You know the kind I mean: the type civic organizations, churches and other
groups put together (often for charity, like our RFC Cookbook, or for
fundraising purposes) comprised of recipes submitted by area residents. Do
you ever buy them?

When I'm on the road with John we often stop at the town's "welcome center"
(a.k.a. tourist information center), usually because we got lost LOL These
places frequently have local cookbooks for sale. Whenever possible I like
to pick one up (assuming a quick flip through gets my interest), mostly
because it's bound to have recipes not common to where I live. Granted,
most of these books have a lot of "add a can of cream of..." recipes in
them. But they can be fun to flip through and sometimes you find a gem or
two. What say you?

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
You know the kind I mean: the type civic organizations, churches and other
groups put together (often for charity, like our RFC Cookbook, or for
fundraising purposes) comprised of recipes submitted by area residents. Do
you ever buy them?

When I'm on the road with John we often stop at the town's "welcome center"
(a.k.a. tourist information center), usually because we got lost LOL These
places frequently have local cookbooks for sale. Whenever possible I like
to pick one up (assuming a quick flip through gets my interest), mostly
because it's bound to have recipes not common to where I live. Granted,
most of these books have a lot of "add a can of cream of..." recipes in
them. But they can be fun to flip through and sometimes you find a gem or
two. What say you?


I flip through them as you do and decide accordingly. I would love to
buy more since I love local food and local flavor, but I too often find
that they're badly written. Someone has been making a recipe forever
and thus forgets to include include instructions that make the
difference between success and I-don't-know-what-you're-talking-about.


--Lia

jmcquown said...

You know the kind I mean: the type civic organizations, churches and
other groups put together (often for charity, like our RFC Cookbook,
or for fundraising purposes) comprised of recipes submitted by area
residents. Do you ever buy them?

When I'm on the road with John we often stop at the town's "welcome
center" (a.k.a. tourist information center), usually because we got
lost LOL These places frequently have local cookbooks for sale.
Whenever possible I like to pick one up (assuming a quick flip through
gets my interest), mostly because it's bound to have recipes not
common to where I live. Granted, most of these books have a lot of
"add a can of cream of..." recipes in them. But they can be fun to
flip through and sometimes you find a gem or two. What say you?

Jil


The website http://www.virtualcities.com/ons/recipe.htm hosts the
Innternet Cookbook, a fairly large collection of recipes from inns and
bed and breakfasts from all over. Also has a section of recipes from
members of congress and state governors (There's your local flavors right
there!!!).

Hope you'll try it. It's also a very unobtrusive website.

But to answer YOUR question, I don't buy local cookbooks during travels.

But a good place to stop is the County Chamber of Commerce. Tell them
you're thinking of moving into town. They'll load you up with local
interest reading materials.

Andy

I love local cookbooks. It's fun to compare different cuisines from
different areas -- and I occasionally run across a recipe from my
childhood that I'd forgotten about.

What drives me crazy is a recipe that includes a specific item that
perhaps is no longer produced -- or is made by a different company
under a different name. One example: "Oleo". Many people have no clue
what it is, and thus have no idea what to substitute if they can't find
it at the grocery store. What helps is when the recipe says something
to the effect of, "Oleo or margarine" -- that gives the cook an idea of
what to use if they've never heard the term "oleo".

~Eri in TX

"jmcquown" wrote in message
...
You know the kind I mean: the type civic organizations, churches and
other
groups put together (often for charity, like our RFC Cookbook, or for
fundraising purposes) comprised of recipes submitted by area residents.
Do
you ever buy them?

snipped for brevity
Jill

Ah, a kindred spirit! I love to bring back a taste of wherever we've been!

There are quite a few local cookbooks in my collection; I read 'em like
novels, occasionally finding a "must try" recipe. The only drawback is that
sometimes there are ingredients unique to the area, or at least with unique
names. When we went to Missouri to visit relatives years ago, I brought back
a "Best of the Ozarks" local cookbook. There were many good-sounding
recipes, some of them calling for something called "Milnot". I'd never
heard of it and asked my relatives about it (pre-Internet days!). They sent
me an emergency "care package" with some Milnot in it. Turns out it was
just evaporated milk, which I could have gotten locally very easily...

Karen in NC
Note: I've posted infrequently in rfc for several years using just my name,
but I see there's someone new posting under "Karen". I'm adding "in NC" to
my user name so y'all can keep us straight. :-)

"Felines&Fuzzbutts" wrote in message
oups.com...
I love local cookbooks. It's fun to compare different cuisines from
different areas -- and I occasionally run across a recipe from my
childhood that I'd forgotten about.

What drives me crazy is a recipe that includes a specific item that
perhaps is no longer produced -- or is made by a different company
under a different name. One example: "Oleo". Many people have no clue
what it is, and thus have no idea what to substitute if they can't find
it at the grocery store. What helps is when the recipe says something
to the effect of, "Oleo or margarine" -- that gives the cook an idea of
what to use if they've never heard the term "oleo".

~Eri in TX


Oleo is in my dictionary, although that probably doesn't help anyone else.
The word is probably not in any other dictionary.

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:38:46 GMT, "Karen in NC"
wrote:


"jmcquown" wrote in message
...
You know the kind I mean: the type civic organizations, churches and
other
groups put together (often for charity, like our RFC Cookbook, or for
fundraising purposes) comprised of recipes submitted by area residents.
Do
you ever buy them?

snipped for brevity
Jill

Ah, a kindred spirit! I love to bring back a taste of wherever we've been!

There are quite a few local cookbooks in my collection; I read 'em like
novels, occasionally finding a "must try" recipe. The only drawback is that
sometimes there are ingredients unique to the area, or at least with unique
names. When we went to Missouri to visit relatives years ago, I brought back
a "Best of the Ozarks" local cookbook. There were many good-sounding
recipes, some of them calling for something called "Milnot". I'd never
heard of it and asked my relatives about it (pre-Internet days!). They sent
me an emergency "care package" with some Milnot in it. Turns out it was
just evaporated milk, which I could have gotten locally very easily...

Karen in NC
Note: I've posted infrequently in rfc for several years using just my name,
but I see there's someone new posting under "Karen". I'm adding "in NC" to
my user name so y'all can keep us straight. :-)

What part of NC? I am in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974

"jmcquown" wrote in message
...
You know the kind I mean: the type civic organizations, churches and
other
groups put together (often for charity, like our RFC Cookbook, or for
fundraising purposes) comprised of recipes submitted by area residents.
Do
you ever buy them?

When I'm on the road with John we often stop at the town's "welcome
center"
(a.k.a. tourist information center), usually because we got lost LOL
These
places frequently have local cookbooks for sale. Whenever possible I like
to pick one up (assuming a quick flip through gets my interest), mostly
because it's bound to have recipes not common to where I live. Granted,
most of these books have a lot of "add a can of cream of..." recipes in
them. But they can be fun to flip through and sometimes you find a gem or
two. What say you?

Jill


I have several of that type of cookbook. Some of mine are older, from the
50s and 60s that I found in garage sales for next to nothing. They're all
interesting.


Ms P

"Felines&Fuzzbutts" wrote in message
oups.com...

What drives me crazy is a recipe that includes a specific item that
perhaps is no longer produced -- or is made by a different company
under a different name. One example: "Oleo". Many people have no clue
what it is, and thus have no idea what to substitute if they can't find
it at the grocery store. What helps is when the recipe says something
to the effect of, "Oleo or margarine" -- that gives the cook an idea of
what to use if they've never heard the term "oleo".

~Eri in TX


Margarine was originally called Oleomargarine.


Ms P

jmcquown wrote:

When I'm on the road with John we often stop at the town's "welcome center"
(a.k.a. tourist information center), usually because we got lost LOL These
places frequently have local cookbooks for sale. Whenever possible I like
to pick one up (assuming a quick flip through gets my interest), mostly
because it's bound to have recipes not common to where I live. Granted,
most of these books have a lot of "add a can of cream of..." recipes in
them. But they can be fun to flip through and sometimes you find a gem or
two. What say you?

Some are actually quite respectable! Certain cities Junior League
cookbooks for example have become quite in demand. A local favorite to
my area is called "Tee Time at the Masters"
Goomba

"The Cook" wrote in message
What part of NC? I am in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974

Hi, Susan!

I'm in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina, near Asheville.

Karen

ms_peacock wrote:
"Felines&Fuzzbutts" wrote in message
oups.com...

What drives me crazy is a recipe that includes a specific item that
perhaps is no longer produced -- or is made by a different company
under a different name. One example: "Oleo". Many people have no
clue what it is, and thus have no idea what to substitute if they
can't find it at the grocery store. What helps is when the recipe
says something to the effect of, "Oleo or margarine" -- that gives
the cook an idea of what to use if they've never heard the term
"oleo".

~Eri in TX


Margarine was originally called Oleomargarine.


Ms P

True but I'll bet a lot of today's young new cooks don't know that!

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:57:51 -0400, The Cook
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:38:46 GMT, "Karen in NC"
wrote:


"jmcquown" wrote in message
...
You know the kind I mean: the type civic organizations, churches and
other
groups put together (often for charity, like our RFC Cookbook, or for
fundraising purposes) comprised of recipes submitted by area residents.
Do
you ever buy them?

snipped for brevity
Jill

Ah, a kindred spirit! I love to bring back a taste of wherever we've been!

There are quite a few local cookbooks in my collection; I read 'em like
novels, occasionally finding a "must try" recipe. The only drawback is that
sometimes there are ingredients unique to the area, or at least with unique
names. When we went to Missouri to visit relatives years ago, I brought back
a "Best of the Ozarks" local cookbook. There were many good-sounding
recipes, some of them calling for something called "Milnot". I'd never
heard of it and asked my relatives about it (pre-Internet days!). They sent
me an emergency "care package" with some Milnot in it. Turns out it was
just evaporated milk, which I could have gotten locally very easily...

Karen in NC
Note: I've posted infrequently in rfc for several years using just my name,
but I see there's someone new posting under "Karen". I'm adding "in NC" to
my user name so y'all can keep us straight. :-)

What part of NC? I am in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

What town? I'm FROM Cherryville NC

Chuck (in SC)

jmcquown wrote:
You know the kind I mean: the type civic organizations, churches and other
groups put together (often for charity, like our RFC Cookbook, or for
fundraising purposes) comprised of recipes submitted by area residents. Do
you ever buy them?

When I'm on the road with John we often stop at the town's "welcome center"
(a.k.a. tourist information center), usually because we got lost LOL These
places frequently have local cookbooks for sale. Whenever possible I like
to pick one up (assuming a quick flip through gets my interest), mostly
because it's bound to have recipes not common to where I live. Granted,
most of these books have a lot of "add a can of cream of..." recipes in
them. But they can be fun to flip through and sometimes you find a gem or
two. What say you?

Jill



I have a ton of them. Some are awful, some are gems. My favorite is
still the first in the series, Colorado Cache, of the Junior League of
Denver. There's not a bad recipe in it.

I'm now finding those regional cookbooks, some from quite far away, at
thrift shops and our local library's sale shelves.

gloria p

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:42:26 GMT, Puester
wrote:

I have a ton of them. Some are awful, some are gems. My favorite is
still the first in the series, Colorado Cache, of the Junior League of
Denver. There's not a bad recipe in it.

Excellent book....bought that back in the 80's. Too bad that most
of the rest are just another lime Jello salad variation.

Soupcon from Chicago Jr League is another keeper!