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Cooking For American Homemakers

I have this excellent cookbook. It's about as thick, if not thicker, than my Lord of the Rings Trilogy book. It's an old cookbook that was first released in the fifties. But its a revised edition, so the copy I have is dated 1968. And I love this cookbook. It is refreshing. I know this might sound strange, but I like to READ it. This would be June Cleaver's cookbook.... if she ever needed one. Who wants to bet the Cleavers were kinky?

I am suddenly struck with the desire to watch Leave it to Beaver for all the double entendre. The title alone is plenty.

Ahem, anyhow, I read this cookbook Just to see what it has in it. It teaches me. I feel like I am doing time travel when I look at the pictures and read the descriptions. Everything you could possibly need to know on entertaining company, or even, cooking for two.

I never noticed before, but this big double page sign in the book says "Culinary Arts Institute encylopedic Cookbook"

Dude, I just turned the page, and I found a recipe for making mayonnaise. It has the best recipe I've found for Chocolate Chip Cookies. They aren't chewy, but they aren't crispy. They rise real high. The are *so* good.

I've thought about putting things like this in my journal... a recipe here or there.

I have one other cookbook that I swear by. Not Just Beans. Excellent. I would say it's an old fashioned recipe book for the modern person.

but I'll skip the, 'how to dress wild game' portion of it. spare myself, whiles i spares yous. *shudder*

ok love you
xxx

Posted by hawkie at October 26, 2003 12:33 AM