"Ms Leebee" > wrote in message
> Farm1 wrote:
> >
> > I also have recipe books coming out of my ears. When we were
moving
> > out of our last house, I packed up my recipe books and put them in
> > boxes and stacked them by the front door (all boxes labelled
> > "Cookbooks"). The pile came to about 5 ft high. I then got
REALLY
> > sick and had to call the doctor to come twice in the one night to
give
> > me morphine for this really nasty bug that was swept through the
> > village and was hospitalising people. My (female) doctor is famed
for
> > being a lousy cook and each time my Husband let her in she
commented
> > on them. a) she couldn't believe that there were so many recipe
books
> > and b) was he sure that the boxes were correctly labelled.
>
> But how many do you *use* ?

I've since done a clean out and don't have any I don't use. But I
still have LOTS.
>
> I have moved so many times I am so anti-clutter .. plus the internet
is now
> a dear old friend.

Yeah but I still can't find a decent rum and ginger cheesecake recipe.
The only recipes I've found use white rum for God's sake! What good
Aussie girl would use white rum when Bundie OP is the go?

> I tend to be a terrible recipe follower anyway ( I always know best,
rightly
> or wrongly ), so the ones I like best are very pictoral and/or
travelogue
> based.

I tend to follow the recipe first time round.
>
> Although I have an old Colleen McCullough book, which is all recipes
her
> mother taught her, with B&W wartime rationing pics. I go there for
recipes
> for pastry, they are always the best, and you can only ( it seems )
buy puff
> fromt he store*

:-)) I'm jaundiced about Colleen as I've not enjoyed any of her
books.