I bought TJOC, BHG and Betty Crocker cook books. Haven't touched Betty
Crocker or TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for a few
recipes.

I have been addicted to allrecipes.com

I like the fact that other people chime in about the recipes, there
are ratings, and people even amend the original recipe.

Made a pumpkin bread last night based on allrecipes.com. Came out
delish! Plan on making homemade sausages from there too.

So it seems like I wasted $50 on books. I dunno... maybe not.. i'm
still in the beginning stages... there's still a lot out there to
make...

Mind you - i don't rely on ratings to determine whether or not I will
want to try the recipe, I just use allrecipes.com to find variations
on the 1 recipe of whatever you wanted to make that would be in the
books.

Anyone here use allrecipes.com and are there any other good sites like
it ?

"Paul McNoob" > wrote in message
...
>I bought TJOC, BHG and Betty Crocker cook books. Haven't touched Betty
> Crocker or TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for a few
> recipes.
>
> I have been addicted to allrecipes.com
>
> I like the fact that other people chime in about the recipes, there
> are ratings, and people even amend the original recipe.
>
> Made a pumpkin bread last night based on allrecipes.com. Came out
> delish! Plan on making homemade sausages from there too.
>
> So it seems like I wasted $50 on books. I dunno... maybe not.. i'm
> still in the beginning stages... there's still a lot out there to
> make...
>
> Mind you - i don't rely on ratings to determine whether or not I will
> want to try the recipe, I just use allrecipes.com to find variations
> on the 1 recipe of whatever you wanted to make that would be in the
> books.
>
> Anyone here use allrecipes.com and are there any other good sites like
> it ?

Go to the library.... check out cook books there. The ones that you love,
buy on www.half.com You will save a ton of $$ that way.
I use allrecipes too, it's a good site.

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:44:23 -0700 (PDT), Paul McNoob
> wrote:

>I have been addicted to allrecipes.com

It certainly has improved, hasn't it? Lots of good pictures and
instructions.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

"Paul McNoob" > wrote in message
...
>I bought TJOC, BHG and Betty Crocker cook books. Haven't touched Betty
> Crocker or TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for a few
> recipes.
>
> I have been addicted to allrecipes.com
>
> I like the fact that other people chime in about the recipes, there
> are ratings, and people even amend the original recipe.
>
> Made a pumpkin bread last night based on allrecipes.com. Came out
> delish! Plan on making homemade sausages from there too.
>
> So it seems like I wasted $50 on books. I dunno... maybe not.. i'm
> still in the beginning stages... there's still a lot out there to
> make...
>
> Mind you - i don't rely on ratings to determine whether or not I will
> want to try the recipe, I just use allrecipes.com to find variations
> on the 1 recipe of whatever you wanted to make that would be in the
> books.
>
> Anyone here use allrecipes.com and are there any other good sites like
> it

Maybe you should put the books under your pillow you're read by osmosis
while you sleep



--
Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)
..

Paul McNoob wrote:
> I bought TJOC, BHG and Betty Crocker cook books. Haven't touched Betty
> Crocker or TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for a few
> recipes.
>
> I have been addicted to allrecipes.com
>
> I like the fact that other people chime in about the recipes, there
> are ratings, and people even amend the original recipe.
>
> Made a pumpkin bread last night based on allrecipes.com. Came out
> delish! Plan on making homemade sausages from there too.
>
> So it seems like I wasted $50 on books. I dunno... maybe not.. i'm
> still in the beginning stages... there's still a lot out there to
> make...
>
> Mind you - i don't rely on ratings to determine whether or not I will
> want to try the recipe, I just use allrecipes.com to find variations
> on the 1 recipe of whatever you wanted to make that would be in the
> books.
>
> Anyone here use allrecipes.com and are there any other good sites like
> it ?

I use allrecipes.com, too. I've been slowly going through the cookbooks I
have and typing the recipes I want to keep into my recipe software, though.
That's one of the first places I go to when I'm looking for something
specific, so it makes it easier for me than going through books. I use "Big
Oven" software as my favorite recipe holder, but many others use "Now You're
Cooking" and "MasterCook". I've got "MasterCook", too, and I also use that,
but my preference is "Big Oven".

If you're interested in collecting recipes, you might consider software for
storing them. Just make sure you back up the data in case of a hard drive
crash!!!

kili

On Jun 19, 10:44*am, Paul McNoob > wrote:
> I bought TJOC, BHG and Betty Crocker cook books. Haven't touched Betty
> Crocker or TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for a few
> recipes.
>
> I have been addicted to allrecipes.com
>
> I like the fact that other people chime in about the recipes, there
> are ratings, and people even amend the original recipe.
>
> Made a pumpkin bread last night based on allrecipes.com. Came out
> delish! Plan on making homemade sausages from there too.
>
> So it seems like I wasted $50 on books. I dunno... maybe not.. i'm
> still in the beginning stages... there's still a lot out there to
> make...
>
> Mind you - i don't rely on ratings to determine whether or not I will
> want to try the recipe, I just use allrecipes.com to find variations
> on the 1 recipe of whatever you wanted to make that would be in the
> books.
>
> Anyone here use allrecipes.com and are there any other good sites like
> it ?

I use the sites, but I also like to read cookbooks. I think there is a
lot more info in books.

On Jun 19, 10:44*am, Paul McNoob > wrote:
> I bought TJOC, BHG and Betty Crocker cook books. Haven't touched Betty
> Crocker or TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for a few
> recipes.
>
> I have been addicted to allrecipes.com
>
> I like the fact that other people chime in about the recipes, there
> are ratings, and people even amend the original recipe.
>
> Made a pumpkin bread last night based on allrecipes.com. Came out
> delish! Plan on making homemade sausages from there too.
>
> So it seems like I wasted $50 on books. I dunno... maybe not.. i'm
> still in the beginning stages... there's still a lot out there to
> make...[snip]

If you never get around to reading the books then, yes, you've wasted
your money. If you buy and read books that are nothing more than
recipe collections then you've wasted your money. What matters is to
learn about cooking -- the techniques, the whys and wherefores of
ingredients, combinations, seasonings. A good cookbook will have some
coherence of thought or approach, something to learn that will stay
with you. Recipes are just recipes. -aem

On Jun 19, 2:45*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> "Paul McNoob" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
>
>
> >I bought TJOC, BHG and Betty Crocker cook books. Haven't touched Betty
> > Crocker or TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for a few
> > recipes.
>
> > I have been addicted to allrecipes.com
>
> > I like the fact that other people chime in about the recipes, there
> > are ratings, and people even amend the original recipe.
>
> > Made a pumpkin bread last night based on allrecipes.com. Came out
> > delish! Plan on making homemade sausages from there too.
>
> > So it seems like I wasted $50 on books. I dunno... maybe not.. i'm
> > still in the beginning stages... there's still a lot out there to
> > make...
>
> > Mind you - i don't rely on ratings to determine whether or not I will
> > want to try the recipe, I just use allrecipes.com to find variations
> > on the 1 recipe of whatever you wanted to make that would be in the
> > books.
>
> > Anyone here use allrecipes.com and are there any other good sites like
> > it
>
> Maybe you should put the books under your pillow you're read by osmosis
> while you sleep
>
> --
> Old Scoundrel
>
> (AKA Dimitri)
> .- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I will give that a try !!

On Jun 19, 3:00*pm, "kilikini" > wrote:
> Paul McNoob wrote:
> > I bought TJOC, BHG and Betty Crocker cook books. Haven't touched Betty
> > Crocker or TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for a few
> > recipes.
>
> > I have been addicted to allrecipes.com
>
> > I like the fact that other people chime in about the recipes, there
> > are ratings, and people even amend the original recipe.
>
> > Made a pumpkin bread last night based on allrecipes.com. Came out
> > delish! Plan on making homemade sausages from there too.
>
> > So it seems like I wasted $50 on books. I dunno... maybe not.. i'm
> > still in the beginning stages... there's still a lot out there to
> > make...
>
> > Mind you - i don't rely on ratings to determine whether or not I will
> > want to try the recipe, I just use allrecipes.com to find variations
> > on the 1 recipe of whatever you wanted to make that would be in the
> > books.
>
> > Anyone here use allrecipes.com and are there any other good sites like
> > it ?
>
> I use allrecipes.com, too. *I've been slowly going through the cookbooks I
> have and typing the recipes I want to keep into my recipe software, though.
> That's one of the first places I go to when I'm looking for something
> specific, so it makes it easier for me than going through books. *I use "Big
> Oven" software as my favorite recipe holder, but many others use "Now You're
> Cooking" and "MasterCook". *I've got "MasterCook", too, and I also use that,
> but my preference is "Big Oven".
>
> If you're interested in collecting recipes, you might consider software for
> storing them. *Just make sure you back up the data in case of a hard drive
> crash!!!
>
> kili- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Oh, good idea! I'll look into your suggestions and the others
mentioned.

merryb wrote:
> On Jun 19, 10:44 am, Paul McNoob > wrote:
>> I bought TJOC, BHG and Betty Crocker cook books. Haven't touched
>> Betty Crocker or TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for
>> a few recipes.
>>
>> I have been addicted to allrecipes.com
>>
>> I like the fact that other people chime in about the recipes, there
>> are ratings, and people even amend the original recipe.
>>
>
> I use the sites, but I also like to read cookbooks. I think there is a
> lot more info in books.


As someone else suggested, I'd be looking at the library to give cookbooks a
test drive before I spent a bunch of money on them. But I also just like
reading cookbooks, too. Maybe you and I are weird that way (but I really
don't think so!)

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
> As someone else suggested, I'd be looking at the library to give
> cookbooks a test drive before I spent a bunch of money on them. But I
> also just like reading cookbooks, too. Maybe you and I are weird that
> way (but I really don't think so!)
>
> Jill

I've been known to spend copious amounts of time at bookstores,
writing down the names of recipe that interest me, and if there
are several in a book, I have to buy the book. Or perhaps I will
see some other compelling reason to buy it.

I used to buy the book if there was ONE good recipe--and sometimes
it was only one inadvertently. I'd flip the book open to a
great-sounding recipe, decide I'd have to get the book, and then
discover that was the ONLY good recipe in the whole book. After
doing that many times, I have become more careful.

--
Jean B.

Paul McNoob wrote:
> I bought TJOC, BHG and Betty Crocker cook books. Haven't touched Betty
> Crocker or TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for a few
> recipes.

I don't think that's blasphemy at all. Those books will serve you your
whole life. I've been using BHG as a reference for about thirty years.

>
> I have been addicted to allrecipes.com
>
> I like the fact that other people chime in about the recipes, there
> are ratings, and people even amend the original recipe.
>
> Made a pumpkin bread last night based on allrecipes.com. Came out
> delish! Plan on making homemade sausages from there too.
>
> So it seems like I wasted $50 on books. I dunno... maybe not.. i'm
> still in the beginning stages... there's still a lot out there to
> make...

Yep, and if I were you, I'd try reading some cookbooks about foods that
interest you. If you love ice cream, read "The Perfect Scoop" (check
them out from the library first. If you love Indian food, read something
by Madhur Jaffrey. If Italian, try Lidia Bastianich. If you are a
vegetarian, try something by Molly Katzen or Laurel Robertson or John
Robbins.

> Mind you - i don't rely on ratings to determine whether or not I will
> want to try the recipe, I just use allrecipes.com to find variations
> on the 1 recipe of whatever you wanted to make that would be in the
> books.
>
> Anyone here use allrecipes.com and are there any other good sites like
> it ?

I like bigoven.com and recipezaar.com. Oh, and if you want to watch
videos on how to make stuff, ifood.tv is very fun, as is Everyday Dish:
http://everydaydish.tv/cookingshow_video.html

Serene

"Woolstitcher" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Paul McNoob" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I bought TJOC, BHG and Betty Crocker cook books. Haven't touched Betty
>> Crocker or TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for a few
>> recipes.
>>
>> I have been addicted to allrecipes.com
>>
>> I like the fact that other people chime in about the recipes, there
>> are ratings, and people even amend the original recipe.
>>
>> Made a pumpkin bread last night based on allrecipes.com. Came out
>> delish! Plan on making homemade sausages from there too.
>>
>> So it seems like I wasted $50 on books. I dunno... maybe not.. i'm
>> still in the beginning stages... there's still a lot out there to
>> make...
>>
>> Mind you - i don't rely on ratings to determine whether or not I will
>> want to try the recipe, I just use allrecipes.com to find variations
>> on the 1 recipe of whatever you wanted to make that would be in the
>> books.
>>
>> Anyone here use allrecipes.com and are there any other good sites like
>> it ?
>
> Go to the library.... check out cook books there. The ones that you love,
> buy on www.half.com You will save a ton of $$ that way.
> I use allrecipes too, it's a good site.
>
>
We have approximately 350 cookbooks. They're for me, biblical. Life would be
empty without them.

Kent

Mine is on the winter solstice, but I hope you have as much fun as the
Norwegians do with yours, Serene.

--
http://www.judithgreenwood.com

In article >, Paul McNoob > wrote:
>I bought TJOC, BHG and Betty Crocker cook books. Haven't touched Betty
>Crocker or TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for a few
>recipes.

There's been a bit of a run of criticism of cookbook recipes here in
Oz lately. The popular tabloids must have been having a slack week or
two. They've been publishing articles based on recipes found in
popular cook books along the lines of "recipes that don't/won't work".

Of course, the point is not that *all* recipes in these books are
futile; rather that at least some of them seem to have been published
without actually testing them! (And simple proof-reading would have
helped remove some of the more obvious glitches before publication.)

>I have been addicted to allrecipes.com
>
>I like the fact that other people chime in about the recipes, there
>are ratings, and people even amend the original recipe.
>
>Made a pumpkin bread last night based on allrecipes.com. Came out
>delish! Plan on making homemade sausages from there too.
>
>So it seems like I wasted $50 on books. I dunno... maybe not.. i'm
>still in the beginning stages... there's still a lot out there to
>make...

Judging by the trestle-loads of cook books on display at a recent book
sale in the tourist ghetto of Cairns, you're not the only one addicted
to buying too many... It's an international compulsion!

>Mind you - i don't rely on ratings to determine whether or not I will
>want to try the recipe, I just use allrecipes.com to find variations
>on the 1 recipe of whatever you wanted to make that would be in the
>books.
>
>Anyone here use allrecipes.com and are there any other good sites like
>it ?

Cheers, Phred.

--
LID

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:44:23 -0700 (PDT), Paul McNoob
> wrote:

>I bought TJOC, BHG and Betty Crocker cook books. Haven't touched Betty
>Crocker or TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for a few
>recipes.
>
>I have been addicted to allrecipes.com
>
>I like the fact that other people chime in about the recipes, there
>are ratings, and people even amend the original recipe.
>
>Made a pumpkin bread last night based on allrecipes.com. Came out
>delish! Plan on making homemade sausages from there too.
>
>So it seems like I wasted $50 on books. I dunno... maybe not.. i'm
>still in the beginning stages... there's still a lot out there to
>make...
>

books are never a waste. you may not always have access to
allrecipes. plus i like things in print in front of me in the
kitchen, and no, i'm not buying a laptop for this.

your pal,
blake

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:43:49 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>jmcquown wrote:
>> As someone else suggested, I'd be looking at the library to give
>> cookbooks a test drive before I spent a bunch of money on them. But I
>> also just like reading cookbooks, too. Maybe you and I are weird that
>> way (but I really don't think so!)
>>
>> Jill
>
>I've been known to spend copious amounts of time at bookstores,
>writing down the names of recipe that interest me, and if there
>are several in a book, I have to buy the book. Or perhaps I will
>see some other compelling reason to buy it.
>
>I used to buy the book if there was ONE good recipe--and sometimes
>it was only one inadvertently. I'd flip the book open to a
>great-sounding recipe, decide I'd have to get the book, and then
>discover that was the ONLY good recipe in the whole book. After
>doing that many times, I have become more careful.

I buy very few cookbooks at retail price. Resale stores and yard
sales are loaded with them. Louise goes to them all the time and has
an idea of what I like. Usually they're 50 cents or a dollar. I cull
through them at my leisure and keep a few but most get re-donated.
When we moved last year I got rid of a few hundred. We put them in
the trunk and wherever we went our friends could look through them and
take what they wanted. After a few weeks we dropped the leftovers off
at our favorite charity resale store. Recycling is a good thing.
I've got a stack of about 50 in the basement ready for recycling.

Lou

Giusi wrote:
> Mine is on the winter solstice, but I hope you have as much fun as the
> Norwegians do with yours, Serene.
>

Thanks, Giusi!

Serene

On Jun 19, 12:44*pm, Paul McNoob > wrote:
> I bought TJOC, BHG and BettyCrockercook books. Haven't touched BettyCrockeror TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for a few
> recipes.
>
I can't imagine there being anything worthwhile in the Betty Crocker
one.

I looked at their website, and there was a recipe for some horrid
pasta soup that incorporated their Hamburger Helper. Can you say
White Trash?

--Bryan

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> On Jun 19, 12:44 pm, Paul McNoob > wrote:
>> I bought TJOC, BHG and BettyCrockercook books. Haven't touched BettyCrockeror TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for a few
>> recipes.
>>
> I can't imagine there being anything worthwhile in the Betty Crocker
> one.
>
> I looked at their website, and there was a recipe for some horrid
> pasta soup that incorporated their Hamburger Helper. Can you say
> White Trash?
>
> --Bryan

Hmmm. Have you ever seen, for example, their Indian cookbook?
You might be surprised.

--
Jean B.

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:50:17 -0700 (PDT), Bobo Bonobo®
> wrote:

>On Jun 19, 12:44*pm, Paul McNoob > wrote:
>> I bought TJOC, BHG and BettyCrockercook books. Haven't touched BettyCrockeror TJOC. I know, blasphemy I'm sure. Only used BHG for a few
>> recipes.
>>
>I can't imagine there being anything worthwhile in the Betty Crocker
>one.
>
>I looked at their website, and there was a recipe for some horrid
>pasta soup that incorporated their Hamburger Helper. Can you say
>White Trash?
>
>--Bryan

nope, i can't say it. you've used up the quota.

blake

In article >,
Lou Decruss > wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:43:49 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
> >jmcquown wrote:
> >> As someone else suggested, I'd be looking at the library to give
> >> cookbooks a test drive before I spent a bunch of money on them. But I
> >> also just like reading cookbooks, too. Maybe you and I are weird that
> >> way (but I really don't think so!)
> >>
> >> Jill
> >
> >I've been known to spend copious amounts of time at bookstores,
> >writing down the names of recipe that interest me, and if there
> >are several in a book, I have to buy the book. Or perhaps I will
> >see some other compelling reason to buy it.
> >
> >I used to buy the book if there was ONE good recipe--and sometimes
> >it was only one inadvertently. I'd flip the book open to a
> >great-sounding recipe, decide I'd have to get the book, and then
> >discover that was the ONLY good recipe in the whole book. After
> >doing that many times, I have become more careful.
>
> I buy very few cookbooks at retail price. Resale stores and yard
> sales are loaded with them. Louise goes to them all the time and has
> an idea of what I like. Usually they're 50 cents or a dollar. I cull
> through them at my leisure and keep a few but most get re-donated.
> When we moved last year I got rid of a few hundred. We put them in
> the trunk and wherever we went our friends could look through them and
> take what they wanted. After a few weeks we dropped the leftovers off
> at our favorite charity resale store. Recycling is a good thing.
> I've got a stack of about 50 in the basement ready for recycling.
>
> Lou

My congregation just had a used book sale this weekend. I donated a few
volumes that I hadn't used for a while. The book dealers usually swarm
the sale, but they were rather sparse this year. (Maybe they were
watching the naked bicyclists at the Fremont Solstice Parade.) I
volunteer so I can get first dibs on the cookbooks. Yesterday I picked
up a Ray's Boathouse cookbook for $1, plus a Mme. Benoit Canadian
cookbook, and a 1926 charity cookbook for what eventually became
Children's Medical Center here.

My experience with recipe websites is hit and miss. Sometimes SO will
find something useful on them, but more often than not I find the
recipes pretty basic and not at all edited (to counter Phred's comments
about cookbook editing). The best recipes I've downloaded have come
from RFC. Take a bow, y'all!

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

Cindy Fuller > wrote in
news:cjfullerSPAMORAMA-5F74AD.17393422062008@70-3-168-
216.area5.spcsdns.net:

> plus a Mme. Benoit Canadian
> cookbook,

Mme. Beniot travelled through Quebec a great deal, and most of her recipes
are from french housewives whom she stayed with on those trips. She's had
several cooking shows in the 60's up here and is a widely exclaimed cook.
Her recipes are still widely used...But it is hard to find any English
copies of her cookbooks. So enjoy your find.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

Cindy Fuller wrote:
> My congregation just had a used book sale this weekend. I donated a few
> volumes that I hadn't used for a while. The book dealers usually swarm
> the sale, but they were rather sparse this year. (Maybe they were
> watching the naked bicyclists at the Fremont Solstice Parade.) I
> volunteer so I can get first dibs on the cookbooks. Yesterday I picked
> up a Ray's Boathouse cookbook for $1, plus a Mme. Benoit Canadian
> cookbook, and a 1926 charity cookbook for what eventually became
> Children's Medical Center here.
>
> My experience with recipe websites is hit and miss. Sometimes SO will
> find something useful on them, but more often than not I find the
> recipes pretty basic and not at all edited (to counter Phred's comments
> about cookbook editing). The best recipes I've downloaded have come
> from RFC. Take a bow, y'all!
>
> Cindy
>
The book from 1926 sounds like an especially nice find!

--
Jean B.

In article >,
hahabogus > wrote:

> Cindy Fuller > wrote in
> news:cjfullerSPAMORAMA-5F74AD.17393422062008@70-3-168-
> 216.area5.spcsdns.net:
>
> > plus a Mme. Benoit Canadian
> > cookbook,
>
> Mme. Beniot travelled through Quebec a great deal, and most of her recipes
> are from french housewives whom she stayed with on those trips. She's had
> several cooking shows in the 60's up here and is a widely exclaimed cook.
> Her recipes are still widely used...But it is hard to find any English
> copies of her cookbooks. So enjoy your find.

Alan,

I had heard of Mme. Benoit, but didn't know her full story. Thanks for
the info!

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me