[Sca-cooks] First cookbooks....

[Elaine Koogler]

Sue Clemenger wrote:
> For some reason, Christianna's post today about the little girl's cookbook
> had me remembering my first cookbook, which led me to wonder about the rest
> of you....
> 1.  What was the first cookbook you ever owned, all by yourself?  
I think it was a McCall's cookbook that I got as a wedding present, 
first time out.  I still use several of the recipes from it, including 
an absolutely incredible crown roast (pork) stuffed with green apples 
and some wonderful seasonings.
> 2.  What was the first cookbook you remember cooking from? 
I guess it would be this same book, though many of my recipes are and 
have been ones that I inherited from my mother.  She never really taught 
me to cook, but I guess I kind of absorbed her skills.  There are a 
number of her recipes that I still cook...actually don't have real 
recipes for a lot of the things, but do it the way she did...dash of 
this, dab of that...
> 3.  What was the first period cookbook/food text you ever owned? 
>   
I think it was an SCA publication, "How to Cook Forsoothly."  Shortly 
after, I acquired a copy of "In Service to Our Middles" published by the 
Midrealm cooks.  The first REAL period cookbook were the photocopies 
that Duke Cariadoc prepared and sold at Pennsic many years ago.  I had a 
real problem using this as many of the recipes were unreadable as it was 
a third or fourth generation copy and had been reduced so much...four 
pages to a page!

Kiri