On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:59:53 -0600, Becca wrote:

> Dale P wrote:
>> Making my favorite beef stroganoff for dinner. The house smells
>> great. I use the Betty Crocker cookbook recipe and add more garlic
>> and also add a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce. It comes out great
>> and is one of out favorite dinners. When I make it for guests, they
>> all think it is something fancy, yet it is very simple. Of course
>> some of our guests think that and instant dessert out of a box is good!!
>>
>> Dale P
>
> Sounds good to me, I will have to try it. I have a Betty Crocker book
> here somewhere. I started using that cookbook when I was a kid. My
> sister and I made the divinity recipe in that cookbook when I was 12 and
> she was 14. It came out perfect every time. We were too ignorant to
> realize divinity could be difficult to make. We did not have a candy
> thermometer, so we had to place a drop in cold water. My mother was a
> good cook, but she never made candy, so we made it ourselves. That was
> a wonderful cookbook now that I think about it. If I were to glance
> through it right now I might change my mind, so I think I won't. lol
>
> Becca

i used the water method as a kid, making butterscotch. made me feel like a
junior scientist.

the recipe was from 'the white house cookbook,' copyright 1923:

<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_White_House_Cook_Book.djvu>

i wonder if it's still in the same cupboard at my folks' house.

your pal,
blake