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Across the Fence:  do you have ONE all-time, MOST favorite COOKBOOK?  |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Txfarmgal
True Blue Farmgirl
585 Posts
AK
USA
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 Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 4:39:33 PM
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oh frannie, that would have to be my scrapbook recipe cookbook. I got a cute cookbook from Micheals crafts years ago and I was in a scrapbook club where we would have swaps for recipe pages. We had a few where we would decorate the actual sections and then we had swaps where we would create recipe pages. They were so much fun and I have recipes from swappers all over the US and I treasure that cookbook, it will definatly be somthing I will pass down to my girls. Then there is my Betty Crocker that has stains on it because I use it so much. I have pics of the scrapbook one.
 
well shoot the other images are taking too long to load. Sorry ladies those pages were cute! Maybe I will post them in a bit.
AngiKay
For he is faithful that promised. Hebrews 10:23
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Txfarmgal
True Blue Farmgirl
585 Posts
AK
USA
585 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 4:52:44 PM
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the other two recipe pages
 
AngiKay
For he is faithful that promised. Hebrews 10:23
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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl
2350 Posts
Sheila
Virginia
USA
2350 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 5:02:15 PM
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The joy of cooking the old one and the new one
The Better Crocker cookbook the red book
I like a lot of the Gooseberry cookbooks
I have so many of those ; I could open a book store. Ha. Pinkroses
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
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Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 5:20:48 PM
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Unfortunatly, I don't have a picture of my favorite cookbook. I can never remember my info. to get into photo bucket or flicker or you could see the oven rings burned into the front cover and the permanent pancake syrup gooed into the last few pages. But, my favorite cookbook is the Betty Crocker..the Big Red Book...I like my Mom's old Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook too, but when I moved out, it had to stay at her house so I will just enjoy it when I go to visit. ;)
hugs
Jess
Farmgirl Sister #235
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
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Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 6:46:08 PM
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I am a cookbookaholic!! I love my first cookbook I ever got which was for 7th grade Home Ec. The Red Better Homes and Garden cookbook. I still use it a lot. I have many others from Susan Branch to Goosebery Patch, Tasha Tudor, Gladys Taber, a wonderful series by Jane Watson Hopping. I bet you ladies would love these. They tell wonderful stories of her life along with great old fashioned recipes.Pictures too. Sorry, I got carried away!!
MJ
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Brew Crew
True Blue Farmgirl
676 Posts
Molly
Arizona
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wannabecountrybumpkin
True Blue Farmgirl
117 Posts
Christy
Bristow
Virginia
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 7:03:06 PM
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I adore all of my GooseberryPatch cookbooks. My favorite one so far Is Come on Over.
Christy
Farmgirl Sister #139
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handyam
True Blue Farmgirl
394 Posts
Ada Mae
Greensburg
KY.
USA
394 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 7:30:29 PM
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My mother has the biggest cookbook collection. I tease her that when parents pass away the children fight over the china and the silverware, but we (except I'm an only child) would fight over the cookbooks!!!! She cooks from a cookbook all the time. She spends Sunday afternoons looking for some new recipes that she hasn't tried before to cook sometime the next week.
www.adasadorableaprons.blogspot.com
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shepherdwagen
Farmgirl in Training
41 Posts
Susan
Winterset
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 10:58:48 PM
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I like the red BH&G cookbook, as it was THE cookbook as I was growing up. My other fave is the Madison County Cookbook, from the Altar and Rosary Society of St Joseph's Parish of Winterset, Iowa. I'm a little partial to it, since my mom and sister both have recipes in it, and some of them are family favorites.
"I've childproofed my house, but they keep getting in." |
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herbquilter
True Blue Farmgirl
891 Posts
Kristine
Bonney Lake
Wa
USA
891 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 11:05:31 PM
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I have collected cookbooks for years & this on wins hands down!
Whole Foods for the Whole Family by La Leche legue
is the best because it covers everything any farmgirl would want to make from scratch, including how to cut up a chicken, grow sprouts, make yogurt, yeast or quick breads, etc. I love that it have variations built into each recipe. You'll love it no matter what size or age of your family.
Blessings,
Kristine ~ Mother of Many, MRET & Wellness Coach
Farmgirl Sister #97
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 04:32:52 AM
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ANGIE- What a nice idea with the scrapbook- cookbook. Wish I could look at it up close.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 04:35:38 AM
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Fannie Farmer, hands down. It has classic recipes that never go out of style. The pages in my copy are stained and stuck together, but it is still the first book I grab when I need a simple, delicious recipe.
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
Wherever you go, there you are.
www.madrekarin.blogspot.com
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elphie0503
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Samantha
Gilmer
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 06:21:01 AM
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I have two...one is Treasured Armenian Recipes, which I got from my great grandma--she and my great grandpa were immigrants from Armenia. It has all the recipes that we use during the holidays...sometimes it is hard to find an ingredient or two, but on the whole, pretty good food! The second is this little rag-tag spiral cookbook that Marlboro sent out a couple of years back...We don't even smoke! My dad was living with us at the time and he is a chain smoker, and when he got the book he was going to throw it away. Has a bunch of grilling recipes, campfire cook style of food. Now mind you, we have over 100 cookbooks though. Hubby thinks that we might miss something if we don't get one!
Samantha
www.elphie0503.blogspot.com
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4238 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 09:37:15 AM
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My family and my husbands family all have The Basics and More cookbook. A Mennonite cookbook. It is the most used and the best cookbook in my opinion. We refer to it as "The Book".
It has basic good cooking recipes, with ingrediants you have in the house.
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Patsy
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Illinois
USA
592 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 09:42:33 AM
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The red Betty Crocker Cookbook with the pie pieces on the front. I got this after I graduated from high school in 1969 and going away to college. I still use it.
May God bless those who love the soil,
Patsy
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 10:11:11 AM
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Fannie Farmer is the cookbook i grew up with. I have my copy, my mother's, my ancient Aunt Ada.s copy, whoops, I mean Aunt Ada's ancient copy. I learned to make all sorts of things from that cookbook and still use it all the time. My mother's copy has her changes to certain recipes written in the margins, mine is liberally splattered with food bits...If you live in New England, you better have a copy of Fannie
Farmer, I'm pretty sure it is a legal requirement.....
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
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Edited by - electricdunce on Jul 11 2008 10:13:44 AM |
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handyam
True Blue Farmgirl
394 Posts
Ada Mae
Greensburg
KY.
USA
394 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 10:56:21 AM
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Patsy, I have that same cookbook that I got in Home Ec. in 1968. Isn't it great.
www.adasadorableaprons.blogspot.com
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keeperofthehome
True Blue Farmgirl
154 Posts
Suzanne
Atlanta
Georgia
USA
154 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 11:33:27 AM
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If I am only allowed to pick one cookbook I believe it would be "Nourishing Traditions" by Sally Fallon. Of course I love all of the small church typed cookbooks as well as Gooseberry Patch.
Southern Belle always. |
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palmettogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
571 Posts
sue
camden
south carolina
USA
571 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 12:06:25 PM
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| The barefoot contessa in paris!! i love that book....it's simple, but you really do get the paris, france feel (at least i do!)....it's romantic, but good and basic! take a look! |
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AuntJo
True Blue Farmgirl
117 Posts
Jo
Oklahoma
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 12:18:32 PM
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My favorite is the red and white Better Homes and Gardens. I bought it with green stamps, uh, a long time ago.
Aunt Jo to 27 nieces and nephews and counting
Farmgirl Sister #75
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2008 : 12:05:36 PM
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TOWNS, TRAILS AND SPECIAL TIMES
here is my all-time mos' favoritest in the whole entire world (actually it is a two-book set) .. i don't have the 'cover' for the second one .. but i'll give you the names anyhoo!
the second one is: MORNING FIRES, EVENING LIGHTS
the photography alone is worth the book .. but the recipes .. especially if you like outdoor, or cast-iron cookery like i do .. are FANTASTIC!
BOTH ARE "MARLBORO COUNTRY COOKBOOKS"
you can get them on e-bay .. i have gifted these to lots of friends.
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jul 12 2008 : 7:03:22 PM
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I just love "The New Basics," and wow, I can't keep it to just one! "Nourishing Traditions" goes on the list, as well as the good ol' red and white. My mom gave that one to me when I moved out on my own.
XOXO, Libbie
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
1599 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2008 : 7:31:32 PM
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The Joy of Cooking. I'm not a 'natural' cook and it has been the one recipe book I can actually understand and the recipes make sense to me.
My kids could tell you STORIES about my cooking mishaps!
I do have some other cookbooks, such as an Amish one but the Joy of Cooking one will always be numero uno!
Winona :-)
When you lose, don't lose the lesson!!
http://goneriding.wordpress.com/
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homemakerkate
True Blue Farmgirl
143 Posts
Kate
Ewen
Michigan
USA
143 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2008 : 8:48:56 PM
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| I love to tell people about my favorite cookbook. It is The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook. I absolutely love it. I have written in all the margins of the recipies that I have tried, the dates and the occasion. Honestly it is falling apart now, but it is the best I have ever found. |
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clux64
True Blue Farmgirl
162 Posts
Celeste
Blair
NE
USA
162 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2008 : 08:39:04 AM
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Our alltime favorite is the St. Stanislaus parish cookbook...all our best dishes come from it. My mother gave me a better crocker cookbook when I got married over 20 years ago, I refer to it alot. I LOVE the Gooseberry patch books, but don't use them much.
Celeste
"No matter where you go, there you are"
--Confucious
www.urbanprairiehome.blogspot.com
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