Tracy wrote:
>
> I am not a fan of "Joy of Cooking". I hate that it references other
> recipes in order to make another recipe. For a soup recipe it'll say
> something like, first make the stock on page blank then make the
> whatever on page blank and so on and so forth. Drives me crazy.

I have been using Joy of cooking for more than 35 years. I don't
understand your complaint. I suppose that I could dig it out and check
some recipes at random....

Okay, the recipe for Toad in the Hole says to served with Honey Apples
and sends you to another page for that recipe. The recipe for Braised
Liver Cockaigne sends you to another page for the recipe for stock. The
recipe for Sauced poached Sweetbreads sends you to a recipe for Patty
shells. That is not out of line. Some of those are the sorts of things
that any well stocked kitchen might have on hand. It is better, IMO, to
refer you to the recipes for things that a well stocked kitchen would
have in stock than to write out the entire recipe with every dish.

I suppose that if a recipe, like meatloaf, might call for ketchup. Most
people in NA have it on hand and would not need to prepare it as part of
the process.


I find Joy of Cooking to be my number one best all round cookbook for
just about everything. If I could only have one, that is the one I
would likely pick. If I have something I have never cooked before, there
is a probably a better chance of finding a recipe for cooking it that in
just about any other cookbook.