Cook book buying addiction?!

jeanniebeanie_2

STEP AWAY FROM THE KEYBOARD AND HIDE THE PLASTIC! (Hyperventilates)

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AlwaysHappy

I too love cookery books, and still regularly buy them - I am nearly always tempted by the latest bookpeople catalogue dropping on my mat. I do confess though I recently got rid of some to new homes, I went through every book and wrote down in a notebook the recipes I wanted to try - and some books had no recipes in!!! (usually books bought for me I hasten to add). I am now trying to cook at least 3 new recipes a week to justify these purchases - it will take a loooooong time!!

lostinrates

AlwaysHappy wrote: »

I too love cookery books, and still regularly buy them - I am nearly always tempted by the latest bookpeople catalogue dropping on my mat. I do confess though I recently got rid of some to new homes, I went through every book and wrote down in a notebook the recipes I wanted to try - and some books had no recipes in!!! (usually books bought for me I hasten to add). I am now trying to cook at least 3 new recipes a week to justify these purchases - it will take a loooooong time!!

It might help some addicts to learn my book buying technique.


I open the book at random three times. At least two out of the three have to be something i want to cook and am not already up to armpits in recipes for. It requires some discipline if its a pretty book, or one recipe was good. Lots of books do reinvent the wheel, i think most peoe only need a couple of books that cover the basics from different angles, its the ones after that that start ticking the two out of three at least rule.

Charbird

I too have lots of cook books, only yesterday I bought 2 slow cooking books from The Works They already have post it note strips attached to the pages of the recipes I aim to cook! You have to have some vices, ours is clearly buying too many cookbooks

katieowl_2

I started counting on that other thread, I got bored at 150, because my deep shelves had double rows on, and I couldn't be bother to move the front ones to count the ones behind...also got a bit lost in pondering if a foraging book with recipes counted, or a gardening book with recipes, or home brew, or frugal books with the odd recipe counted?

I can't resist a good addition to the family...the Book People lead me to the dark side time after time... The last batch from them a couple of weeks ago included Dan Leppards baking book, Hairy bikers Xmas, and a couple of others, 'Ham,pickles and jam' and a book about chocolate I've not read yet, and one called how to dress your gingerbread.... Someone at work lent me one of the covent garden soup books, which had so many excellent looking recipes, I have a copy in my Amazon basket (secondhand) already, and I'm currently toying with buying a sushi book :rotfl:

I suppose I could have a worse vice?

Kate

moutard

yes me to....i love cook books ....i buy second hand ones from amazon when they are only a penny and try to get the hard back ones....and now get friends and family to buy them for me for birthdays and xmas ....i now have to put up an extra shelf in my kitchen to house more cook books...hubby thinks i have gone mental lol

mummybearx

jeanniebeanie wrote: »

STEP AWAY FROM THE KEYBOARD AND HIDE THE PLASTIC! (Hyperventilates)

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NO NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOO!! Don't do it, don't make me do it, don't let me do it!! :rotfl:

Love her though.... maybe I really do need another baking book..... even though baking isn't my strong point.......

Maybe that's why I should buy it, to better my baking skills? :rotfl:

Butterfly_Brain

I am another who has loads of cookbooks ranging from the Family save All that was featured on Victorian Farm, wartime rationing, books from the 1950's, 60's, 70's etc and lots and lots and lots of others. The school where my DH works borrow a lot of my books to do lessons.
This term they have some of the wartime cook books and each class is doing a different decade for arts week so they have asked for a selection from all eras.

freyasmum

Charbird wrote: »

You have to have some vices, ours is clearly buying too many cookbooks

Exactly!


I don't smoke or drink so let me be


Saying that, I only have a very small collection compared to some. Maybe I need to up it a bit? :A

lally666young

I must admit it is a good adiction to have as you can see how tastes changes throughout the years!! I didnt go to the charity shop today and get those 2 books I mentioned yesterday. But I am thinking about it!!!! I am also a sucker for interior and craft books. I just love books in general!! so be gone with you kindle as I am old school and proud. U cant smell the paper on a kindle !!! and wonder how many people have flicked through them before you.