I am going to challenge myself to do something.
By snowy
@snowy22315 (185321)
United States
January 7, 2023 12:39pm CST
I have all these cookbooks gathering dust on the top shelf of my pantry. I never use them, and I should, or give them away. I almost always get a recipe online when I want one, or on ocassion ask my mother about something. I am going to make one recipe per week out of one of the cookbooks I have. I will go in rotation. Do you ever use any of your old cookbooks?
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@snowy22315 (185321)
• United States
7 Jan 23
Possibly, but most people have the same dilemma when it comes to cookbooks I think,. One of mine belonged to my grandmother and has her handwriting in, so that is a sentimental one for sure.
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@Juliaacv (52271)
• Canada
7 Jan 23
@snowy22315 You should hold on to that one.
I have a stack that I have bought over the years to help support fund raisers.
They mean nothing to me and I never use them.
I should see if there is a woman's shelter that could use them, sometimes their clients need to start over from scratch and they may appreciate them.
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@snowy22315 (185321)
• United States
7 Jan 23
@Juliaacv That's an idea. I thought you would be busy with the twins today.
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@kaylachan (75097)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Jan 23
If I had one I could actually read, maybe but I don't.
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@snowy22315 (185321)
• United States
8 Jan 23
Now that would be an issue. Sometimes Alexa can read you recipes though.
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@snowy22315 (185321)
• United States
8 Jan 23
I like looking for them online because you can usually find just what you want. I am always looking for recipes that don't take a lot of ingredients and are highly rated.
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@LadyDuck (472491)
• Switzerland
8 Jan 23
@snowy22315 I look online, then I go to my books and I check the recipe in my book. Most of the time one I find in the book is better.
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@snowy22315 (185321)
• United States
8 Jan 23
I did get rid of a couple of the smaller ones, and I need to get rid of the ones that call for a boatload of ingredients. I am never going to make those.
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@JudyEv (346478)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jan 23
@snowy22315 I put a lot aside to give away then asked Vince to go through that pile and keep any he wanted. Mostly he uses internet recipes too now.
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@snowy22315 (185321)
• United States
8 Jan 23
The one that I really want to use and some cool old fashioned recipes..I can't find.
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@RubyHawk (99404)
• Atlanta, Georgia
9 Jan 23
@snowy22315 I have a lot of old fashioned recipes from years ago and new recipe books. I hope you find your particular recipe.
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@allknowing (140927)
• India
7 Jan 23
My cookery books were so dear to me and now thanks to the Internet they are hardly opened.
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@snowy22315 (185321)
• United States
8 Jan 23
Yes, it is just too handy to find what you want online.
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@snowy22315 (185321)
• United States
8 Jan 23
I bought one maybe 3 years ago. I looked at it, but have never made anything out of it. That is going to be remedied.
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@snowy22315 (185321)
• United States
7 Jan 23
No real need for them, but if I am going to keep them, I should use them, and not just have them gathering dust.
@snowy22315 (185321)
• United States
8 Jan 23
Yes, lots of good eating in there.
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@aninditasen (16681)
• Raurkela, India
8 Jan 23
I do use cook books sometimes but I find you tube recipes easier to remember.
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@snowy22315 (185321)
• United States
8 Jan 23
I just look mine up online where I can see the print and refer to it as I go.
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@aninditasen (16681)
• Raurkela, India
9 Jan 23
@snowy22315 I too sometimes look at you tube twice to remind myself.
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@snowy22315 (185321)
• United States
8 Jan 23
Yes, I saw one that recipe that I do want to make this week.
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@merrybelle2021 (1392)
• Philippines
8 Jan 23
We have started decluttering and I've seen some of mother's recipes in old notebooks. I tore selected pages and plan to scan them and send to my siblings.
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@snowy22315 (185321)
• United States
8 Jan 23
I have watched a couple of those videos too.
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@snowy22315 (185321)
• United States
8 Jan 23
I am going to see if my grandmother's cookbook has her baked bean recipe in there. Everyone always raved about her baked beans. My mother's baked beans were good as well, but my grandmother's were super.
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@Treborika (17856)
• Mombasa, Kenya
8 Jan 23
I like to watch YouTube videos on how to cook something that I never know how to cook them. I don't prefer using cookbooks for sure
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@snowy22315 (185321)
• United States
8 Jan 23
You are young, young people always go to the internet first.
