On Monday, September 24, 2018 at 9:55:28 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
> On 9/24/2018 10:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> >
> > "Nancy2"Â* wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > I love custard pie.Â* I just use the BH&G recipe.Â* But copying a great
> > pie-maker I knew in my early
> > married days, I sprinkle some Grape-Nuts into the pie shell before
> > baking, and sprinkle the top
> > with a little nutmeg.Â* The nutmeg is optional, of course...some people
> > don't like it.
> >
> > N.
> >
> > ==
> >
> > BH&G?
>
> Better Homes & Gardens. It's a magazine. I gather they also published
> some cookbooks.
>
> Grapenuts (the original cereal) are hard as rocks. Grapenuts Flakes,
> not so much.
>
> Jill

But they are REALLY good in custard pie, just as a random crunch and mild flavor.

BH&G has published many cookbooks over the years; the famous red and white plaid cover being the most well known. My generation (married in the 60s developed our married-life cooking using that cookbook. They also published, in the same decades, books devoted to single topics ... "vegetables," "fruits," "desserts," "meat," "salads," "breads," to name a few. They contain some of my most go-to recipes, especially the bread and dessert ones. And many of the recipes are still current today; I was amazed to find a recipe for hummus in one of them.

N.

N.

"Nancy2" > wrote in message
...
On Monday, September 24, 2018 at 9:55:28 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
> On 9/24/2018 10:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> >
> > "Nancy2"Â wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > I love custard pie. I just use the BH&G recipe. But copying a great
> > pie-maker I knew in my early
> > married days, I sprinkle some Grape-Nuts into the pie shell before
> > baking, and sprinkle the top
> > with a little nutmeg. The nutmeg is optional, of course...some people
> > don't like it.
> >
> > N.
> >
> > ==
> >
> > BH&G?
>
> Better Homes & Gardens. It's a magazine. I gather they also published
> some cookbooks.
>
> Grapenuts (the original cereal) are hard as rocks. Grapenuts Flakes,
> not so much.
>
> Jill

But they are REALLY good in custard pie, just as a random crunch and mild
flavor.

BH&G has published many cookbooks over the years; the famous red and white
plaid cover being the most well known. My generation (married in the 60s
developed our married-life cooking using that cookbook. They also
published, in the same decades, books devoted to single topics ...
"vegetables," "fruits," "desserts," "meat," "salads," "breads," to name a
few. They contain some of my most go-to recipes, especially the bread and
dessert ones. And many of the recipes are still current today; I was amazed
to find a recipe for hummus in one of them.

N.
======

My go to in the early 60's were Joy of Cooking and The Good Housekeeping
cookbooks.

Cheri

On 2018-09-25 1:40 AM, Cheri wrote:

> My go to in the early 60's were Joy of Cooking and The Good Housekeeping
> cookbooks.
>


Me too.

On 9/24/2018 8:46 PM, Nancy2 wrote:

> BH&G has published many cookbooks over the years.....

likewise, Time-Warner. I'll always recall making the recipe for
hasenpfeffer from the T-W cookbook, Recipes of Germany.

The best cookbook "set" I ever ran across was my late M-I-L's set of
Redbook cookbooks (about 16 vols). Killer recipes. I usta sneak/peek
'em all the time.

nb

On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 10:14:02 AM UTC-4, notbob wrote:
> On 9/24/2018 8:46 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
>
> > BH&G has published many cookbooks over the years.....
>
> likewise, Time-Warner. I'll always recall making the recipe for
> hasenpfeffer from the T-W cookbook, Recipes of Germany.

We had a set of those when I was a kid. They were the first cookbooks
I really looked at.

Over time, I came to realize that for the more exotic cuisines,
the recipes made substitutions that are now unnecessary. I finally
got rid of them, although I scanned in a few recipes that stood
the test of time.

Cindy Hamilton

On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 12:17:24 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 10:14:02 AM UTC-4, notbob wrote:
>> On 9/24/2018 8:46 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
>>
>> > BH&G has published many cookbooks over the years.....
>>
>> likewise, Time-Warner. I'll always recall making the recipe for
>> hasenpfeffer from the T-W cookbook, Recipes of Germany.
>
>We had a set of those when I was a kid. They were the first cookbooks
>I really looked at.
>
>Over time, I came to realize that for the more exotic cuisines,
>the recipes made substitutions that are now unnecessary.

Like sherry for Shaoxing wine.

On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 9:14:02 AM UTC-5, notbob wrote:
>
> The best cookbook "set" I ever ran across was my late M-I-L's set of
> Redbook cookbooks (about 16 vols). Killer recipes. I usta sneak/peek
> 'em all the time.
>
> nb
>
I've got a complete set of 'Southern Living' cookbooks, about 20 or 21
volumes.