"Silvar Beitel" > wrote in message
...
> Went to my library's used book sale this morning, bright and early,
> and grabbed a small stack of cookbooks. Spent a whopping $9. I was
> in and out in ten minutes - you gotta work fast 'cause the used book
> sellers show up in force and practically inhale books - a guy picking
> through the cookbooks next to me already had at least 50 books stacked
> up in "his" corner. But I digress.
>
> There was a booklet called Quick and Easy Casseroles. "Over 100
> superb recipes! Most are ready to bake in 15 minutes or less!"
>
> Well, OK, I like casseroles, so I snarfed it up. On returning home, I
> noticed the can of Durkee French Fried Onions next to the dish on the
> cover picture. Sure enough, every one of those 100 recipes has Durkee
> French Fried Onions in it. (You know, those fairly disgusting canned
> things that top the "standard" Thanksgiving green bean casserole,
> which of course is in this booklet.)
>
> So I'm out 50 cents :-)
>
> --
> Silvar Beitel



That is a VERY DANGEROUS practice.

That's how it starts - 600 cookbooks later......


--
Dimitri

Searing

http://kitchenguide.wordpress.com.

On Mar 12, 11:47 am, "Dimitri" > wrote:

> "Silvar Beitel" > wrote in message
> > Went to my library's used book sale this morning, bright and early,
> > and grabbed a small stack of cookbooks. Spent a whopping $9.

> That is a VERY DANGEROUS practice.
>
> That's how it starts - 600 cookbooks later......

How very true! I only have about 250, so can I call myself somewhat
less addicted? :-).

(The Dean and DeLuca Cookbook was a nice find this time.)

--
Silvar Beitel

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:47:44 -0800, Dimitri wrote:

> "Silvar Beitel" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Went to my library's used book sale this morning, bright and early,
>> and grabbed a small stack of cookbooks. Spent a whopping $9. I was
>> in and out in ten minutes - you gotta work fast 'cause the used book
>> sellers show up in force and practically inhale books - a guy picking
>> through the cookbooks next to me already had at least 50 books stacked
>> up in "his" corner. But I digress.
>>
>> There was a booklet called Quick and Easy Casseroles. "Over 100
>> superb recipes! Most are ready to bake in 15 minutes or less!"
>>
>> Well, OK, I like casseroles, so I snarfed it up. On returning home, I
>> noticed the can of Durkee French Fried Onions next to the dish on the
>> cover picture. Sure enough, every one of those 100 recipes has Durkee
>> French Fried Onions in it. (You know, those fairly disgusting canned
>> things that top the "standard" Thanksgiving green bean casserole,
>> which of course is in this booklet.)
>>
>> So I'm out 50 cents :-)
>>
>> --
>> Silvar Beitel
>
> That is a VERY DANGEROUS practice.
>
> That's how it starts - 600 cookbooks later......

it's a wonder we haven't seen stories of people crushed to death under an
avalanche of cookbooks, kinda like those you see about newspaper
hoarders...

your pal,
blake

On Mar 12, 2:03 pm, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:47:44 -0800, Dimitri wrote:
> > "Silvar Beitel" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Went to my library's used book sale this morning, bright and early,
> >> and grabbed a small stack of cookbooks. Spent a whopping $9. I was
> >> in and out in ten minutes - you gotta work fast 'cause the used book
> >> sellers show up in force and practically inhale books - a guy picking
> >> through the cookbooks next to me already had at least 50 books stacked
> >> up in "his" corner. But I digress.
>
> >> There was a booklet called Quick and Easy Casseroles. "Over 100
> >> superb recipes! Most are ready to bake in 15 minutes or less!"
>
> >> Well, OK, I like casseroles, so I snarfed it up. On returning home, I
> >> noticed the can of Durkee French Fried Onions next to the dish on the
> >> cover picture. Sure enough, every one of those 100 recipes has Durkee
> >> French Fried Onions in it. (You know, those fairly disgusting canned
> >> things that top the "standard" Thanksgiving green bean casserole,
> >> which of course is in this booklet.)
>
> >> So I'm out 50 cents :-)
>
> >> --
> >> Silvar Beitel
>
> > That is a VERY DANGEROUS practice.
>
> > That's how it starts - 600 cookbooks later......
>
> it's a wonder we haven't seen stories of people crushed to death under an
> avalanche of cookbooks, kinda like those you see about newspaper
> hoarders...
>
> your pal,
> blake

Hmmm. The Collyer brothers. E. L. Doctorow's latest,
_Homer_and_Langley_, is a pretty good read.

Having been the chosen one to clean out a relative's apartment after
she lived there for 27 years and never, ever threw anything away, to
the point where the only open spaces were narrow corridors between
ceiling-high stacks of stuff, and having filled the building's
dumpster to the brim several times over (it was only a one-bedroom
apartment!), I'm really sensitive to this!

Fortunately, my own place is many times bigger and won't fill up for
another five or ten years :-)

--
Silvar Beitel

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:41:51 -0800 (PST), Silvar Beitel wrote:

> On Mar 12, 2:03 pm, blake murphy > wrote:
>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:47:44 -0800, Dimitri wrote:
>>> "Silvar Beitel" > wrote in message
...
>>>> Went to my library's used book sale this morning, bright and early,
>>>> and grabbed a small stack of cookbooks. Spent a whopping $9. I was
>>>> in and out in ten minutes - you gotta work fast 'cause the used book
>>>> sellers show up in force and practically inhale books - a guy picking
>>>> through the cookbooks next to me already had at least 50 books stacked
>>>> up in "his" corner. But I digress.
>>
>>>> There was a booklet called Quick and Easy Casseroles. "Over 100
>>>> superb recipes! Most are ready to bake in 15 minutes or less!"
>>
>>>> Well, OK, I like casseroles, so I snarfed it up. On returning home, I
>>>> noticed the can of Durkee French Fried Onions next to the dish on the
>>>> cover picture. Sure enough, every one of those 100 recipes has Durkee
>>>> French Fried Onions in it. (You know, those fairly disgusting canned
>>>> things that top the "standard" Thanksgiving green bean casserole,
>>>> which of course is in this booklet.)
>>
>>>> So I'm out 50 cents :-)
>>
>>>> --
>>>> Silvar Beitel
>>
>>> That is a VERY DANGEROUS practice.
>>
>>> That's how it starts - 600 cookbooks later......
>>
>> it's a wonder we haven't seen stories of people crushed to death under an
>> avalanche of cookbooks, kinda like those you see about newspaper
>> hoarders...
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> Hmmm. The Collyer brothers. E. L. Doctorow's latest,
> _Homer_and_Langley_, is a pretty good read.
>
> Having been the chosen one to clean out a relative's apartment after
> she lived there for 27 years and never, ever threw anything away, to
> the point where the only open spaces were narrow corridors between
> ceiling-high stacks of stuff, and having filled the building's
> dumpster to the brim several times over (it was only a one-bedroom
> apartment!), I'm really sensitive to this!
>
> Fortunately, my own place is many times bigger and won't fill up for
> another five or ten years :-)

i'm not exactly a hoarder, but without doubt more stuff comes into the
apartment than goes out. i can sympathize.

your pal,
blake

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
> "Silvar Beitel" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Went to my library's used book sale this morning, bright and early,
>> and grabbed a small stack of cookbooks. Spent a whopping $9. I was
>> in and out in ten minutes - you gotta work fast 'cause the used book
>> sellers show up in force and practically inhale books - a guy picking
>> through the cookbooks next to me already had at least 50 books stacked
>> up in "his" corner. But I digress.
>>
>> There was a booklet called Quick and Easy Casseroles. "Over 100
>> superb recipes! Most are ready to bake in 15 minutes or less!"
>>
>> Well, OK, I like casseroles, so I snarfed it up. On returning home, I
>> noticed the can of Durkee French Fried Onions next to the dish on the
>> cover picture. Sure enough, every one of those 100 recipes has Durkee
>> French Fried Onions in it. (You know, those fairly disgusting canned
>> things that top the "standard" Thanksgiving green bean casserole,
>> which of course is in this booklet.)
>>
>> So I'm out 50 cents :-)
>>
>> --
>> Silvar Beitel
>
>
>
> That is a VERY DANGEROUS practice.
>
> That's how it starts - 600 cookbooks later......
>
>
> --
> Dimitri
>
> Searing
>
> http://kitchenguide.wordpress.com.


600 cookbooks? Rank amateur.
-ginny

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:47:44 -0800, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>"Silvar Beitel" > wrote in message
...
>> Went to my library's used book sale this morning, bright and early,
>> and grabbed a small stack of cookbooks.

<snippidy>
>
>
>That is a VERY DANGEROUS practice.
>
>That's how it starts - 600 cookbooks later......

Those cookbook pushers are very crafty. First, they suck you in with
cheap cookbooks, then when you think you have control of it, they
offer cookbooks that are still cheap, but a little more expensive.
Next thing you know, you're in Barnes & Nobel *paying full price* for
esoteric cookbooks about filleting trout or making origami from phyllo
dough! It's insidious. Just ask Christine Dabney. Never seen a worse
case of cookbook addiction.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines

In article >,
Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:47:44 -0800, "Dimitri" >
> wrote:
>
> >"Silvar Beitel" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Went to my library's used book sale this morning, bright and early,
> >> and grabbed a small stack of cookbooks.
>
> <snippidy>
> >
> >
> >That is a VERY DANGEROUS practice.
> >
> >That's how it starts - 600 cookbooks later......
>
> Those cookbook pushers are very crafty. First, they suck you in with
> cheap cookbooks, then when you think you have control of it, they
> offer cookbooks that are still cheap, but a little more expensive.
> Next thing you know, you're in Barnes & Nobel *paying full price* for
> esoteric cookbooks about filleting trout or making origami from phyllo
> dough! It's insidious. Just ask Christine Dabney. Never seen a worse
> case of cookbook addiction.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

I CONFESS!!! I AM POWERLESS OVER MY ADDICTION!!! (And I'm not even
Christine or Ginny.) I got a recent reissue of Mastering the Art of
French Cooking, volume 2 from Central Market (Shoreline, WA) on Saturday
for $10. Jacket price $60. Life is good.

Cindy

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