I was telling my father in law about getting my latest cookbook in the mail and he comes up with the suggestion that once I have made all of the recipes in any of the books I sell them :eek: :rolleyes:
I gasped ...he was speaking about my children lol.
I told him no way in heck would I sell my books!

Do you have any cookbooks you have actually tried all of the recipes from?
I sure dont.

Ha! I'm w/ you, janie. In fact, honestly? I have MANY cookbooks that I have never cooked ANYTHING from- though they are still books I enjoy and value. I often have the ability to "taste" foods without actually eating them. Often simply from reading the recipes in books I can get a keen sense of their outcome- so they satisfy that way. Plus, let's face it- some cookbooks, it's the stories and pictures we like most!

I inherrited some cook books from my mother-in-law.

Some of them were printed when food was still on the ration back early 1950s.

I'll have to dig them out of the spare room and put a few on here. I also have recipes from a Pears Cyclopaedia dated 1901. It also tells you how to employ servants and what types won't steal the family silver.:D Reading this gives me the hysterics.

re: "how to employ servants and what types won't steel the family silver."

Sounds like a hoot, keziah!

I've got it upstairs on the shelves. I'll see if I can get at it tomorrow and put a few 'Pears' tips on, should raise a few eyebrows and get a few giggles.