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Post by benshelpmeet on Jun 15, 2005 14:18:10 GMT -5
Dear sisters, I was wondering if any one collected cook books? I do.....  I love to read cook books. I really enjoy the ones that tell about the recipe, where it came from, why the person and there family or friends enjoy it , etc. I also enjoy reading the poems, and storys found in the cookbooks. Most of the time I just enjoy reading the recipes even if I do not make it. When I read a recipe I can taste it in my mind I can tell if it's good or not just by reading. And I do not gain a pound. ''Isn't that great!'' Are there any cookbook readers or collectors out there? |
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Post by restored on Jun 15, 2005 19:30:04 GMT -5
Yes!!!! I love to collect cookbooks. It's one of those collections that has a use so you don't have to feel guilty for collecting it:). I love really old ones because the recipes don't require alot of ing. and they also have alot of history to them. I will someday get to inherit my dh grandmother's cookbook and what a legacy that will be. I already have his other grandmother's favorite one. I also like to collect foreign ones. I don't usually use these much, but they usually have great cultural reading in them. I also really like the ones that churches put out for fund raisers. I can find these sometimes at garage sales and the goodwill as well as the other types I like to collect as well. The church ones are nice, because they have been tried by the best taste testers, church people:). I actually started asking for them for gifts. My family finds them at garage sales, flea markets, ebay and such places. I get something useful and collectable. Especially nice when you don't use most of the modern day gifts. I have a 1914 Pillsbury and a reproduction of an 1880 book (that is not new its self) that has alot of historical info in it. As you can tell I LOVE COOKBOOKS!!!!! I want to add some good Amish/Mennonite books too. Great topic Darlene.
Let's get cooking for our families,
Heather
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Post by benshelpmeet on Jun 16, 2005 15:15:53 GMT -5
www.homefamily.net/index.php/categories/foodnutrition/pioneer_recipes/ This is not a cookbook though she tells of a book you could order if you like. I thought this was interesting. What do you think? Interesting! I have some of the late 1800 and eairly 1900 cookbooks and they read like a book the ingredients are written out and they word stuff funny. I laugh and laugh when I read them. It just hits me funny.
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Post by Brother Ben on Jun 16, 2005 15:43:58 GMT -5
I don't think I would be out of place to recommend a cookbook I've seen Darlene reading with tears running down her face. The book is called: 'Extending the Table.' It is a real blessing. Here is a link to the description. www.mennolink.org/books/search.cgi?bk.jhs.01.txtJust sticking my head in the door and waving, Bro. Ben |
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Post by glenda on Jun 17, 2005 10:58:54 GMT -5
I love to collect cookbooks. However I like the ones that have real recipes in them.. You know the ones that say a cup of this type of flour or this amount of eggs. Not the ones that say opens a box of cake mix and pour in..
I love to cook so I love recipe books..
glenda
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Post by carolejw on Jun 21, 2005 11:01:21 GMT -5
I love collecting cookbooks too. My favorite is the Better Homes and Gardens copyright 1953. It has all the basic recipes to cook from scratch. Another favorite is Cooking with the Horse and Buggy people. It has THE BEST desserts. This is one collection/hobby that my family really loves.
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Post by jew4jesus on Jul 3, 2011 18:25:47 GMT -5
I too collect cookbooks. I have close to 1500 of them. I like cookbooks from before 1950 because they don't require a lot of additives that are bad for you. Next to reading the Bible I love reading the coobooks. I have some really nice old ones and some although they are newer books they are compilations from Old "Receipt" books. These are the books that mothers and grandmothers made for their daughters. I think that the recipes in these older cookbooks are much better for us and are recipes that Glorify God when you make them. They are also simple so that you do not have to have 50 ingreadients that cost a fortune to by and my husband would not like in the first place.
Since my husband is Diabetic they are better for him because they do not have as much refined sugar in them.
Love
Jackie Schlageter[/font][/font]
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Post by jew4jesus on Jul 3, 2011 18:51:01 GMT -5
I know that I shared my opinions on cookbooks but I would like to share some links where you can get cookbooks. The first is the site of the Graham family. They are wonderful Christians and Sheri is just one of the most caring and loving women you can ever meet. She creates some really great cookbook ebooks that you can buy for a really reasonable price. Most are under $5. To check out her books go to: www.school4jesus.com/bookshopAnother place to buy reproductions of great old cookbooks is Dover. Their Link is store.doverpublications.com/If you like regional books try foxfire. They are a bit expensive and you can usually find them other places cheeper than this link but this link will tell you what the books are all about www.foxfire.org/thefoxfirebooks.aspxFREE DOWNLOADABLE BOOKS Another place I like to get OLD cookbooks is Project Gutenberg. They have lots of great free out of print cookbooks. www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_PageHarvards digital collection hcl.harvard.edu/collections/digital_collections/Food Timeline Although I don't agree with their timeline (lets face it I do not believe in evolution and the world being millions of years old) they do have some fantastic recipes dating back thousands of years. When they say 17,ooo BC I figure that was about 4,000 or maybe 5,000 years ago from now. www.foodtimeline.org/Middle ages food recipes www.middle-ages.org.uk/middle-ages-food-recipes.htmand the last one I will share is Feeding America from MSU digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/browse.htmlHope these help some of you looking for older recipes. Love Jackie Schlageter |
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Post by Sister Penny on Jul 14, 2011 16:30:07 GMT -5
I collect them for my oldest daughter, Elizabeth, as she plans to open a restaurant someday :-) she loves the really old recipes and where she works now her boss just goes crazy over them too..especially the Amish ones..
blessings,
Sister Penny
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Post by rachel on Jul 29, 2011 1:57:12 GMT -5
My sister collects cookbooks but mostly for cakes and things, although we do have quite a few for actual meals. I have trouble following recipes so I don't have many!
If anyone has any really good recipes for traditional-type foods, could they post them somewhere here? My grandmother made lots of really nice dishes but she did them all from memory and didn't write her recipes down! Since she died, all of those recipes are lots, not even my aunt knows most of them!
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I love to read cook books. I really enjoy the ones that tell about the recipe, where it came from, why the person and there family or friends enjoy it , etc. I also enjoy reading the poems, and storys found in the cookbooks. Most of the time I just enjoy reading the recipes even if I do not make it. When I read a recipe I can taste it in my mind I can tell if it's good or not just by reading. And I do not gain a pound. ''Isn't that great!'' 
