The official baking bible of the Galt household. Nowhere else is basic middle-American cooking done so well.

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Product Description

It's the book that started it all, the well-loved edition that first bought Betty Crocker cookbooks into American homes and hearts. Published in 1950, this ground-breaking title made cooking easy, it made cooking appealing, and best of all, it made cooking fun. Packed full of practical tips, useful hints, and lavish color photography, this was the book that shaped cooking for generations, the book that people remember. Every recipe you -- or your mother -- ever wanted is here, from pigs in blankets, to Emergency Steak to Chicken Tomato Aspic. Enjoy the clever ideas throughout -- twelve months of birthday cake ideas, showing how to decorate a cake to match each month's gem stone, pointers to make setting up a kitchen easy, or hints to make housework more pleasant. Feel a part of history when making Home Front Macaroni, developed during WW II rationing to stretch meat. Get into the spirit of fun with a Betty Crocker "Cookie Shine" or cookie baking party. People who grew up with this book will want it for the memories; those who are new to the book will want it for its charm and its intelligent approach to cooking. It's a perfect keepsake and a great gift.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9902 in Books
• Published on: 1998-11-09
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Ring-bound
• 456 pages

Amazon.com
First published in 1950, Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book is now reprinted in all its old-fashioned glory. Betty immerses you in a time when women were homemakers, cakes had at least two layers, and salad was iceberg lettuce. You may hesitate to recreate what your mother or grandmother probably cooked--if so, consider that back then we ate simply, in the days before the word foodie was invented. Many of the recipes suit today's harried lifestyle, as you see in Six Layer Dinner, combining eight cups of vegetables with a pound of ground meat, and Dainty Tea Brownies topped with colorful chopped pistachios.

Hundreds of black-and-white photos, animated drawings, and quaint color spreads of prepared dishes aid you in using the recipes. Beginners learn how to measure ingredients, choose the best economical cuts of meat, and cut up round and sheet cakes for serving. There is even a section on how to set the table. This loose-leaf book contains enough recipes to fill a 12-page, double-column index. Best of all, perhaps, is the "Shortcut" section, where useful tips include cleaning a grater of cheese residue by rubbing it with a piece of stale bread. These are interspersed with 15 ways to recuperate from overwork. One suggestion is to lie down on the kitchen floor on your back and relax for three to five minutes. Still a good idea, though few people have a kitchen large enough to try this. --Dana Jacobi

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Customer Reviews

It's an all-encompassing cookbook
In my 38 years of marriage, I have completely worn out 2 Betty Crocker
picture cookbooks. So I was thrilled to find that Amazon.com carried them. It turns out the one I ordered is an even older copy, but it seems
to have all the info I need, and my old favorite recipes. I'm an old-
fashioned cook, so I need a cookbook that does not use instant ingredients. It also has basic info for every area of cooking and baking,
which is why I turn to it regularly for help. This was my first Amazon.com purchase. It will not be my last. from S.D.

Terrific Repro!
My favorite cookbook! My grandmother gave me the pick of all her cookbooks when I had successfully baked a cake from scratch at 9 years old (failed twice before!) I picked it for the pictures so I'd know what it should look like! I learned all kinds of preparation methods with the easy to follow directions and pictures including baking bread when I was 10 yrs old!

All the same pix and recipes I remember in a format that lies flat and each category is tabbed for easy reference. I ordered one for my daughter and my daugther-in-law as well as myself! (My old 1950 copy is very worn but I was still referring to it periodically)

A Little Confusing
I found this book to be rather interesting because it is based on
recipes from the 50s. Back then baking items are a bit different from
today. You have to do a bit of thinking to have it make any sense.
If you did baking in the 50s it makes it a lot more easy to understand.