still enjoy it.

Poodlepet2

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debic — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 13:53:28 GMT

I had several cookbooks before I ever met him, and I was a good cook before I bought those.

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Jacie — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 14:01:40 GMT

Joy of Cooking! AND I used the Betty Crocker Cookie Book alot!