"Paul M. Cook©®" wrote:

> I'm just curious here. I have both JC and NJC. Am I the only one who has
> consistent bad results with their recipes and techniques? I mean I fancy
> myself an able cook, not a chef by any means, yet I always seem to have to
> make a JC recipe a couple of times and make changes to it to get it to come
> out right. I have so much better success with other cookbooks it seems.
>
> Paul
This is odd. I follow the old JOC to the letter for meat dishes, which I
can't sample as I cook, and everyone raves and has seconds. I've never
had a flop. The bisquits, cakes, pies, etc. all turn out beautifully.
I haven't cooked from the NJOC.
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