On Mon 30 Jun 2008 05:43:49a, Jean B. told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> I suppose so, but I had a definite dislike for it, and a clear
>> preference for cookbooks that I perceived as more detailed and complex.
>>
>> Apart from the book itself, I think I had a disdain for the fact that
>> there were Betty Crocker branded food products in the supermarket, such
>> as cake mixes, etc. My mother never made anything from a mix, and
>> perhaps that association with the cookbook had some influence.
>>
> Oh! That reminds me. I don't like cookbooks that call for
> specific store-bought products. Ugh.

Nor do I...

> I also don't recall my mother using mixes, which is probably why I
> still harbor some disdain for them. I do have a rather old book
> that gives recipes for such mixes--that is, IF it isn't among the
> lost.
>



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Wayne Boatwright
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