On 9/17/2014 10:57 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> I got the Betty Crocker one from 1969/1976. This appears to be the same
> one that I used to have but has a different spine on it. So it will
> take much much less room in my closet. Whoever had it didn't appear to
> have used it at all. Almost as good as new but the pages are a tad
> crispy from age.
>
> I think this is going to work out well. I see many meat recipes that
> look like they will work for us. I really didn't pay much attention to
> meat recipes when I had it prior because I was a vegetarian then. I
> also see some things that I had forgotten about like Buttons and Bows
> which is an easy recipe for sweetened biscuits.
>
> So... Very happy!

I grew up with the Better Homes New Cookbook. My mom must have gotten it
for me when I was a kid. My parents would do stuff like that. They would
see that I had an interest in something and would provide me support,
although at the time, I was completely oblivious to what they were doing.

When I got older, I had the Good Housekeeping cookbook. I don't remember
where that came from but my parents might have bought that for me too.
It's a book that has followed me for most of my life.