How many cookbooks do you have? and how many do you use?
By nadias
@nadias (88)
Norway
March 9, 2007 4:31am CST
I just remembered the look on my husband's face when he saw how many cookbooks i had brought with me from norway. His facial expression was a combination of terrified, shocked, amazed and spooked.
I definitely dont have a huge collection but given that he's never owned a single one in his life then seeing my collection was just too much for him.
So i just thought i'd see how many you guys have... anyone? And how many of these do you use?Personally, I have around 350 cookbooks and i've tried to make at least one thing from each book (not quite there yet though!). But of course, there are some books that are more used than others... thing is, as some of you might already know im not really big on following a recipe. Thats why i used my cookbooks mainly for inspiration and ideas.
So over to you guys!
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36 responses
@asepsupri (5)
• Indonesia
10 Mar 07
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION . i just remembered the look on my husmand's face when he saw how many cookbooks i had brought with me from norway.his facial expresion was a combination of terrified,shocked,amazed and spooked . i definitely dont have a huge collection but given that he's never owned a single one in his life then seeing my collection but given that was just too much for him .so i just thought i had see how many you guys have ........anyone ? and how many of these do you use ? personally, i have around 350 cookbooks and i have tried to make at least one thing from each book not quite there yet thought .but of course, there are some books that are more used than others thing is ,as some of you might already know i am not really bi on following a recipe .NICE TOO MEET YOU...........
@bindishah (2062)
• India
10 Mar 07
Wow! You actually have 350 cookbooks. i dont think i would have the space for that many. Infact I persoanlly own no cookbooks. i ususally get all my recipes online coz its a treasure of recipes.
@nadias (88)
• Norway
10 Mar 07
Oh i absolutely agree that the online world has a whole world of recipes that are really great.. and dont get me wrong, i use the web ALOT for recipes too.. But there's something about taking that book from the shelf, sitting down comfortably and browsing the book.. after so many years having to sit in front of a computer almost 24/7 (college and then work), i like to give my eyes a rest every now and then and there's nothing more "therapeutical" than a good cookbook lol
@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
9 Mar 07
I have 28 cookbooks and use 8 of them regularly and two are for holidays. I'm planning to reduce the number to 10 before the end of the year by transferring the recipes in the seldom used books into one book, so my cooking shelf isn't so crowded. Right now, its hard to just pull out one book, as several come out at once. My goal in January was to be more organized and this would certainly help me reach that goal.
@nadias (88)
• Norway
9 Mar 07
Yeah i guess i know what you mean... Thing is i'm kinda past that.. It would be kinda hard to reduce the number of books in my case.. and after all.. i just loooooooove browsing the books and just looking at some of the photos.. and then drifting into a daydream.... (yeah i do that sometimes!!!)
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
10 Mar 07
WOW 350 books, that is a lot! Do you use them all? I only have one and I have yet to use it -I'm terrible when it comes to cooking but I do try. I have been learning from my husband and now I cook at least 5 days a week.
@nadias (88)
• Norway
10 Mar 07
Well i try to use them all, maybe not an exact recipe but at least for inspiration. I love doing that. Or maybe even take one thing from one recipe and merging it with some other recipe from some other book.. or just from my head.. alot of fun and alot of crazy outcomes :P
@kurtbiewald (2625)
• United States
9 Mar 07
i have 5 I think
mostly I cook by experience
I have made like 15,000 mostly really good meals
@cajunmomma (624)
• United States
9 Mar 07
I have a couple of cook books, but I don't really use them. We are on a tight budget so therefore we usually eat mostly the same things every week.
@meljessxena (2315)
• Australia
10 Mar 07
omg that is so huge you have about 340 more books than me lol, i used a few recipes out of them, but i usually like to see their ideas and then add things of my own to lol.
im looking at getting some more, i was in st vinies lol and they are like only $2 a book or something and there was good ones there to.
@p3halliwel2005 (3156)
• Philippines
10 Mar 07
I have cookbooks but I gave it to my sister because I don't have time to cook and I don't enjoy cooking that much..I only cook and enjoy it during christmas and new year.
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
10 Mar 07
Wow, and I thought I had too many cookbooks :) I have about 50.. every once in a while I see one that has something that catches my eye - or my taste buds - and I get it. I also have a few computer disks filled with recipes that I get from friends, the web and.. more books LOL
HOw often do I end up using them? Not as often as I thought when I bought them. SOme of them I use more than others, like you,and I tend to take a look every once in a while to remember recipes that I haven't used in a while. Some, I haven't used at all ever since I bought them.
@GuateMom (1411)
• Canada
9 Mar 07
I´m envious of your collection! I would love to have more cookbooks, but at the moment, I just have two. One is a pasta cookbook that I never use because it has only ingedients that I can´t find here. The other is The Joy of Cooking which my mom always used. I had to buy a copy when I came to Guatemala. It is pretty battered because I read it a lot! Stained pages and all that. My son also ripped the cover off, so it is a bit naked and missing half the index, to show how well read it is. Plus, the mice ate a corner, so it is really quite worn. I will have to buy a new one soon, I think. :)
@Fishish (696)
• India
10 Mar 07
i have two, one that i picked from home an d another one which i got when buying a microwave. and i go through them when i have to cook something new. i hardly like cooking. if i am tryign out somethign new i see the recipie in the cookbooks otherwise i dont even pick them by mistake. i use them when required,. besides they are quiet smalladn handy so it is not a bother..
@zhuanclub (57)
• China
10 Mar 07
wow! 350 cookbooks?i have only one cookbooks.sometimes i look for a ecipe on web.
@Hamlet333 (724)
• Pakistan
9 Mar 07
I dont hv any cook book and I do not use cook books becos my mom knows well how to cook and I am learning it from her.
@Michele21 (3093)
• United States
9 Mar 07
Right now I only have 5 or 6. I usually get my recipes on-line so I am not searching through a book trying to find what I am looking for. I use to have over 100 but I never used them so I gave them all away!! I don't know where i would put 350 + cookbooks...how do you store them??
@miranda265 (125)
• United States
9 Mar 07
I have ten cookbooks (given to me by my mom) but I only use two of them: The Blue Willow Inn Cookbook by
Jane Stern and Michael Stern and Back to the Table by
Art Smith. The recipes in these cookbooks are wonderful.
@Galena (9110)
•
9 Mar 07
a few. but the one I use most is The River Cottage Family Cookbook. it's fantastic.
@Gabrielle1609 (278)
• Singapore
9 Mar 07
i never owned cookbooks... i use my imagination when i cook...
