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

>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.

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I was given that cookbook as an engagement present a hundred years
ago. My mother wasn't "into" cooking - your basic '50s back of the box
and back of the can cook, so I had to learn from scratch. The Better
Homes and Gardens Cookbook was my go-to cookbook as a new bride and
taught me the rudiments. It also piqued my interest in cooking. I had
bought the obligatory Joy of Cooking, but it was the BHG cookbook that
made cooking fun. I think my next cookbook purchases were Craig
Claiborne's _New York Times Cookbook_ and James Beard's _American
Cookery_, both of which I still consult.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

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"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines