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somebody shut me the fark up.
...But I was given a treasure instead.
Last weekend Redhot and I went down to Decatur to visit my Mom, sisters, and the younger generations, for my Mom's 90th birthday party. It was a wonderful visit, and great to be with most of the family gathered in one place for the celebration. Even my oldest nephew (He'll be 50) drove 300 miles from Mobile just to be there for only a couple hours before he had to drive 300 back.
Yes, that was indeed a treasure, but back to the recipe. I had asked my mom for her drop biscuit recipe a couple months ago while there was a discussion of those in a thread. She said she'd send me a copy from her Fannie Farmer cook book, but both of us forgot about it until I mentioned it in the evening before we returned to Memphis and asked for the copy. What she gave me instead, was this...
THE cook book I used as a reference when I was a child learning how to cook myself. This book has been well used, and well loved, and even now has the Redneck binding mod. This book is a reference, and is filled with a lot of information besides just recipes, and with the exception of a couple front piece page corners, is complete.
Check out the publishing date:
And it has my Mom's notes written in pencil all through it...
It discusses menus and healthy cooking. Interesting to see the suggestions that were the guides before nutrition went nuts in the States in the late 60s/70s...
A whole chapter on this subject. The index itself is 67 pages long. I looked up biscuit...
And found what I was looking for...
The neat thing is it will start with the basic ingredients, then give numerous variations...
Even Meats are divided into chapters, with an introduction to the most popular cuts for the beginning serious cook...
It has tables and conversion charts galore.
So, as I said. A treasure. This is a book to be explored and not just read. And, it's a family thing.
Thanks for looking...
Guerry
Last weekend Redhot and I went down to Decatur to visit my Mom, sisters, and the younger generations, for my Mom's 90th birthday party. It was a wonderful visit, and great to be with most of the family gathered in one place for the celebration. Even my oldest nephew (He'll be 50) drove 300 miles from Mobile just to be there for only a couple hours before he had to drive 300 back.
Yes, that was indeed a treasure, but back to the recipe. I had asked my mom for her drop biscuit recipe a couple months ago while there was a discussion of those in a thread. She said she'd send me a copy from her Fannie Farmer cook book, but both of us forgot about it until I mentioned it in the evening before we returned to Memphis and asked for the copy. What she gave me instead, was this...
THE cook book I used as a reference when I was a child learning how to cook myself. This book has been well used, and well loved, and even now has the Redneck binding mod. This book is a reference, and is filled with a lot of information besides just recipes, and with the exception of a couple front piece page corners, is complete.
Check out the publishing date:
And it has my Mom's notes written in pencil all through it...
It discusses menus and healthy cooking. Interesting to see the suggestions that were the guides before nutrition went nuts in the States in the late 60s/70s...
A whole chapter on this subject. The index itself is 67 pages long. I looked up biscuit...
And found what I was looking for...
The neat thing is it will start with the basic ingredients, then give numerous variations...
Even Meats are divided into chapters, with an introduction to the most popular cuts for the beginning serious cook...
It has tables and conversion charts galore.
So, as I said. A treasure. This is a book to be explored and not just read. And, it's a family thing.
Thanks for looking...
Guerry
