Cook book buying addiction?!

Robson65

I've just been flicking through some of my Delia recipe books. I haven't looked at them in a while. Is it me or does almost every recipe have a list of ingredients as long as your arm ??

Perhaps my style of cookery has changed but quick and simple for me any day !

Robson

arkonite_babe

I think I need to join this thread! I haven't dared to count the cook books I own yet but there are quite a few!

from soups to bread and cuisine by country (Asian & Japanese is a big fav) I'm sure I could probably do a whistlestop tour of regional tastes by my cook books :rotfl:
Latest purchase was from TK Maxx reduced section for a whole big £4,
The Commonsense Kitchen, not just a cookbook, a lifestyle, bit like this board

I've also just ordered from the book depository the following books for my collection
The Backyard Homestead
Grandma's Ways for Modern Days
and have pre-ordered
The Encyclopedia of Country Living (40th Anniversary Edition)
Favoured books in my collection are
The Puddin Hill Cookbook (charity shop 10 years ago, £2)
Forgotten Skills Of Cooking (Another TKM reduced book £3)
The Everything Meals for a month Cookbook
Plus print outs, 2 handwritten books and what ever my Mum has too

Sorry by the way, I realise I've now added another source for all the cookbook fiends out there
Plus I'm now eyeing up the Gooseberry Patch Books after reading about them here, whoops!!!

jammy_dodger

jeanniebeanie wrote: »

My addiction is worsening! I have just made myself into a liar and bought "The Good Granny Cookbook" by Jane Fearnley -Whittingstall. Not a single picture in the whole book! It was only £1.50 from a CS and it's in new condition.......It looks really good!

None of us could've resisted ..............could we?

the good granny is a great cook book used often here the cheese straws are to die for

European_Citizen

:wave: Count me in! I love buying cookery books, reading and making the recipes. I try to shop from charity shops/amazon etc but I tell myself that this is a good addiction because unlike other obsessions, this one benefits our families who get to eat tasty and varied food. Well...now that I come to think about it, it might harm them sometimes as well (that obscure concoction that I swear looked so tempting on the photo....)

Robson65

European_Citizen wrote: »

Well...now that I come to think about it, it might harm them sometimes as well (that obscure concoction that I swear looked so tempting on the photo....)

:rotfl:I know what you mean ! Thats how I found out my OH was allergic to Cayenne Pepper. He tells everyone that I tried to poison him !

Robson

jeanniebeanie_2

I have just bought (charity shop of course) the most unusual cookbook and wondered if any of you have got it/tried anything from it?

It's called "Maw Broon's Cookbook for Every Day and Special Days"
It's a facsimile of an old Scottish recipe folder, 'handwritten' and complete with 'stains', 'notes' and 'torn out and sellotaped' recipes.

It's 'written' by the fictitious grandmother in a Scottish cartoon family.

http://www.booksfromscotland.com/Books/Maw-Broons-Cookbook-9781902407456/Extract
http://www.flickr.com/photos/castlekay/3884966619/

Those sites give you an idea. Very interesting, fun read and artery clogging recipes, but wonder if they actually work? if I do try anything it will have to be small portions!

Mayflower10cat

My Amazon wishlist is permanently populated with cook books.......! I alternate between glossy, 'fashionable' inspirational/aspirational type coffee table books and hard working, old fashioned, mainly second hand tatty hardbacks. What I really must do is go through my library and pull out the books I hardly use, scan the few recipes I may use and get rid via eBay/charity shop. I rationalised my huge collection of tatty magazine clippings some time ago - (retyping the really faded ones) stuck them onto A4 paper, both sides, and laminated them. My three least used books (I'm sad about these, paid full price, too!) are 'Jamies Italy', 'Chinese food made easy' and 'Anjum's new Indian'. (If anyone here would like them, I'll happily post them if you pay P&P! PM me.)

Mayflower10cat

lostinrates wrote: »

I am a nervous fish cook. My rick stein book is challenging my fear and encouraging me to be braver and braver. It is an excellent book imo,
https://shop.rickstein.com/Rick-Stein’s-Seafood-in-Books-from-Books-and-TV.htm

I also have this book and can recommend it heartily - a good 'text book' with plenty of techniques described in clear pictures and simple words, with some classic fish recipes to follow. I'd really like a Jane Grigson fish book - will keep scouring the charity shops...

arkonite_babe

had a cookbook clear out, I'm trading in the ones that are accepted on amazon, the rest will just go to charity shops so some other cookbook fiend can have a bargain

Swan_2

jeanniebeanie wrote: »

I have just bought (charity shop of course) the most unusual cookbook and wondered if any of you have got it/tried anything from it?

It's called "Maw Broon's Cookbook for Every Day and Special Days"
It's a facsimile of an old Scottish recipe folder, 'handwritten' and complete with 'stains', 'notes' and 'torn out and sellotaped' recipes.

It's 'written' by the fictitious grandmother in a Scottish cartoon family.

http://www.booksfromscotland.com/Books/Maw-Broons-Cookbook-9781902407456/Extract
http://www.flickr.com/photos/castlekay/3884966619/

Those sites give you an idea. Very interesting, fun read and artery clogging recipes, but wonder if they actually work? if I do try anything it will have to be small portions!

I have that one, The Broons were part of my Scots childhood, so I just had to have it

& yes, the recipes look real to me