Betty Crocker Cookbook

She had a MILF stage in the 80s.

Was it the pink cake, OP?

I remember that the calorie counter in the back of my grandmother's copy had, for the entry on Whipped Cream, the measurement, "One stingy teaspoon." At the time, I was confused; I didn't know if "stingy" meant a certain type of teaspoon I hadn't come across before. Now I appreciate the sly humor of those wonderful women.

I loved my grandmother’s Betty Crocker cookbook. The baked goods all call for shortening. lol

Ha! My mom and grandma had copies of this. It was fun reading.

I knew it was going to be this cookbook before clicking the link! My mom had it in a 3 ring binder format, I have this same perfect bound version.

Every aspect of it is a delight, the line drawings of husbands following the scent of something in the oven, photos that are luridly color-saturated. The strawberry shortcake looks like a murder scene! It tells the new young housewife or kitchen know-nothing everything you can possibly need to know. The photos of BC test kitchens and hearty feasts and lovely brunches with hostess gear like coffee urns and warming trays are amazing. You will say Viva! and Bravo! to the "international" recipes and then ooh and aaah over recipes that were contributed by Gracious Hostesses, complete with little explanations about when and to whom they serve their delicacies!

As a kid I used to go over all the cookie photos and examine all the decorated cakes. The one on the cover looks like Angel Food with Pink Mountain Frosting. I made a lemon Kitchenette Cake yesterday from this cookbook.

I still make the frankfurter and jello salad I learned in 5th grade!

It's a great book. My mom received it as one of her wedding presents, in the 3-ring so it would lie open easily if you were trying to cook from it.

Some of the recipes are stomach churning, but everything is in there. It all gets covered, including how to stretch the food, shop so your ingredient list is shorter, and more.

I prefer this one to the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, which is the other one everyone has. And the Julia Child cookbooks are great for special occasions but for everyday cooking, not so much--the food is too heavy and takes too long.

This one?

That’s disgusting!

[quote] . I made a lemon Kitchenette Cake yesterday from this cookbook.

Did you use shortening?

The three-ring binder sounds like a good idea but it's too easy to tear the holes of the pages, so they end up being loose . My mom's is pretty exploded looking.

This is a fat person's book.

R11--I used buttah.

The post at R6 is so gay I didn't want it to end.

Too many bland red velvet cakes out there and not enough good quality strawberry cakes.

What’s a good cookbook updated to include the New American Cuisine?

My mom had that cookbook, in the 3-ring binder. I mainly saw her using it for baked goods, not savory stuff. It wasn't her "Bible" for cooking, in other words. She had a couple other cookbooks. But I think most of her recipes came from her mom, my grandmother.

I have my mom's 3-ring binder edition and yes, some of the pages are torn from the rings, most of the tabs are torn, AND some of the pages are stained on the more popular recipes. The handwritten side notes are wonderful memories of my mom. Love this thread.

I loved it so much. I got the the seventies boys and girl edition, but pined for the fifties one. I got on at a yard sale and I spent many happy hours attempting fife and drum cake, raggedy ann salad and surprise breakfast for my unhappy parents. None of my creations looked anything like in the illustrations, but I got inspiration that persists to this day to live in a colorful world of canned goods and bisquick. I owe my turquoise fifties kitchen with the sunny yellow trim to Betty.

I have the three-ring binder version, gotten when I was just a gayling. I'll never get rid of it for one reason alone: page 127, which tells you how to prepare your own freezer dinners, molding aluminum foil into cheery little compartments for your leftovers, and includes important information on keeping your meat moist. Oh! Had I only listened to Betty, I could now be happily surviving on my own homemade TV dinners during quarantine time, instead of groveling for grubs and moss.

BC took a turn for the ethnically vague in the 1990s.

Check it out - my grandmother gave this copy to my mother when she turned 25, in 1959. I have it. Some pages are missing and it isn't in great shape, but it's cool to see my mom's notes from when she was a young homemaker.

What do you all remember your mothers making from it?

Yes! I love that cookbook, and this one as well.

[quote]What’s a good cookbook updated to include the New American Cuisine?

You might like the "new" Joy of Cooking that was released in 1997. I didn't use it very much. My Joy of Cooking was the 1975 trade paperback, and so many recipes I considered essential were dropped from this new Joy, I thought of it as an also-ran. It does have a killer recipe for German Chocolate Cake, however.

If you lived near me and we weren't practicing social distancing, I'd give you my copy.

I'm suddenly in the mood for chicken a la king!

R25 My Mom had that cookbook and made these every Christmas

I love Betty Cockrocker!

I have this one in binder form and also received one of the newer versions in binder form for Christmas a year or two after I moved to the city after hs.

I just used this to make Scalloped Corn for dinner tomorrow. It's a family favorite that features a can of creamed corn AND crushed Ritz crackers!

[quote] My mom had that cookbook, in the 3-ring binder. I mainly saw her using it for baked goods, not savory stuff.

Same here. My mom had the 3-ring binder. I do remember her flipping through it. I really don't think she used it for savory foods. I don't even think she used it for baked goods, but maybe components of baked goods, like pie crust.

I hated Betty Crocker recipes.

I always thought Fannie Farmer was better.

I have a Better Homes & Gardens cookbook repro 1953 edition.

Beautifully reproduced with ring binder...and "authentic' yellowing pages.

I'm not American and therefore have no idea of its status with the American gay of 2020.

The cover.

Frau cunt thread full of frau cunt posts.

Still time for a last-minute Betty Crocker Easter Bunny Cake!

It's all in the booklet dears.

It's definitely a favorite here, along with Joy of Cooking.

R37 I remember my mom making that cake on the right once. I hated coconut as a kid, and I remember feeling like the world had come to end when she told me she was making a special Easter cake and then put that coconut abomination on the table.

R40 I usually hate cocoanut too. I cooked a cake in my crockpot once, then iced it; it was very well received by my future husband and his then boyfriend....

Coconut cake-hating aliens post on DL!

The absolute classic first edition, 1950. I have my mother's - in understandably worn out shape from constant use for our large family. I've seen it online for a lot cheaper than this one...

The book in OP's pic, is pretty sought after (or used to be when I sold stuff on eBaby a few years ago). Found one at a thrift store first print, and pristine condition for about five dollars, and had it sold for around a hundred dollars in less than twenty-four hours. They aren't easy to find, but they are pretty desirable.

I'm R44. Most cookbooks, even vintage or fun are not worth reselling online. This is just a one off that happens to, or did.

Do pink cakes ever taste as good as they look?

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