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Your Oldest Cookery Book?
dollylovesshoes
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I dont know if they still do it but usually when you buy a new cooker you get *cookery book* that goes with the appliance, they used to do that years ago so not sure they still do it.
I have an old *Regulo 6* book from 1938, its so interesting to read some of the recipes....some of them make me cringe but I realise it was the *thing* in those days..for eg: Calves Heel soup.......:eek:
Actually the the *invalid* bit is quite helpful...:o
Calves heel soup was one of them...but actually the pastry part of the book is quite good as well....It's just an *interesting read*....cos me nan had one of those cookers......:D
I have an old *Regulo 6* book from 1938, its so interesting to read some of the recipes....some of them make me cringe but I realise it was the *thing* in those days..for eg: Calves Heel soup.......:eek:
Actually the the *invalid* bit is quite helpful...:o
Calves heel soup was one of them...but actually the pastry part of the book is quite good as well....It's just an *interesting read*....cos me nan had one of those cookers......:D
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Only trouble is, I don't speak or read Austrian (well, German technically) so that's going to be fun! A book the thickness of about two yellow pages to try and translate! And that's not to mention the added recipes on sheets of paper put in by her mum who seemed to have worse hand writing than my doctor!
I have one of these too - it even has recipes for stuff like cough mixture in it. I can only imagine the reaction if you were to go into the chemist these days and ask for laudanum!!
I also have my grandmother's Good Housekeeping book of Popular Cookery, dated 1951, which is great because it contains lots of pencilled in notes like "this made Lorna sick" and "needs much more salt". It opens automatically to the sponge cakes chapter, which is covered in bits of what feel like batter or egg.
I don't use either of them to actually cook, but they're fascinating to read.
The oldest book I use to cook with is my own first cookery book, Cooking is a Game You Can Eat, 1975 (I was 3) and it has completely fallen apart and bits of it are covered in batter, circles from cups, and floury fingerprints. It had loads of fun kids' recipes, of which I still use the sponge cake one, and the fudge one (those pages are filthy!) sometimes. I particularly enjoy following them and giggling at the bit where it says "call your mummy to do this bit" or "get a grown up to light the oven!"
Recipes include Kidney soup, tripe, rabbit, fried potato chips in dripping, curry made with apples, loads of steamed puddings, and of course all the stuff I remember from Junior school like boiled cod.
It's falling apart but I'll always keep it.
It was my Grandmas. It has a recipe for seal in it. Poor seals.
New ones available
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Larousse-Gastronomique-Greatest-Cookery-Encyclopedia/dp/0600602354