Wow, I am impressed, only two cookbooks!
Wow, I am impressed, only two cookbooks!
Yeah, don’t be impressed. I don’t cook new items much. I look up recipes on the Internet, but not terribly often.Originally Posted by Tybee
so for example, I want to make a blackberry crumble because I have a jar of blackberry fruit preserves ready to go. I’ll look up a recipe for that. I won’t bother to keep it because crumble recipes are more or less all the same.
Rosa, the Kondo method worked for the cookbooks. I really thought about them each as to why I had them and if I really wanted them.
Which cookbook did you rebuy?
I cannot imagine actually doing this, but I've often wondered if I totally emptied my house (perhaps into one of those Pod things), and then thoughtfully decided what got to go back inside, how much stuff would not make the cut.
We've culled a lot of cookbooks over the years. DH mostly uses the Betty Crocker cookbook his mother bought him when we were first married, although I did replace it at one point with an eBay score because his original had pretty much fallen apart.
It was one I grew up with, the Savannah Cookbook from the 1920's, with the poem foreward by Ogden Nash. My folks had my grandmother's copy, and I had one I bought as a young person, but I could not find it. Maybe it's in a box in the barn. That's a great project for today, see if there are any more boxes of books in the barn.
I don't have many cookbooks at all, but really should start using the ones I have. I count my copy of The Complete Tightwad Gazette as a cookbook. LOL.
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When we moved south we had an auction and got rid of almost everything. We hauled a small 4x8 trailer with just a few things. My books were the hardest to cull. I now only have one bookcase. It was really hard deciding what to keep. I kept telling myself I could buy things back if needed. I love my home now. I use all the things I own and have no clutter (other than occasional paperwork). Our wall coverings are photos or canvases of pictures we’ve taken from travels around the world. Our home is truly a reflection of who we are. We’ve radically simplified our domain and I love it! Upon our deaths, the place will be sold fully furnished, as is typical. I’ve set it up so there should no probate and, hopefully, an uncomplicated event for our son. Anyway, that is the plan!
I'm impressed. I am definitely not ready to do that, but I am super impressed.
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