Kitchen

[Nataliesgramma]

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@ECBG wrote:

Do you still have it?

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

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Me too!!

[PamelaSue72]

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.

[Deb1010yetagain]

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@Desertdi wrote:

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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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.

[Campion]

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.

[jaxs mom]

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.

[Desertdi]

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@Deb1010yetagain wrote:

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@Desertdi wrote:

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

[StylishLady]

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. 

[Poodlepet2]

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

[debic]

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

[Jacie]

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