One of the first collections around here was cookbooks.
They bring so much satisfaction.
It doesn't even matter if any of the recipes get used.
Cookbooks just make good reading and are filled with dozens upon dozens of possibilities and ideas.
After many decades and cross-country moves, the number of cookbooks collected admittedly did become wayyyyyyy too many.
Some were sold, dozens were given to the local library.
Still, an entire shelf in a small bookcase is dedicated to "hold-outs," cookbooks that are just really kind of hard to part with.
It would be nice to know your opinion of cookbooks.
Are they obsolete because so many recipes are available on line?
Does anyone collect them or even read them anymore?
Do you have any favorites?
My one all-time favorite is the cookbook by Better Crocker. I've used that one for literally decades.
I doubt there are too many recipes one cannot find in that cookbook. I just love it.
Well, if truth be told, I love most cookbooks!
Do you?
I enjoy cookbooks! It’s always been a weakness - even when I go into a thrift store I’m compelled to look through the many cookbooks.
ReplyDeleteWhile I have my favorite cookbooks, I so enjoy all cookbooks. My mother-in-law was a cookbook collector. I have several of hers and like you, I think they are so interesting. Do I ever cook recipes from them? rarely unless it's my favorite recipes.
ReplyDeleteI do use a couple cookbooks I have for favorite recipes but mostly I go online to look up new things. I guess I'm modern ..ha ha. Enjoy your cookbooks as you are a great cook.
ReplyDeleteYou know, Susan, I have one cookbook left with all the moves I've made in recent years, and I'll never give it up. It's the Better Homes and Gardens red and white checkered cookbook, and I've had it for 45 years! It's a classic, with so many good recipes. I also have handwritten recipes that people have shared with me through the years, and I tuck them away in that cookbook. I can see why you still have the Betty Crocker's cookbook. That one sounds delightful.
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I still have mine and my mom gave me her collection, including a set of Betty Crocker. Can't say I use them much anymore. There are some recipes from them I have memorized and make over and over. But I'm not willing to let them go. One day I might ditch online altogether and then I will really appreciate having a book to go through and trying some new recipes. As it is, I save so many digitally and never even bother with them again so they are just taking up my storage space. Or they were. One day I just decided to delete the whole file folder on my laptop. Sure did feel good. :)
ReplyDeleteI still have and use cookbooks, but not as much as I once did. But there are recipe books that are works of art that I can't part with. Some have such beautiful stories included. I still remember my mom poring over a recipe book when she was planning a big family dinner, deciding which dishes she would make and serve. I don't do that kind of poring anymore over my books. Perhaps because I don't cook that way much anymore.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your post, Susan, thanks!