Recipe books
@allknowing (143179)
India
September 15, 2022 8:15pm CST
I am sure most here have a collection of recipe books. Not just recipe books but recipes suggested by friends and family.
I have them too - quite a few. Some recipes that I learnt from my mother I know them and I have not written them down.
I used to be glued to the tv too wanting to learn something new but not any more. You tube has them all.
No one wants my recipe books
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@DaddyEvil (144716)
• United States
16 Sep 22
I started writing down recipes that Pretty and I used all the time. (She was 5 years old when I started my recipe book.) Over the years it had gained new recipes that family and friends suggested, if Pretty and I liked them, too.
I gave all my old recipe books to the public library here in our city. I think they sold them to raise money to buy new books.
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@DaddyEvil (144716)
• United States
16 Sep 22
@allknowing True and Pretty does get some new recipes from YouTube.
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@RubyHawk (99397)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Sep 22
@allknowing I do neither. I cook the way I like. I used to use recipes occasionally. I don’t know why I collected so many.
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@allknowing (143179)
• India
16 Sep 22
I too have those written down when I attended cooking classes.
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@allknowing (143179)
• India
17 Sep 22
@LadyDuck We do not need to do that any mor3e - thanks to You Tube
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@LadyDuck (472526)
• Switzerland
17 Sep 22
@allknowing I also attended cooking classes in the past.
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@allknowing (143179)
• India
16 Sep 22
There is a world out there for us to choose from
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@Kandae11 (56074)
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16 Sep 22
@allknowing. Only when l need to check a particular recipe.
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@yoalldudes (35035)
• Philippines
16 Sep 22
They will be handy in case of an eventuality of a grid down.
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@allknowing (143179)
• India
16 Sep 22
Before the internet I used my recipe books often but not these days
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@jeanbug23 (992)
• Philippines
17 Sep 22
Ever since I was single, I have had fun collecting recipe books, recipe articles and printouts. I love browsing them on youtube and Facebook. That is where I was motivated to cook. i can cook and bake whatever is there and I am loving it.
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@allknowing (143179)
• India
17 Sep 22
I too have picked up quite a bit watching You Tube Do you look up your books as well?
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@averygirl72 (38526)
• Philippines
16 Sep 22
Yes I learn a lot of recipes from YouTube too
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@1creekgirl (43147)
• United States
16 Sep 22
I gave away some cookbooks a few years ago. I have one that contains recipes for dishes I cook and know they're good.
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@allknowing (143179)
• India
16 Sep 22
You must be now knowing most of those that you do not feel the naed to refer to books
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@allknowing (143179)
• India
16 Sep 22
@1creekgirl I used to before but not now.
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@1creekgirl (43147)
• United States
16 Sep 22
@allknowing A lot of them I know by heart, but I still need to pull out the book often~
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@porwest (98546)
• United States
16 Sep 22
Recipe books for me are like guides you glance through but never follow. But some people do hang on every word and detail and ingredient. I think most people look at recipes and think, "too complicated," and move on. But I do know recipe books are also great sellers.
So, there's hope.
I generally use recipe books for ideas. Not recipes.
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@allknowing (143179)
• India
16 Sep 22
Talking of following recipes to the 't' I made that mistake when I baked a cake. The number of eggs depend on the size of the egg and these days the eggs we get here are smaller. Next time I shall add one more egg (lol)
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@porwest (98546)
• United States
17 Sep 22
@allknowing Well, I WILL say that when it comes to baking, it's almost a must to follow a recipe. There is a lot of science going on in baking, and if you get one thing wrong the whole thing is a disaster. That's not usually the case with cooking.
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@arunima25 (89457)
• Bangalore, India
16 Sep 22
I have an old recipe book that I started when I was newly wed. Now most of the recipes are on my tips and I hardly use that book. And when I have to try something new, I look upto YouTube.
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@allknowing (143179)
• India
16 Sep 22
Do you remember Thangam Philip? I have two volumes of hers and I used to follow them ever so often in the good old days
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@arunima25 (89457)
• Bangalore, India
18 Sep 22
@allknowing She was a legend and a pioneer in Food and Nutrition industry in our country. I never read any of her cookery book. But yes, have read and heard about her.
I never bought any recipe book. I got some free with purchase of cooker, oven, microwave etc..And I did write down others when I found some interesting dishes in friends and relatives place.
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@allknowing (143179)
• India
16 Sep 22
Does that mean you do not look at You Tube recipes?
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@CarolDM (203410)
• Nashville, Tennessee
16 Sep 22
@allknowing Not at all. I still check out YouTube for many things.
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@rsa101 (38335)
• Philippines
16 Sep 22
They really looked like an antique book you have there. I guess you are right you really do not need to keep them like that since you can easily get one from the net and can learn it visually as well. I also started exploring YT as well when I want to know something and instantly you can have hundreds if not thousands of information to get there.
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@allknowing (143179)
• India
16 Sep 22
You Tube is such an asset. I look at it often.
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@snowy22315 (187020)
• United States
16 Sep 22
I have cookbooks but no books where I have saved recipes. I used to save them, then I realized I never made them again, once I saved them.
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@allknowing (143179)
• India
16 Sep 22
I remember some without referring to any book.
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@allknowing (143179)
• India
16 Sep 22
I have a few of my own recipes too but nothing like trying out what others have created.
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