andreaindc
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Drives my husband crazy. I need to go to rehab!
Confession time - what's your weakness? Spices? Kitchen toys? Me, I'm a cookbook junkie...
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dawn_mo
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All of the above, but especially cookbooks. When we moved out here...
I tried to weed through my collection of cookbooks, it went sort of like this.
Dawn, do you mean this little pile is all the cookbooks you are going to pack. Ummm no honey, that is my donation pile. These other ten towering piles are the moving piles. I have two completely full bookshelves, and more cookbooks stuffed in other places. I have started saying no though. For awhile though, they were tax deductable. Ahhh the good old days!
I tried to weed through my collection of cookbooks, it went sort of like this.
Dawn, do you mean this little pile is all the cookbooks you are going to pack. Ummm no honey, that is my donation pile. These other ten towering piles are the moving piles. I have two completely full bookshelves, and more cookbooks stuffed in other places. I have started saying no though. For awhile though, they were tax deductable. Ahhh the good old days!
Just recipes in general, must have printed 50 today, and y'all have been prolific! It's
rainy today and a good day to catch up on blogs, sites and print, print, print. Seriously, I always have stacks to clip, sort and file. I can't let anything go by that looks remotely interesting. I just always have food on the mind, not to eat necessarily, but what will I fix, what needs to be used up, etc, etc, etc. We do have good meals, even if I do say so myself,lol. Shrimp and zucchini pasta tonight!
rainy today and a good day to catch up on blogs, sites and print, print, print. Seriously, I always have stacks to clip, sort and file. I can't let anything go by that looks remotely interesting. I just always have food on the mind, not to eat necessarily, but what will I fix, what needs to be used up, etc, etc, etc. We do have good meals, even if I do say so myself,lol. Shrimp and zucchini pasta tonight!
Oh and ingredients...just anything that looks interesting when I go someplace new. I have 2 bottles
of black vinegar because I forgot I had the first one. I'm sure I saw a recipe and probably clipped/printed it but have no idea where it is now. I have a tendency to do that quite a bit...buy something and not use it but hey, it's generally cheaper than having a thing for something like shoes! Penzeys makes out well in this also, annatto seeds anyone?
of black vinegar because I forgot I had the first one. I'm sure I saw a recipe and probably clipped/printed it but have no idea where it is now. I have a tendency to do that quite a bit...buy something and not use it but hey, it's generally cheaper than having a thing for something like shoes! Penzeys makes out well in this also, annatto seeds anyone?
andreaindc
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Curious & Ang - I'm glad to hear someone besides me prints out recipes...
I have two binders and two recipe boxes of "to try" clippings from papers, mags & the internet. If off the internet, I usually print rather than just saving them to my hard drive because I will be more likely to make them then. Once made, they go in a new T&T binder.
The system is getting out of hand given the number of recipes I've printed lately. Do you organize your clippings - if so how?
BTW, Curious, what time is dinner?!
I have two binders and two recipe boxes of "to try" clippings from papers, mags & the internet. If off the internet, I usually print rather than just saving them to my hard drive because I will be more likely to make them then. Once made, they go in a new T&T binder.
The system is getting out of hand given the number of recipes I've printed lately. Do you organize your clippings - if so how?
BTW, Curious, what time is dinner?!
misplaced-in-az
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I definitly have an addiction to recipe books, recipes off the internet (m)
and magazines. My family teases me constantly about my addiction. It's funny, but my mother did the same thing. I just hope I live long enough to get all the recipes that I have printed, filed. LOL I do try to make some of the recipes and if we do not like a particular recipe it goes in file #13. If we do like it it goes into my "make again" folder. Hey, this is better and less harmful than some of the "addictions" out there, right???? Also, we meet such wonderful people here.
and magazines. My family teases me constantly about my addiction. It's funny, but my mother did the same thing. I just hope I live long enough to get all the recipes that I have printed, filed. LOL I do try to make some of the recipes and if we do not like a particular recipe it goes in file #13. If we do like it it goes into my "make again" folder. Hey, this is better and less harmful than some of the "addictions" out there, right???? Also, we meet such wonderful people here.
misplaced-in-az
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PS Also a kitchen gadget "junkie". Thank goodness my DH loves kitchen gadgets too. nt
Ditto, I'm in your category. I have, literally, hundreds of recipes >>
printed out. And, unfortunately, I never file them appropriately, so that when I want to locate one, I can NEVER find it. (I am so glad that I don't run my house this way, cause it's terrible). I, too, feel that I have so many recipes, that I'll never live long enough to try them all, but I cannot resist printing them out, since I'm afraid to lose the "one wonderful" one, and not be able to find it. (Like I can really find it now, LOL).
I guess I, too, am a food addict...I think, breathe & eat (of course) food.. Ah well, things could be worse. smileys/smile.gif
printed out. And, unfortunately, I never file them appropriately, so that when I want to locate one, I can NEVER find it. (I am so glad that I don't run my house this way, cause it's terrible). I, too, feel that I have so many recipes, that I'll never live long enough to try them all, but I cannot resist printing them out, since I'm afraid to lose the "one wonderful" one, and not be able to find it. (Like I can really find it now, LOL).
I guess I, too, am a food addict...I think, breathe & eat (of course) food.. Ah well, things could be worse. smileys/smile.gif
Bones! My freezer is always chock full of chicken carcasses, and people know to save me their ham
bones from holidays. My dog buries hers; I freeze mine. That's the only difference.
I love making my own stocks but I can't always keep up, and sometimes there's no room for anything else.
bones from holidays. My dog buries hers; I freeze mine. That's the only difference.
I love making my own stocks but I can't always keep up, and sometimes there's no room for anything else.
In addition to cookbooks Dried Hot Peppers.....
I like this thread.
I buy lots and lots of of differnet varieties of dried hot peppers at mexican and indian markets then stick them in one of my pickle/mustard/mayo jars(another weakness, can't I throw those damn jars away?) and then (almost) never use them. The pepper colors and shapes are so beautiful.
-Muse
I like this thread.
I buy lots and lots of of differnet varieties of dried hot peppers at mexican and indian markets then stick them in one of my pickle/mustard/mayo jars(another weakness, can't I throw those damn jars away?) and then (almost) never use them. The pepper colors and shapes are so beautiful.
-Muse
cynupstateny
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Cookbooks, recipes and kitchen gadgets (I need none and buy them all!)
I also have the dried chile peppers....
but I use them. It may be months between the purchase and the use, but they do go into dishes.
I also can't seem to pass by interesting hot sauces, salsas, marinades, vinegars, etc, etc, etc!
I also have huge piles of recipes I have printed from the internet, clippings from newspapers (some more than 30 years old)and magazines. I also have scraps of paper that have scribbled recipes from TV shows, friends, etc. The collection of cookbooks grows, but lately they have been signed copies. I guess I'm getting more discriminatory in my dotage!
As for gadgets, I collect them, but only ones I use.
I think the one thing that drives dh crazy is the "hot sauce" fetish. The rest, he forgives me.
but I use them. It may be months between the purchase and the use, but they do go into dishes.
I also can't seem to pass by interesting hot sauces, salsas, marinades, vinegars, etc, etc, etc!
I also have huge piles of recipes I have printed from the internet, clippings from newspapers (some more than 30 years old)and magazines. I also have scraps of paper that have scribbled recipes from TV shows, friends, etc. The collection of cookbooks grows, but lately they have been signed copies. I guess I'm getting more discriminatory in my dotage!
As for gadgets, I collect them, but only ones I use.
I think the one thing that drives dh crazy is the "hot sauce" fetish. The rest, he forgives me.
barbara-in-va
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Curious and Muse, annato seeds are used to make achiote paste....
I made some once and used it in a couple of recipes can't remember which ones tho...........
There is an achiote chicken recipe in the April BA, I think.
I made some once and used it in a couple of recipes can't remember which ones tho...........
There is an achiote chicken recipe in the April BA, I think.
barbara-in-va
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First and biggest obsession is cookbooks......
Particularly ones about cookies or desserts, they are my favorite. As we all know, "life is short, eat dessert first"!
I have, on occasion, spent the entire weekend in the kitchen making desserts. Come Sunday night the dining room table is completely covered with goodies and DH and I can not possibly eat them all--what was I thinking! It is an internal urge I have no control over.................
However, as I unfortunately grow older, I feel the need to develop a more healthy eating style--certainly this is not MY choice! So, I have been seeking books about fresh, seasonal ingredients, healthy ingredients.
I also buy far too many herbs and spices to possibly use in one lifetime, buy speciality food magazines like the new Saveur summer recipes magazine, too many cool pottery bowls to use for mixing up all those wonderful desserts and cookies, too many Le Crueset pots, oh boy, I gotta stop!
Particularly ones about cookies or desserts, they are my favorite. As we all know, "life is short, eat dessert first"!
I have, on occasion, spent the entire weekend in the kitchen making desserts. Come Sunday night the dining room table is completely covered with goodies and DH and I can not possibly eat them all--what was I thinking! It is an internal urge I have no control over.................
However, as I unfortunately grow older, I feel the need to develop a more healthy eating style--certainly this is not MY choice! So, I have been seeking books about fresh, seasonal ingredients, healthy ingredients.
I also buy far too many herbs and spices to possibly use in one lifetime, buy speciality food magazines like the new Saveur summer recipes magazine, too many cool pottery bowls to use for mixing up all those wonderful desserts and cookies, too many Le Crueset pots, oh boy, I gotta stop!