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Miss2Missus
True Blue Farmgirl
407 Posts
Karen
Asheville
NC
USA
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 Posted - Aug 02 2009 : 9:53:05 PM
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i've been wanting to get a Joy of Cooking cookbook for some time now. The thing is I am a bit overwhelmed! everytime i look at them there are so many editions out now I'm not sure which is best.
The three most common seem to be the 1997, 1931 reprint, and the 75th anniversary.
any ideas?
Karen ^_^
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lovelady
True Blue Farmgirl
533 Posts
Toni
Indiana
USA
533 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2009 : 04:20:29 AM
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| I'm pretty sure mine is the 75th, and it is great. But really, I don't think you can go wrong with any of them. I would probably just get the most up-to-date one if it was a reasonable price. |
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Miss2Missus
True Blue Farmgirl
407 Posts
Karen
Asheville
NC
USA
407 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2009 : 1:58:50 PM
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do anyone know if the recipes in the 1931 reprint are in the later editions or are they cut out?
Karen ^_^
http://apple-and-eve.blogspot.com/ |
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JustAnAllAmericanGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
72 Posts
Jamie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
72 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2009 : 06:58:30 AM
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You're brave, I applaud you. I recently ran across a copy (not sure which addition) at a yard sale. Picked it up...put it down. Picked it up...put it down. Debated then realized it would probably just take up space in my kitchen and never get used. That one intimidates me. Would love to hear experiences from others cooking from it for the first time. 
www.JustAnAllAmericanGirl.blogspot.com |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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Carrie W
Farmgirl Legend/Chapter Guru
437 Posts
Saratoga Springs
New York
USA
437 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2009 : 08:30:31 AM
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I agree with Joanna...I love my Joy of Cooking cookbooks which were a gift to me from my mom when i got my first apartment 20 some years ago. They are filled with common sense teaching about how to cook a roast, the difference between a pot roast and an oven roast, how make successful candy, and all kinds of just basic know how. Its the stuff that used to be passed down from mom to daughter before everything came from a box.
They are my favorites (mine is the two volume set in paperback).
CArrie
www.totallykadeshfarm.blogspot.com
Farmgirl Sisterhood #147
Tis better to weep at joy than to joy at weeping--Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing |
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
1402 Posts |
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anniecat
Farmgirl at Heart
8 Posts
Michigan
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Posted - Aug 12 2009 : 09:48:19 AM
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| I got my first copy in the mid 90's, but really didn't like it...I still have it around here somewhere. A couple years ago I came across an older version, the 1975 edition, at a resale shop for $2 and I love it. Its got post-it note flags all over-lol. |
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Miss2Missus
True Blue Farmgirl
407 Posts
Karen
Asheville
NC
USA
407 Posts |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2009 : 3:48:58 PM
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I have a 1964 copy that i got after we were married in '62. It is dog-eared and stained. I don't know if they are original recipes or not but the knowlege is the same. It's great!
Bonnie Ellis farmgirl #298 Minnesota
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