How Many Cook Books Do You Own?

Soonest possible! Working is getting to be a drag and a dread!

I hope your serious cooking turns out very well! How long til you retire?

I get a free magazine from kraftfoods.com I think when you sign up there is a box to check if you want the magazine. You can view recipes online also. They also have menu planners and sometimes contests.

No I have never known of such a site that would give you free cooking magazines. I have looked up plenty of recipes online though.

I find it hard to find some of those exotic spices used in certain recipes that I have in some of my books. Sometimes I can find substitutes for them. Do you make many of the pasta dishes?

I love looking up the recipes on Food Network! I am still addicted to cook books though. I have been restraining myself over the past year and I have slowed down buying them unless I find them at yard sales or thrift stores. If I find one that I like I try to sign them out from the library.

Good way to save money there!

The Ultimate Recipes sounds great! I bet you have made several dishes out of it!

Who'da thought cookbooks would be an "impulse" item!

Yep that is a major problem with me, too long in the check out line browsing the cook books there! I think they do that to us on purpose! LOL

Yes I do understand this. I have several magazines that I do not go through often enough. I hope that you will go through yours and find yourself a new recipe!

I love trying the older recipes, although I do change the recipes some. My favorite find was a recipe box where the previous owner had written the dates that she had prepared the recipes, and a few comments, on the cards. On a recipe for meatballs she had written how many a person ate. My girls love having the different books to choose recipes from when it is their turn to cook. I have also been looking for duplicates of family favorites so each girl has her own collection.

Now that is very neat! That is a true part of history. I never thought of writing notes on the recipe cards. Hmm... very interesting point! Might try to check into that!

Sounds like we have the same type of hobby. I love to find the older cookbooks!

Your husband sounds very valuable then! I wish I could do that as well!

Those crockpot cooking recipe books are great! I love those. I need to look more up online because I can spend quite a bit of $ on cook books!

I understand about wanting to learn from your aunt. My mom taught me quite a bit when I lived at home. I do still enjoy collecting those cook books though! I love trying new things! Good luck to your future endeavors!

OHH that book sounds interesting. When was it published? Does it have older recipes in it? I love those great finds!

Now that sounds like a great find you have there! I never knew that it would be so cheap to get it refinished.

This book was published in the late 1950's. It's a terrific book, most of the recipes are older, and use everyday ingredients. Most recipes also have more than one variation. I can't say enough about this book. Mine was in poor condition when I bought it (several pieces and had to be held together with a rubber band), but I had it rebound, which ended up being a lot less than I thought...$30! The woman who rebound it liked it so much, she found one online and got it for herself. If you decide to find one, be careful. In the 1960's, it was republished in an edition with 12 volumes. It's easy to buy one volume, thinking it's the whole book. I haven't been a member here long enough to post a link for you, but if you go to www.abebooks.com you can find it with pictures of the book. Search from highest to lowest price. You can also find it at amazon.com

Good luck at finding that recipe. Have you tried looking for something similar online? I would put the recipe name in a search bar and see if you come up with something! It sounds very good!

It was real good. I have been on line but none of them even come close to what this one was. I will try one some day. The meatballs that I made had many spices in them so when everything cooked together the spices really flavored everything. I might just try my own recipe. I kind of remember what all was in it.

Yes it is great! I like that idea. I would love to cook for my granny like that. Sadly she has alzheimers and would not understand. I miss the days of talking to her about cooking and of watching her cook as well.

Yes I know what you mean about the costs. I alternated the magazines and I also bought 2 of the hardback books Best of for 2005 and 2006 I think are the years. I also get the Kraft magazine and I love the coupons they put in them at times. The last really good one was for a bottle of free kraft dressing!

Yes it is hard to stay away from them! Do you have any older ones?

More of a hands on experimental technique is not bad either!