On Mar 20, 1:14*pm, wrote:
> Today was the first day of my local library's used book sale. *For
> once I got there early and joined the ranks of the hard-core used-book
> sellers and random townies like me who hope they can get the good
> stuff before someone else does :-)
>
> Twenty minutes and $15 later, I waltzed out with ten cookbooks.
>
> Now, when you "shop" at a fund-raiser like this and at high speed,
> competing with the pro's for books, you end up with some strange and
> wonderful stuff. *For instance,
>
> _Fondue_Cookery_ by Alison Burt, ~1970. *The very first recipe is the
> standard traditional cheese fondue with kirsch. *Much of the rest
> looks yummy. *Fondue: out of vogue not long thereafter, back in again
> in the '90s, ignored again in the oughts, destined to be back in again
> as soon as the next time I fire up my fondue pot again :-)
>
> _The_Best_Bagels_ by Dona Meilach, 1995. *Good basic bagels and the
> thinking behind them and a host of good variations to try and
> toppings.
>
> _An_Encyclopedia_of_Chinese_Food_and_Cooking_ by <a bunch of authors>,
> 1970. *A weird book with a weird recipe format:
>
> A. Ingredient A
> B. Ingredient B
> etc.
>
> Preparation:
>
> Do something with A.
> Do something else with B.
> etc. with C, D, E, and so on.
>
> Cooking:
>
> Cook A like this
> Add B like this
> etc. with C, D, E, and so on.
>
> Literally: As, Bs, Cs, used to compress the recipe into text so that
> 1000 of them fit into a 1 1/2 inch thick cookbook. *A modern computer
> nerd would be proud.
>
> And a bunch of other cookbooks not worth mentioning particularly.
>
> What I wanted to emphasize is simply this: Support your local
> library. *Especially In these tough economic times, they are frugal
> and valuable oaseses of information.

I agree wholeheartedly.
>
> --
> Silvar Beitel
> (very occasional poster)

--Bryan