"Nancy2" > wrote in message
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On Monday, September 24, 2018 at 9:55:28 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
> On 9/24/2018 10:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> > "Nancy2"Â wrote in message
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> > I love custard pie. I just use the BH&G recipe. But copying a great
> > pie-maker I knew in my early
> > married days, I sprinkle some Grape-Nuts into the pie shell before
> > baking, and sprinkle the top
> > with a little nutmeg. The nutmeg is optional, of course...some people
> > don't like it.
> >
> > N.
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> > BH&G?
>
> Better Homes & Gardens. It's a magazine. I gather they also published
> some cookbooks.
>
> Grapenuts (the original cereal) are hard as rocks. Grapenuts Flakes,
> not so much.
>
> Jill

But they are REALLY good in custard pie, just as a random crunch and mild
flavor.

BH&G has published many cookbooks over the years; the famous red and white
plaid cover being the most well known. My generation (married in the 60s
developed our married-life cooking using that cookbook. They also
published, in the same decades, books devoted to single topics ...
"vegetables," "fruits," "desserts," "meat," "salads," "breads," to name a
few. They contain some of my most go-to recipes, especially the bread and
dessert ones. And many of the recipes are still current today; I was amazed
to find a recipe for hummus in one of them.

N.
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My go to in the early 60's were Joy of Cooking and The Good Housekeeping
cookbooks.

Cheri