Kitchen

[Biftu]

Declutterring unnecessary kitchen gadgets, etc.,  I'm tempted to get rid of my collection of cookbooks, but for some reason I am reluctant to do so.  Don't know why since I never look at them.  Have you kept yours?

[Sooner]

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@Biftu wrote:

Declutterring unnecessary kitchen gadgets, etc.,  I'm tempted to get rid of my collection of cookbooks, but for some reason I am reluctant to do so.  Don't know why since I never look at them.  Have you kept yours?

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@Biftu If you don't use them and don't want them, by all means get rid of them! 

I have a large collection and use them all the time, but we both cook a lot and like to try new things.  If we didn't I'd get rid of them for sure!  No need not to!  

[cheriere]

@Biftu   Yes, I have kept mine although I don't have a huge collection.  Those I have are mostly very sentimental to me because I watched my mother cook from them when i  was little.

[nwbabs]

Don't have a large collection of cookbooks anymore, just a few choice ones with recipes I make from time to time with wonderful memories. It's nice to have the internet to look for new interesting recipes as I like variety.

My late husband collected the Southern Living cookbooks and that was an enormous collection to keep on hand. Beautiful cookbooks, but overwhelming for me.

[Biftu]

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@cheriere wrote:

@Biftu   Yes, I have kept mine although I don't have a huge collection.  Those I have are mostly very sentimental to me because I watched my mother cook from them when i  was little.

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@cheriere  I too have a few sentimental cookbooks given to me by friends and my mother when I got my first apartment.  Those few I will keep.

[LindaSal]

@Biftu Funny you should ask!   When we downsized I had a bookcase of cookbooks I had collected over the years.  I went through them before moving and donated many........well just the other day I went through them again and decided if I hadn't used them in the past 5 years we have been in our townhouse they were being donated too.  Off they went, another dozen of them!   I only kept my very favorites and I'm down to around 10 now which is still most likely more than I need, but I do use them.

[chrystaltree]

I do have my mom's cookbooks and the ones I collected but I rarely use them.  I have a couple on my kitchen, the others in a box in a closet.  Time has changed so much about the way we now live.  When I need a recipe for something, I Google it.  I get a bunch of recipes for what I need.  I can print them or store them in a folder on my laptop or my phone.  I can forward the recipe to my daughter's or a friend.  

[Red Fringe]

Yes.  My most loved one  I received from my sister as a Wedding present 60 years ago.  "Betty Crocker New Picture COOK BOOK."  It automatically opens to Peanut Butter Cookie recipe.  I wonder why?

[Starpolisher]

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@Biftu wrote:

Declutterring unnecessary kitchen gadgets, etc.,  I'm tempted to get rid of my collection of cookbooks, but for some reason I am reluctant to do so.  Don't know why since I never look at them.  Have you kept yours?

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Sounds like me! I gave several of mine away, that I never look at, and I've regretted it ever since! 😞

[JeanLouiseFinch]

I have a collection and never open them.  🤷‍♀️