Reading material for a night or two

@JudyEv (346592)
Rockingham, Australia
February 16, 2025 7:04pm CST
I spent a few hours helping my sister-in-law tidy up a room. I brought home a few things which I’ll look through then forward them on to the charity shop nearby. Among the items I brought home were these Cordon Bleu magazines. I can’t imagine I’ll keep any of them but they will be interesting to leaf through. Nowadays, it’s easier to go online for recipes or cooking tips. I kept a few recipes books last time we moved but most went in the donation box.
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lilacskies
@lilacskies (4560)
• United States
17 Feb
There must be someone who collects them out there.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346592)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Feb
I'll put them in the clubhouse for a couple of days then donate them.
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lilacskies
@lilacskies (4560)
• United States
17 Feb
@JudyEv That's wonderful! Someone might find them valuable.
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Greenery8
@grenery8 (13525)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
17 Feb
this was before online sites, nice.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346592)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb
Being able to find things online changed so much about our lives.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346592)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Feb
@grenery8 Everyone wants to know all about you now it seems.
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Greenery8
@grenery8 (13525)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
19 Feb
@JudyEv it really did. and sites are nicer, faster but i feel they ask for too much of our personal information. for one train or bus ticket there, they need my adress and phone number. i mean...
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Always smiling
@allknowing (141016)
• India
17 Feb
Wish you came over and took away some books from here. There are loads and I do not read any more
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Always smiling
@allknowing (141016)
• India
17 Feb
@JudyEv Whoevere takes over will do the honour of either using or disposing of the best way they think. I have written a post on what clutter I have You may not have seen it Looks like the time zone factor. But I get to see all your posts.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346592)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Feb
I think you once said there are no charity shops there. The ones here have shelves and shelves full of books. Such a waste of paper really.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346592)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb
@allknowing I'll try to check it out.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (71507)
• United States
17 Feb
Cool! If you see something good, let us all know! (Note to you: we Americans don’t consider anything made with Vegemite “good.” )
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (71507)
• United States
17 Feb
@JudyEv — fair deal: you don’t push Vegemite on me, I won’t push fried okra on you.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346592)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb
@FourWalls It's a deal!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346592)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Feb
That is a major sticking point between our friendship - Vegemite. Actually, I only ever had it on bread or toast. I can't even recall any recipes that use it.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (58807)
• Portugal
17 Feb
I have some recipes books too but nowadays we can find everything online.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346592)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb
I guess some still like to use recipe books but I've got rid of a lot of mine.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (58807)
• Portugal
19 Feb
@JudyEv I still use mine but I also don't have many.
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Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (40983)
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17 Feb
I dearly love cookbooks but I don’t want any more of them. I did get rid of some I didn’t really use when I moved last time. Like you said, there are tons of online recipes as well that are so easily available. I do have my old favorites!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346592)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb
I went through my cookbooks and if there was only 1 or 2 recipes that I used, I wrote them out. Then I donated the books.
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Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (40983)
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18 Feb
@JudyEv I have shared a lot of mine with family who seemed glad to have them. Cookbooks are no good to anyone if they aren't used, so I was glad to share them.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (185401)
• United States
17 Feb
Yes, I believe the Cordon Bleu school is a famous cooking school. Maybe if you find some recipes you want to try, you could take a pic of them.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346592)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb
I'll be going through them and trying to pick up some hints. Cordon Bleu was a very famous school in its time.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (92068)
• United States
14h
Cripes there is a fine lot of books now Judy.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346592)
• Rockingham, Australia
8h
Vince is going to look through them. He thinks he might get some ideas for our meals.
DE
@DaddyEvil (141838)
• United States
17 Feb
The last time we moved, Pretty donated all the recipe books I had except for one that I'd handwritten... I still use the recipes in that book once in a while.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (141838)
• United States
17 Feb
@JudyEv My recipe book has the recipes I made all the time when Pretty was growing up.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346592)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Feb
I have a recipe book with hand-written recipes in it too. I use a lot of the recipes in it. I was careful only to put in what I knew I would use, even if only occasionally.
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