MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

Good luck tomorrow madpeacock!

Madpeacock, I'm in there too.

Eli, I happen to love cucumber sandwiches ... need to plan a tea party so I can make some! I still have the cookbook given to me as a wedding shower gift 36 yrs ago and it's the one I turn to to convert measurements, to see what the internal temp of cooked meats should be, how long to roast various cuts per pound, etc. And of course for actual recipes! You're right about the lack of mentioning brand names - never thought of it in that way before. Glad you got one

Reesie, that's too funny! Good thing the nephew can't talk yet and tell everyone how his great aunt gave him a gun!!

Madpeacock, hope the visit went well for you.

I still have another page to read, so may post again. Feels like the old days now, only two pages for me to read instead of 10!!!

Love the top of page picture    (It's puppies on a couch right now in case it changes soon!!)

Paula, lots of pages falling out of this cookbook too, and no real pictures, only sketches and representations. Best cream puff recipe though, and actually easy. This topic is dangerous for me!

mine is upstairs because of renovations going on downstairs ... will check it out and report back!

Ny mom used the Good Housekeeping cookbook. I got one for Christmas one year (had my hubby give it to me but I bought it lol).



Ugh, I need to get this right - he's not my grand anything - he's my nephew and my kids' COUSIN (I keep making that mistake). That's what happens when my brother has has a 20 year old daughter, a 16 month old son and a 6 month old grandson.

I'll be married 27 years in March.  For a wedding shower, one of my cousins gave me Better Homes and Gardens cook book, which someone had given to her when she was married 16 years before me.  And we also bought ourselves The Joy of Cooking shortly after when we joined a book club and got something like 12 books for $5 and had to commit to buying a few more.  We also did the same thing with a music club.  Anyone else do that?  Now I like my Barefoot Contessa cook books, and have probably a dozen total cook books.  My mother never owned a cook book.  I think we did grow up the same Marlegal, she cooked plain, but it was good, just not fancy.  My son cooks a lot and I know he has been given a few cook books, but he mostly uses the internet for recipes.  How times change.

I am up early for the pocket party, I'm bringing the coffee.

Barbe1958 a medral pac is a steroid.  Similar to prednisone but is not suppose to have as many SE's.  You start out day one with 6 pills and graduate down to 1 pill on the last day.  You are on it for 6 days total.

As for the cookbooks.  I have one that was given to me at one of my wedding showers (been married 24 1/2 years).  It was put out by the local Methodist Church women and it is the best cookbook I have ever had and I own plenty.  Over the Holidays I realized the back cover is coming off and I am about to loose some pages from it and was trying to figure out how to salvage it.  I may just call the local church and see if they still have any for sale.  It is one of those that has been such a success that they have reprinted several times. 

My most used cookbook is an old paperback Joy of Cooking.  I have a newer, hard back, but the recipes in that one have been updated with a lot of brandname foods and depends a lot more on a microwave.  I've also got a bunch of cookbooks put out by local churches and groups as found raisers.  My Mom's tuna casserole recipe is in one of them! 

Sherryc--if the church doesn't have any copies left, check at the local library for someone who re-covers books.  There are lots of folks out there that will do that, but you don't hear about them much.  Most of their work is done for libraries.  

Sherry one word, two syllables...ducttape!!

my favourite book is by delia smith,she's great at explaining things and has wonderful  recipes 

Sherry, your Aunt sounds like my 98 yr old aunt - I can picture her saying the same things!!

My cookbook is The New McCalls Cookbook, copyright 1973 (first copyright 1963). I panicked at first - it's a hardbound and the outside spine came off long ago so the title wasn't there, and apparently at some point it had a paper jacket, but that's long gone and no printing on front cover! But the title was on the 2nd page

Sherry your aunt does have spunk thats for sure!  I hope your feeling better as well!

My cookbook from my mom is a Good Housekeeping and my grannies is just a cookbook that the pages were blank for her to write in.  I love that book.  She also stuck clippings in of recipes from various places.  I never have used my grannies cookbook, one day I will.  The cover on my moms is held together by black tape but has come apart at the spine.  Oh the yummy things that have come from that book!

My go-to cookbook (well, my DH's really) is a red and white one. Soft cover, not that pinky/red one from the 60's....darned if I can remember the name, but also darned that I'm not going to get off my duff and go look!! It's the kind of cookbook that if we're watching a cooking show on TV and see something new, we can look it up and it'll be there!!!

Today is the day that I am most thankful for this year.  I have made it 1 year cancer free!  I want to thank you gals for being there with me and for me.  I was scared outa my mind but knowing that there where all of you out there that I could look to that got me thru it, plus tons and tons of prayers! It made this so much easier to get thru!  This past year has been a living nightmare that all I wanted to do was wake up from it and it would be gone, but it wasnt.  Thanks to you all for helping get me thru it!!!!!!