Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> The Cook > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:57:02 -0500, Omelet >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In article >,
>>> The Cook > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:09:19 -0500, Omelet >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I have to agree that it is not a good Custard recipe.
>>>>> It's not even a correct custard recipe.
>>>>>
>>>> >From what I see in moms Betty Crocker Cookbook (sitting here in my lap),
>>>>> there is no thickener used for a proper custard. Thought I remembered as
>>>>> much!
>>>>>
>>>>> This cookbook is probably a good 60 years old.
>>>>> A real family treasure. :-) I'm considering having it re-bound as it's
>>>>> falling apart, literally. I've been preserving it by keeping it in a
>>>>> ziplock bag... It was one of the foremost things on moms mind when she
>>>>> was dying. She was most concerned that I knew where it was etc. <sigh>
>>>>>
>>>>> I do treasure it!
>>>> It can't be over 60 years old, the first one was copyrighted 1950.
>>>> There is a reproduction of that book. You might get one and save the
>>>> old one.
>>>>
>>>> What does the cover look like?
>>> Ok, I was not sure how old it was. Just that I'm 47 and mom died when
>>> she was 68 and that was 7 years ago. I thought she got it from her mom
>>> but I could be wrong. There are pictures of pies and stuff on the cover.
>>>
>>> It has a LOT of moms hand written notes all over the covers and some of
>>> the recipes.
>> That is 1956 copyright. Pie, chicken and corn on the cob on the
>> cover. I found a copy of it several years ago that is full of
>> clippings and notes. I really need to go through it and sort out the
>> junk from the good stuff.
>>
>> My first BC was the 1961 edition. It is still my "go to" book.
>
> Thanks. :-) So that makes it 53 years old then.
>
> My own first cookbook I learned from was a Doubleday. I'm not even sure
> what happened to it. I've not seen it in ages and it's not on any of
> the current bookshelves. We've moved a lot since dad bought it for me.

Maybe that would be a fun thread? I remember getting two
cookbooks when I was 16: Joy of Cooking and The Good Housekeeping
Cookbook. I still have that JoC (along with others), but that
copy of GH disappeared long ago. I did replace it within the last
couple of years or so.

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Jean B.