Oh pshaw, on Mon 05 Jun 2006 06:15:11p, Reg meant to say...

> Kent wrote:
>
>> If anyone, based on the uniformity of this thread, is thinking about
>> buying the "Joy of Cooking", it's very important to get the last
>> edition (1974) written by the Rombauers without help from anyone else.
>> The "Joys" published after this date were added to by Ethan Becker. One
>> rewrite took the original famous emergency dish "tuna noodle casserole"
>> and added cheese to it! That's almost sacrilegious!!
>
> I prefer the older editions, too. I've had many over the years. My
> first, the one I made cakes from when I was a kid, still had the
> recipe for cleaning and cooking a porcupine.
>
> My first major revelation into the world of food was reading
> the JOC "Know Your Ingredients" chapter in grade school.

The only edition I've ever owned is from 1964, and although I've looked at
various later editions, I haven't needed or wanted them. The one I have is a
decent baseline reference for many things.

--
Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
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