"dejablues" > wrote in message
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>>No it's not. It's a group for people who can't get beyond 'Betty
>>Crocker' style cookery. Good cooks not welcome here. And that's your
>>loss.
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> This, plus your shoemaker references make me think that you are quite
> elderly and/or haven't kept up with the times. Betty Crocker cookbooks are
> rather old-fashioned and have recipes that are more time-consuming than
> what people want today. They were en vogue from the 1920's to perhaps the
> 1970's - every housewife had that ubiquitous red-and-white checkered
> cookbook on the shelf.

Betty Crocker cook books are not red and white checkered.

Ms P