"blake murphy" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:31:06 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> So I bought the book called 20-Minute Menus by Marian Burros. Luckily I
>> got
>> it used and didn't pay much for it because it is totally worthless to me.
>> The book seems to presume that the people buying it don't know a thing
>> about
>> cooking. They tell you if the recipe calls for an 8 oz onion but you
>> only
>> have a 10 oz. onion to either discard the 2 oz. or add them to your dish.
>> Say what? Who weighs their onions? Really?
>>
>> I do not seem much at all in that book that I would like to eat. It's
>> big
>> on fish dishes. I already know how to make things with chicken nuggets.
>> I
>> know how to make lasagna without meat. In fact I never put meat in mine.
>> I
>> know how to make hamburger patties. It's just far easier to make them
>> already made up. Same with the chicken nuggets. Now that's really fast
>> food. Buy it already made. Which is what I would think they would tell
>> you
>> to do since they tell you to buy the breadsticks, whole wheat bread,
>> pesto,
>> etc. already made up. You are also supposed to buy your veggies cut or
>> sliced already.
>>
>> This book might be good for someone who truly doesn't know how to cook or
>> stock a pantry. It also tells you how to do that and what the game plan
>> is
>> for the meal.
>>
>> So whoever recommended this book to me (I can't remember), thanks but no
>> thanks!
>
> oops. the book is in transit to me. but if it does turn out to be
> useless, it won't be the first cookbook i've bought and not really used.
> (i paid $3.61, complete.)

That's about what I paid for it. You might find something you like but to
me most of what was in there was really weird combinations of stuff.