Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Mon 03 Aug 2009 02:18:25p, Jean B. told us...
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> I don't have the cookbooks in front of me, but I have two of the same GH
> editions published in the early 1940s. One was my mothers, and I found one
> for myself at a now defunct used cookbook shop in Manhattan. I also have a
> GH published in 1963, and yet another that I had bought for my mother
> published in the mid-1970s. The latter I'm not too fond of. I've only had
> one JOC and it was published sometime in the late 1960s, I believe.
>
I have since gotten various earlier editions of the GH cookbooks.
I think the first came out in 1903 (Everyday Cook Book), but
don't quote me on that. I only have a repro of that one, but it
is still fine to flip through.

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Jean B.