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Recipe Box and Address Books

tarsmom — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:22:56 GMT

We were cleaning our home the other day and I noticed by the phone (yes we still have a landline) that my hubby still has our old tiny Rolodex-type holder for addresses. I said we should look for something else (along with my old wood recipe box.

Well, I've been to a few stores - Hobby Lobby, TJ Maxx, etc. and I haven't been able to find a thing out in the stores.

I guess I'm a child of the 70's where we used recipe cards and address books - my mom had them so I did, too.

I know everything can be stored in your phone and I can look up recipes on the internet but not some of the old family ones.

Has anyone seem these items in retail or have they gone the way of the dinosaur? (I am 64).

Re: Recipe Box and Address Books

Oueen of everythinh nice — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:36:12 GMT

I have one that is made of wood. I found it in a store that sells country type things. I also have another one that looks like plastic. it has a kitchen design on it, but I can't remember where I bought it. I am thinking you might find one in Crackel Barrel. some where you can find unique things. They are out there, you just have to look for them.

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lolakimono — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:46:27 GMT

@tarsmom

Hallmark sells these (cards and books), and if you like to shop online, Etsy and Amazon would be good sources for personalized recipe cards.

Re: Recipe Box and Address Books

tarsmom — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:47:17 GMT

@Oueen of everythinh nice wrote:
I have one that is made of wood. I found it in a store that sells country type things. I also have another one that looks like plastic. it has a kitchen design on it, but I can't remember where I bought it. I am thinking you might find one in Crackel Barrel. some where you can find unique things. They are out there, you just have to look for them.

Thank you Bibbee!

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KingstonsMom — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:50:35 GMT

You can find address books at most big box stores like, WalMart, Target, etc., they may also have the recipe boxes with cards or any kitchen supply store has them.

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alicedee — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:52:31 GMT

Amazon sells a lot of nice recipe boxes.

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sunshine45 — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:57:45 GMT

levenger makes great items and they do have address book paper. you can customize their notebooks to include anything you want and they are easy to add onto.

hallmark stores usually have a nice selection of recipe boxes, recipe binders, cards, and address books.

also check out etsy and ebay.

bed, bath, and beyond has recipe cards, boxes, and binders......some are customizable.

also check our the cr gibson website. you can find their items in many gift stores, but you can also purchase directly from them.

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chickenbutt — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 23:03:57 GMT

I think you can do it anyway you want to do it. I actually have a 'recipe binder' and that works well for me. I also have a zillion (including all the ones in the binder) recipes saved on computers and ext. hard drives.

I do have kind of an address book type thing but I really have so few contacts that I have no recollection of most of them. The ones currently used are saved on the landline phone and my cell phone. I don't really give out my cell phone # much, so the list of contacts is quite short.

Some things are just fine to do the old way. I keep checkbooks and the checkbook log into which I actually WRITE the transactions. I have absolutely no plan of changing that, either.

I also still keep written logs for bill paying. I log when a given bill arrives (99.9% by email) and then put a check on it when I've paid that bill. It's a two layer system, for each the household bills and my personal ones (my credit accounts) because I'm getting stupid now, and that works great to make sure when each bill arrives and when each one is paid. I never had kids so the most important thing is paying my bills.

I also have a *folder for the bills, as well as orders I make. I save the statement emails in that folder, as well as the 'thank you for your order' emails. When I pay a bill I put that email in and delete the stmt email. SAme thing with making online orders - when an order is shipped I replace the order email with the 'shipped' email and then when I receive the order I can delete the shipped email.

I have a fairly high sense of order so doing these things makes it easy for me.

ETA - not a physical folder, but a folder in my email program.

Re: Recipe Box and Address Books

Snowpuppy — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 23:10:57 GMT

I have recipe cards, too. One of my favorite things is to go thru them before the holidays. Many a memory there so not ridding myself anytime, soon. I did find a double file wooden box at a local Amish store.

I came across an old personal phone book, too. I had a ahem, Little Black Book in the day. You know, emergency numbers. 😙

I'll have a glass of wine and then toss it.

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blackhole99 — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 23:17:22 GMT

I never owned a Rolodex, but we did have one at work back in the 70's. I did have a wooden recipe box with family recipes in it that my aunt gave me for a bridal shower gift. I don't have the wooden box, but I still have the recipes in my aunts own handwriting. When my MIL died I came in possession of her metal recipe box from the 40's or 50's with the coveted recipes she would never give you. The recipe box is painted white with a lobster on the front and a salad bowl on the lid, it was It was made by Ohio Art Co., Bryan, Ohio.If you can believe it, it still has the price sticker on it, it's yellow with age and all I can make out is 3 cents. Surely it cost more than that.

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ECBG — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 23:28:35 GMT

If you have recipe cards, go to an office store, get a notebook and some plastic pages and make your own book.

My hard and true recipes are in a 3" three ring notebook with edges that won't close. The origonal notebook was started when I was a sophmore in HS.

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Mom2Dogs — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 02:03:21 GMT

@tarsmom ...I have an address book that is probably 20 years old!! I write only in pencil so I can erase as needed. Good luck finding something!

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Moonlady — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 02:27:55 GMT

I, too, have used an address book, and found out how hard they were to find when I went hunting for a new one ("dec." next to too many names). A check of Amazon reviews revealed poor quality books with lightweight bond where ink bled through. How I miss our local stationery stores!

However, Barnes & Noble to the rescue, with an assortment of larger address books! Also, they had one tab per letter, rather than A-B, C-D, etc. So I picked up one just a couple of weeks ago.

As for the recipe boxes, I have a double oak box which is about 40 years old, and a nice stainless steel one. I like to use those, along with keeping them in a computer file.

My favorite, however, is a "personal" cookbook in which I've written our most-used family favorites. Again, these can be found at Barnes & Noble, especially at holiday time in the Exceptional Value (formerly known as "Budget") section lol. They make nice gifts, too.

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Snowpuppy — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 04:24:38 GMT

@blackhole99 , OMG girl, what a treasure you have!

Ohio Art is still in business. Much company history is online. They were the makers of the original Etch A Sketch.

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Malacha — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 06:25:09 GMT

The Personalization Mall has Recipe Boxes and Cards. I have ordered them, plus many other various items, and everything has been exceptional quality. It's a really nice company, I think you would be pleased.

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CalminHeart — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:11:19 GMT

A few years before Mom passed, she rewrote all her recipes and gave each of us 7 kids recipe boxes for Christmas. The boxes are colorful, metal and hold 4x6 cards. It's so cool to have her recipes, especially in her handwriting.

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Twins Mom — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 13:54:14 GMT

Understand frustration in searching for recipe box. I had searched a few years ago and came up empty_handed. I ended up arranging a Rubbermaid plastic shoebox with divi ders. Takes up some room but easy to add to. Like the binder idea but struggle finding room. I have an address book that I purchased at Hallmark and am SLOWLY transferring from my 40 year old book. I find this item priceless!

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chickenbutt — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 19:53:46 GMT

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
@tarsmom ...I have an address book that is probably 20 years old!! I write only in pencil so I can erase as needed. Good luck finding something!

It probably sounds kinda dumb on my end, but this was something I had to learn some time back. Not for everything, but for something like this that can change from time to time, use a pencil - not a pen!

I have my own weird left-handed person preferences for pens and pencils so I keep a lifetime supply of both of my favs on hand. I love the #4 pencil (Ticonderoga extra-hard #4) that nobody else seems to love, so I always have several boxes of those. I also have a pen that I love (Pilot BP-S fine pt blue) so I also have several boxes of those. I have to do this because it seems like everything I really like becomes obsolete.

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blackhole99 — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 20:17:54 GMT

@Snowpuppy wrote:
@blackhole99 , OMG girl, what a treasure you have!

Ohio Art is still in business. Much company history is online. They were the makers of the original Etch A Sketch.

@Snowpuppy I did check them out and was surprised to see my recipe box being sold as vintage from the 50's.

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doxie1 — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 03:23:41 GMT

I found some nice recipe boxes on amazon.

doxie