SC - SC- Basic Cookbooks

[Lark Miller]

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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