Monday, August 7, 2006

My mom is the queen of yard sales. She can find anything. I asked her to keep an eye out for the 1969 Betty Crocker's Cookbook she used when I was growing up and she found one... plus these other cookbooks.

Of course I left the one I really wanted... the big red 1969 version at my parents' house so I only have these four to use 'til I go home again.

18 comments:

  1. Heh heh. I have the Fondue one to match those! Funny how much fun they are to have. :)

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  2. I actually collect oookbooks of this era and am envious of the cake and frosting mix one, that has got to have some fun recipes in it. I have a party recipe book from this set that is pretty sweet with some fun cakes.

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  3. I had to check the website... My mom used the 1969 version of the Betty Crocker cookbook too! I'll have to ask her if she still has it. :)

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  4. My mom still has her red Betty Crocker cook book. It comes in handy sometimes. In fact, I just used it the other night to cook fresh beets, which I'd never done before.

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  5. My mom has got the 1972 version. I still use it today for my cheesecakes and for an awesome angel food cake with chocolate cream frosting. Yum!

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  6. My mother is a baker, by profession. I grew up looking at her cookbooks, and as I child, I LOVED the Cake & Frosting Mix cookbook! I wore it out looking at the pictures which aggravated my mom to no end! So, for a surprise about 3 years ago, I found her 2 copies of it. She could finally throw away the pages she had saved all these years (the cover & spine of the book were long gone.) She was kind enough to give me the extra one!

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  7. Awesome. I have the dinner for two one.

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  8. the dessert cookbook gives me a majorly awesome childhood flashback.

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  9. the Betty Crocker cook book gave me flashbacks too! I loved lying on the kitchen floor and flipping through the book. I usually skipped the meats and veggies and concentrated on the desserts and candies.

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  10. I am on my way to Ebay to find some of those cookbooks. Those old recipes bring back some yummy memories.

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  11. My wedding cake was an exact replica of one that our cake baker found in a 1960s Betty Crocker cookbook. It was by far the nicest of the cake designs that we were able to choose from. *(No gelatin was used in the making of the cake!)

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  12. These books remind me of James Lileks and the Gallery of Regrettable Food.

    The recipes may be great, but the pictures he displays from the meat cookbook are a little scary. And of course he writes a little commentary about each one--some of them are pretty funny.

    After seeing those pics, I think I'd stick with the desserts and candies too. :)

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  13. It's funny that you mentioned these books as I have been very into them lately. I have been picking them up at library book sales, thrift stores, and yard sales for the past year. Just today I got about 30 of them for $4. They are very entertaining. I started cutting up my duplicates last week and making greeting cards along with colorful scrapbook paper, sequins, and rick-rack. They were a big hit at the Farmer's Market last weekend. They got a lot of laughs and I sold quite a few. Fun stuff! Also, we always had the 1969 version of the Betty Crocker in my house.

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  14. I have the Dinner for Two one also -- my Mom gave me her copy (it was her first cookbook) when I got married. Love the retro-find postings!

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  15. great cookbooks! I teach home ec and have a bunch of old ones from hand-me downs and my students don't like them...I was like "what? how can you not! Look at how retro they are!" LOL

    Love your blog- been a lurker for a while
    :-)

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  16. I have my grandmother's 1961 Betty Crocker and it is a treasure!

    I looked at Powell's once for same as gift and was totally blown away by the prices!

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  17. I hope you can help me.. my Mom has the 1961 Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook... I've used the "Jewish Challah Braid" recipe from page 106 since I was 12..however.. this yr I needed the exact recipe and pages 102-106 are missing.. can anyone help.. I would love to have this recipe again.. it is simply the best tasting bread ....ever!!!
    thanks

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