tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post2041983138700108570..comments2023-10-07T16:35:50.848+01:00Comments on wakeupandsmellthecoffee: Memories of a cookbookwakeupandsmellthecoffeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602735058278146250noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-23981147030905325102008-01-21T08:56:00.000+00:002008-01-21T08:56:00.000+00:00j.: The link didn't work unfortunately. My book ha...j.: The link didn't work unfortunately. My book has possum and squirrel recipes too, good ole Florida cooking.<BR/><BR/>laurie: I wonder how many of us learned to cook from The Joy of Cooking?<BR/><BR/>flowerpot: What sort of recipes did Father in the Kitchen have?<BR/><BR/>CJ: The handwritten recipes are usually the best ones.<BR/><BR/>Hi teresa: Yes, venison sausage is delish.<BR/><BR/>Hey Beckie: The older I get the more I feel like a 20-year-old or feel like I should feel like a 20-year-old. Or maybe I should just feel a 20-year-old.wakeupandsmellthecoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602735058278146250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-85671031789077674842008-01-21T03:19:00.000+00:002008-01-21T03:19:00.000+00:00Came by looking for FM, but thought I would commen...Came by looking for FM, but thought I would comment - I love cookbooks like you have described. <BR/><BR/>Also, your profile makes me smile. I, too, in gorgeous and in my twenties - on the inside anyway!Beckiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428690536368982418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-22689707213978355242008-01-19T04:51:00.000+00:002008-01-19T04:51:00.000+00:00I got an old recipe box when helping an elderly ne...I got an old recipe box when helping an elderly neighbor clean out a 'mother in law' house. It hadn't been touched in years; it felt a little like reading someone's kitchen journal from the 30s and 40s. <BR/>Queeny, have you ever had venison sausage? It's delish!Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10820224609357654984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-37151513619190244982008-01-18T16:01:00.000+00:002008-01-18T16:01:00.000+00:00Times have certainly changed. There are still lad...Times have certainly changed. There are still ladies around here of the older generation who still wear pinnies all day and do nowt but cook. We have several cookbooks which were handwritten many moons ago but I haven't got a published one!<BR/><BR/>Crystal xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-87706530112502646462008-01-18T09:43:00.000+00:002008-01-18T09:43:00.000+00:00I'm with you on that wakeup. I much prefer the sto...I'm with you on that wakeup. I much prefer the stories behind the recipes than the food! But I gave my dad a wonderful book years ago called Father In the Kitchen. Practical and very good blokey stuff. My dad loved it and when he died mum gave it to me.Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-17728057452210110872008-01-18T02:14:00.000+00:002008-01-18T02:14:00.000+00:00oh, i remember reading the yearling when i was in ...oh, i remember reading the yearling when i was in seventh grade, and learning about foreshadowing and metaphor.<BR/><BR/>that would be a wonderful cookbook to have.<BR/><BR/>my mother gave each of her daughters a copy of "the joy of cooking" when we moved out of the house. mine is white bound, from the 1970s, but i loved hers--red cover, and absolutely falling to pieces. she used it for everything.<BR/><BR/>and so do i.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-40261982317055224642008-01-17T21:08:00.000+00:002008-01-17T21:08:00.000+00:00ooh - sounds like that book is a forerunner/potent...ooh - sounds like that book is a forerunner/potential companion to a book I just found in my bookcase - <A HTTP://WWW.AMAZON.COM/COOKING-JARGON-ERNEST-MATTHEW-MICKLER/DP/0898151899/REF=PD_BBS_2?IE=UTF8&S=BOOKS&QID=1200603233&SR=8-2 HREF="" REL="nofollow"> this one</A>. Possum and squirrel recipes in there, too. And okra, collard greens, and so on. <BR/><BR/>As much as foodies would look down on recipes from these books, most of these recipes are real and totally no fail and extremely tasty (if you ignore calories and cholesterol and salt content) in a very comforting way. Not that I've tried gator tail stew, because I haven't, but the Five-Cup salad recipe is a secret guilty pleasure. :-)Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11118404372102239756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-36298828088899299052008-01-17T19:21:00.000+00:002008-01-17T19:21:00.000+00:00-ann: I have a copy of The Joy of Cooking and lear...-ann: I have a copy of The Joy of Cooking and learned how to cook from it. As my ex would tell you, most of my recipes used to come off the back of a can of soup.<BR/><BR/>dumdad: I bet they would.wakeupandsmellthecoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602735058278146250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-84756975404848482632008-01-17T19:04:00.001+00:002008-01-17T19:04:00.001+00:00My children would soon polish off the Orange Lake ...My children would soon polish off the Orange Lake Frog Legs!Dumdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070838905120958459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-25251672805313095172008-01-17T19:04:00.000+00:002008-01-17T19:04:00.000+00:00I love cookbooks too, especially old cookbooks. Th...I love cookbooks too, especially old cookbooks. They make me feel like an archeologist or an anthropologist or something. My mother-in-law has this ancient copy of a cookbook, I think maybe "The Joy of Cooking". It's the sort of thing your mother would have given you when you got married. <BR/><BR/>The book is meant to teach you everything you need to know about preparing food, even when that food comes to you in its most non-processed form. There's a section on how to skin an animal (I think a possum) - and it has a picture of this woman in a dress, with dainty heels, and an apron. Skinning a possum.-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08359625931588140579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-3798445627141368162008-01-17T18:39:00.000+00:002008-01-17T18:39:00.000+00:00kaycie: I have a book by Marcella Hazan as well. I...kaycie: I have a book by Marcella Hazan as well. It was given to me about 25 years ago and is falling apart but has some wonderful recipes. I keep meaning to get a crockpot.<BR/><BR/>queeny: If I had to watch the process, I probably wouldn't eat venison either.<BR/><BR/>exmoorjane: I also have recipes of my grandmother's for the oddest things, like vinegar cake. I should try them sometime. I love venison too.<BR/><BR/>chrisb: I'm on my way to your number. I should get rid of some because I never use them.wakeupandsmellthecoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602735058278146250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-36660703859283090382008-01-17T16:37:00.000+00:002008-01-17T16:37:00.000+00:00I have nearly a hundred cookery books some of them...I have nearly a hundred cookery books some of them belonging to my grand mother from the 30's. I still use some of the recipes regularly. I know I should get rid of some but my daughter's wouldn't want them as they also have lots of their own!ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958330170295676200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-47333346232092132952008-01-17T16:09:00.000+00:002008-01-17T16:09:00.000+00:00Loved The Yearling (cried buckets) and love this k...Loved The Yearling (cried buckets) and love this kind of old cookbook. I have an old book of my grandmother's - with handwritten recipes and ones clipped out of newspapers, all yellow and curled....I keep meaning to try the cakes as she was a darn good baker... <BR/>Bah humbug to celebrity chefs - this is the kind of cooking we like....<BR/>sorry to queeny, but have to say I LOVE venison (though we only ever used to be given the odd haunch - not an entire carcass). jxExmoorjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-85183638390363645962008-01-17T15:46:00.000+00:002008-01-17T15:46:00.000+00:00I'm not much of a cook, but those stories do intri...I'm not much of a cook, but those stories do intrigue me. They call to mind the days when my grandfather would kill a deer then skin it and gut it right in the back yard. The rest of the family would eat venison in various meals for a few months, but watching the process turned my stomach and turned me off to deer meat 4evah.Keeping It Realhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08896136321278702128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-8913682784583016592008-01-17T14:34:00.000+00:002008-01-17T14:34:00.000+00:00I love cookbooks. My two latest obsessions are Ma...I love cookbooks. My two latest obsessions are Marcella Hazan's "Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking" and a slow cooker cookbook by a chef, Rick Rodgers, who makes things that come out of your crockpot incredibly delicious.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05655321325607087357noreply@blogger.com