tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post1071062650799408869..comments2023-10-31T04:05:57.303-05:00Comments on Living and Gardening in the Ozarks: Old Cookbooks and Memoriesgldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-71225971505964655342010-02-26T22:41:24.874-06:002010-02-26T22:41:24.874-06:00I love cookbooks of all ages, but rarely follow a ...I love cookbooks of all ages, but rarely follow a recipe. I do like to use recipes, though, and adapt them to how I want to fix them. I have some old cookbooks that used to belong to my husband's grandma and mom. I also have some I've picked up here and there. I am so excited to get more counter space so I can do more cooking. I used to make bread and more of a variety of foods for meals, but have been making easy fast things more and more. I don't think I'll be rendering any lard or making cottage cheese, though. You remind me of a pioneer woman!Corner Gardener Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-69181852280421859292010-02-22T09:19:52.236-06:002010-02-22T09:19:52.236-06:00Thanks for this post, Glenda. It spurred me to sp...Thanks for this post, Glenda. It spurred me to spend a couple of hours searching the web to identify what I remembered as my first cookbook. All I recalled was the cover picture. A few hundred lookups later I spied the cover! Yay It was the 1947 FUN WITH COOKING by Mae Blacker Freeman. Wow. What a rush of memories. :-D I may have to acquire it....Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822528453563683772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-56837469971815951072010-02-22T04:38:45.812-06:002010-02-22T04:38:45.812-06:00I bought Nina Planck's book "real food&qu...I bought Nina Planck's book "real food". It was a real eye-opener. I am a true believer in real food!gldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-15529933508655675892010-02-21T17:40:29.360-06:002010-02-21T17:40:29.360-06:00Those are really wonderful, Glenda!
My Mom hard...Those are really wonderful, Glenda! <br /><br />My Mom hardly ever used a written recipe. She used her old standbys over and over so many times that they were memorized. If you wanted a recipe for something you just had to be there when she made it again. <br /><br />But she did have a few recipe books in a drawer in the kitchen -- clippings and little flyers that came with something she bought. She had one recipe in my Dad's mother's scrawley handwriting for Poor Man's Cake -- something made during the war when there were shortages -- calling for lard, cold coffee, raisins, etc. <br /><br />Yes, I use lard, too! And bacon drippings. I fry my chicken in rendered chicken fat. The "experts" have jerked us around so much about what's good for us and bad for us that I just don't know who to believe any more. I think it's just, do what you like, but in moderation! <br /><br />Enjoyed your post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com