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Cookbook Project, Books #110 and 111
Nov. 4th, 2009 11:54 am"The Best of Bisquick," Betty Crocker
I've got two Bisquick cookbooks, both I think different editions of the same thing. This one, I think, I liberated from a cousin who doesn't cook when I was moving out on my own - at the time, between poverty and grad school, Bisquick was a pretty reasonable pantry staple. I haven't used the stuff, or the book, though, in almost a decade, as I realized when I came to the conclusion that I'd need to buy a box of the stuff just to finish this project.
Actually, though, it's pretty harmless - mostly just pre-mixed flour and leaveners. And most of the recipes in this book are equally bland and harmless. Nothing exciting, but nothing particularly atrocious, either. Given the leftover meatballs in our freezer from a previous project recipe, we wound up making Meatballs and Dumplings.
It was about what I've come to expect from when I used this book before - quick, inexpensive, pretty simple, and fairly generic. Not spicy or exciting, not the best food I've ever had, but not bad for Standard Dinner Fare. I think I'll hand this book down to another starving college student someday, though; it's not quite my basic food fare anymore....
"Illustrated Library of Cooking, Volume 5," Family Circle
This is one of a collection of books that I inherited from my mother when she scaled down her collection. As much as I've been trying to space out the difficult books, I have to admit that most of this series has wound up unused so far, mostly because... well, they're scary-ish. Old, and full of recipes that call for ingredients that I'm pretty sure no longer exist (canned premade chicken a la king?).
This one, listed as "Chi through Coo," includes "Children's Recipes, Cold Weather Recipes, Cool Cooking, and Cookie Jar." I managed to justify not using it until now on the grounds that, not having children, I could stall until cold weather and cookie time were here. That, unfortunately, left me scrambling through recipes for things like Spaghetti Porkers, Tomato Kraut Cups, and Fruitcake Drops.
There was a section on hot sandwiches, though, and the recipe for Ham and Egg Club Sandwiches actually didn't look too bad. It called for deviled ham, but that sounded theoretically safe.
And guess what? I'm glad I tried it. It's kind of a no-brainer - ham, eggs, and cheese in a sandwich - but it was still from the scary book, and it was still good. I'd make it again, for breakfast or for dinner.
Now I just have to brave the other half-dozen or so volumes on the Still To Be Done shelf....
I've got two Bisquick cookbooks, both I think different editions of the same thing. This one, I think, I liberated from a cousin who doesn't cook when I was moving out on my own - at the time, between poverty and grad school, Bisquick was a pretty reasonable pantry staple. I haven't used the stuff, or the book, though, in almost a decade, as I realized when I came to the conclusion that I'd need to buy a box of the stuff just to finish this project.
Actually, though, it's pretty harmless - mostly just pre-mixed flour and leaveners. And most of the recipes in this book are equally bland and harmless. Nothing exciting, but nothing particularly atrocious, either. Given the leftover meatballs in our freezer from a previous project recipe, we wound up making Meatballs and Dumplings.
It was about what I've come to expect from when I used this book before - quick, inexpensive, pretty simple, and fairly generic. Not spicy or exciting, not the best food I've ever had, but not bad for Standard Dinner Fare. I think I'll hand this book down to another starving college student someday, though; it's not quite my basic food fare anymore....
"Illustrated Library of Cooking, Volume 5," Family Circle
This is one of a collection of books that I inherited from my mother when she scaled down her collection. As much as I've been trying to space out the difficult books, I have to admit that most of this series has wound up unused so far, mostly because... well, they're scary-ish. Old, and full of recipes that call for ingredients that I'm pretty sure no longer exist (canned premade chicken a la king?).
This one, listed as "Chi through Coo," includes "Children's Recipes, Cold Weather Recipes, Cool Cooking, and Cookie Jar." I managed to justify not using it until now on the grounds that, not having children, I could stall until cold weather and cookie time were here. That, unfortunately, left me scrambling through recipes for things like Spaghetti Porkers, Tomato Kraut Cups, and Fruitcake Drops.
There was a section on hot sandwiches, though, and the recipe for Ham and Egg Club Sandwiches actually didn't look too bad. It called for deviled ham, but that sounded theoretically safe.
And guess what? I'm glad I tried it. It's kind of a no-brainer - ham, eggs, and cheese in a sandwich - but it was still from the scary book, and it was still good. I'd make it again, for breakfast or for dinner.
Now I just have to brave the other half-dozen or so volumes on the Still To Be Done shelf....
