I am looking around my kitchen and have counted at least 200 and there are some hiding behind things I am sure and I was curious how many cookbooks do you own and how many do you actually use.....I only use 5 on a regular basis. BUT, I love my cookbooks!
I have posted this question before but I thought on a different day, at a different time, in a different section, I would get different responses. Thanks in advance.......
2007-05-20 06:49:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I have so many I couldn't tell you ... but I will tell you my absolute very favorite ones are Southern Living ... and I've bought most of them at Half Priced Books .. they are WONDERFUL but they also include great photographs and ideas to go with your meals or party. Also I love church cookbooks, you know the ones where someones Grandma's recipe for something has instructions like "a pinch of salt" or a "hand full of raisins", those are usually the best recipes!
2007-05-20 06:57:04 · answer #1 · answered by catherine 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've been cooking almost 30 years, but just bought my first cookbook about 2 years ago. I have about 6 or 7 & I use every one of them. My favorite is "The Blue Willow Inn Cookbook". It has a lot of true southern favorites. I also use my Paula Deen cookbooks on a weekly basis!!
2007-05-20 15:31:19 · answer #2 · answered by sandypaws 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I probably own about 20 hardbound cookbooks and literally hundreds of those little booklets you buy in the checkout lane at the grocery store. Having said that 95% of my recipes come out of the Better Homes & Garden Cookbook.
2007-05-20 14:23:48 · answer #3 · answered by garlic_n_wine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Got a ton of them but I only use about 4 or 5 of them plus I use my Betty Crocker card file box. My favorite one though is one called Montana Cookbook. It has ALL the old time recipes -- even about buffalo and what kind of plants to eat when your starving and how to make just about anything from any wild game. There are many many good regular ones in there too. It is awesome.
2007-05-20 15:08:18 · answer #4 · answered by Midge 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have over 300 ! Yes, I also love cookbooks. I use recipes out of MOST of them. Some of them I've had since I was 9 yrs old, YIKES that's a long time. Some were my Mother's (can't live without).
Some were my Mother-in-law's (can't live without). Some were special gifts from friends. I found some at antique stores and yard sales. All have special recipes that I use. I also use NEW recipes that I find every day on the Internet or from friends. Tonight I'm making:
Lemony Chicken w/capers & kalamata Olives
2 bnls chicken breasts l/2vd
1-1/2 teaspoons sea salt
1/2 fresh lemon juice
1 cup red onion sliced thin
1-1/2 cups orange juice fresh
3 Tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons oregano (dried)
2 Tablespoons garlic smashed
1 Tablespoon capers
1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives 1/2vd
375F oven preheat
Marinate chicken in 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup lemon juice for 30 minutes. Rinse chicken and pat dry.
Sprinkle each piece with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Spread onions in bottom of shallow baking dish.
Add orange juice and place chicken on top of onions. Whisk 1/4 cup lemon juice, olive oil and oregano, drizzle over chicken. Spinkle garlic and capers over chicken. Bake uncovered till juice of chicken runs clear about 30 minutes or till meat thermometer reaches 160F. Serve on platter with pan juices to which you have added the olives. Enjoy!
This recipe is from 'One Bite at a Time'.
2007-05-20 13:59:20 · answer #5 · answered by wineduchess 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have about 16 cookbooks but I have over 300 recipes on single pages. I use the single pages mostly, they are Gluten free recipes that I have gathered in the past two years.
2007-05-20 13:56:18 · answer #6 · answered by Katie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dozens, but I never really use them anymore. I'll look through them occasionally to get ideas, or to look at ingredients, but I tend to cook from "feel" and experience these days. When baking, I use recipes that were handed down from family, or given to me from a friend. If I'm looking for an ethnic specialty or something I haven't any experience with, I generally go to the internet these days and look it up (or ask on Answers).
2007-05-20 14:38:22 · answer #7 · answered by justme 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have 6 and like a over a 100 in a note book and I don't use any of them.
2007-05-20 13:54:53 · answer #8 · answered by Siberia_McLean 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I probably have about 150 and I think I really only use 4 or 5...I think I'll donate the rest
2007-05-20 14:34:05 · answer #9 · answered by heyitsme1203 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
About 300. I've probably made at least one recipe from almost all of them over the years. (I'm in my mid-50's.)
2007-05-20 14:24:00 · answer #10 · answered by Bruce A 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋