Goomba38 wrote:
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> >
> > I actually sought out and bought a 75 version of the JOC after the 90s
> > version came out, and I liked it a lot better.
> >
> I've read it said that cookbooks in the past could assume you knew what
> a cooking term meant (such as "blanch") whereas now they're written
> assuming we're all idiots and they need to spell it out to the nth
> detail. Not unlike the idiot tags on electric hairdryers saying "Do not
> use in the shower"... oy!

I'm not sure that is true. My trusty old JoC has sections to explain basic
cooking terms and methods, as did my mothers old Betty Crocker cookbook.
Most of the cookbooks I have are just collections of recipes.