On Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 11:41:01 AM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:36:37 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
> >On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 5:22:57 PM UTC-4, Nancy2 wrote:
> >> Cindy, you just confessed to what I do. You should see my cookbook page
> >> for pie crust, for cinnamon rolls, for meatloaf, etc. they are all kinda messy.
> >>
> >> N.
> >
> >Personally, I believe that if you like a certain cookbook - or even just
> >one recipe in it - you should work to keep it clean.
> >I just keep the cookbook a couple of steps away from the action.
> >I've already splattered one page of the "Anne of Green Gables"
> >cookbook, and I don't want to do that again.
>
> For the few recipes that you actually refer to what is so difficult
> about scanning the page and printing the recipe?

Wastes paper, but then again, I don't care about keeping my cookbooks
all that clean. They're tools, and the occasional dab of butter is
a sign that they're not just for show.

> In this computer age
> there is *never* a reason to bring a cookbook into the kitchen... can
> even jot the list of ingredients on a scrap of paper... anyone who
> needs to constantly refer to a recipe throughout preparing the entire
> dish has no business in a kitchen anyway.

So, because I can't remember an ingredients list for 10 minutes, I
have no business in a kitchen. Excellent! I'll be at your place
for dinner tonight. Thanks. Mind if I bring my husband?

Cindy Hamilton