SC - Re: 'o-crats
Kathleen M Everitt
kathe1 at juno.com
Thu Oct 23 19:16:24 PDT 1997
The Settlement Cook Book Put out by Simon and Schuster of New York
is an excellent cook book. 15 years ago when I went to the cookbooks on
how to make a pumpkin pie from scratch they, meaning Betty Crocker, Better
homes,etc, all said 1 can of pumpkin, The Settlement Cookbook was the only
one that explained how to prepare fresh pumpkin. Its got lots of good
information.
Lucilla
At 01:43 PM 10/20/97 -0400, Mark Schuldenfrei wrote:
> Can the good members of this list recommend any good, basic cookbooks? Now
> that I've finally unpacked all of mine I realized that I don't own a basic
> cookbook.
>
>I recommend (for those that have at least a little experience in the
>kitchen) The Joy Of Cooking.
>
>Mostly, it has at least one recipe for anything. Usually, a pretty basic
>one. That's good for beginners, and it's also good for folks, like me, that
>get a taste in their mouth, and start to hack. (I rarely cook any recipe as
>written: including mine. :-)
>
>It also has occasional chapters which explain things: how to gut and carve
>creatures, types and cuts of meat, methods of cooking in general. Those are
>VERY worth hunting down and reading.
>
>I can give an nice example of why it's handy to have a "one of everything"
>cookbook when redacting. I had to roast an egg, kinda, for a redaction of
>eggs in lent. I'd never roasted an egg before: and I didn't know what heat,
>or length of time. With Joy of Cooking, I could look that all up.
>
> who doesn't own any nice kitchen knives either
>
>Oh, Noemi, fix that! I have both cheap and quality kitchen knives, and I no
>longer use the cheap ones. The good ones balance better, hold a better edge
>longer, and don't damage or wear out.
>
>Brag: when I moved into my previous apartment, I found an unopened package
>of Wustoff Knives (retail about 280 US dollars) in the back of a cabinet. I
>since have gone out and bought even more, having had the chance to use good
>cutlery.
>
>I know they cost the earth. There is a good reason why people pay the earth
>for them.
>
> Tibor
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