#LitsySummerCamp Day 6: Mmm…Outdoor Cooking
When I was young, my favorite Girl Scout Camp & family camping meal were individual foil packets dinners. As this was decades ago they were called “Hobo Dinners” which now is a pretty offensive & politically incorrect name.😱Anyway, the top 3 are cookbooks we used back in the day & I have in my retro/vintage cookbook collection. The bottom 3 are some more current outdoor cooking & grilling books I own.
#Two4Tuesday I‘m a couple hours late but thank you @Eggs for the tag! 🤗
1️⃣ Yes! I especially love searching for old & retro cookbooks for my collection. One of my favorite finds is a first edition of the tagged book I got for >$10 at Powell‘s. I also love bargains & finding childhood favorites. 📚💚
2️⃣ Most often tea, iced or hot at home & coffee/espresso drinks at coffee shops. 🍵☕️
Anyone who hasn‘t played & wants to is tagged! 👋
1. If there is a pile of books near me available, I‘ll be searching the stacks for anything interesting! 📚📚 I picked up the tagged last night from the grocery‘s bargain bin - 3/$10!
2. Either, depending on the time of day, and that may also be a glass of red wine, a beer or margarita 😂☕️🍵🍻📖
#Two4Tuesday
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Anyone want to share, too? @readingwino @Scochrane26 @Cathythoughts
I can't believe this book was in the datebase!
I had breakfast this morning with a dear friend and her parents. My friend's mother is a fantastic cook and we spoke out our shared love of baking. She gifted me with the beautiful cookbook she found at a yard sale. Published in 1963, it has the author's life story woven between the recipes.
Went a bit retro in the kitchen today for #soupersundays with the "Pink Cucumber Float" (quirky & a bit of an unfortunate name-although it did catch my eye when flipping through the book) ?from the 1967 Betty Crocker's Hostess Cookbook. It's a cold & creamy tomato-cucumber soup that I changed up a bit to fit with my food preferences (dairy free, no canned soup base...).
Link to the recipe and my changes below. ??
#HeatOfJuly #fancy
You can't help but feel at least a bit fancy when you look through retro cookbooks--especially the ones focused on entertaining like this 1967 one. From the veggie garnish bouquets to a 'French Formality' dinner with Fruited Chicken en Creme & La Bombe Rose ice cream cake, to instructions for teas and receptions (remember that "The tea is one party that remains steeped in tradition.")?there's all the fancy you could ask for.
#OldCoolBooks #princeps
My old cool books are short on princeps or first editions. With my old & vintage cookbooks, some possibly are, but have limited copyright information & some are first editions but not first printings. This Betty Crocker Hostess Cookbook is both a first edition, published in 1967 (the edition tagged in the database is 1976) & it's also a first printing. It's in really good condition too & was a steal from Powell's at $10.💙
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