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    I found this glossary of terms from the 1700's and before, and thought it might come in handy to understand any old fashioned recipes..

    Any 'Call My Bluff' fans could find it helpful too!!!

    www.kal69.dial.pipex.com/shop/pages/glossa.htm
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

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    Very interesting.I love old cookery books-and a lot of the new ones too.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Polly Fouracre View Post
      Very interesting.I love old cookery books-and a lot of the new ones too.
      Me too PF. My mum had one called 'The Reluctant Cook' sooo hilarious, wish I could find it again, don't know what happened to it.
      All at once I hear your voice
      And time just slips away
      Bonnie Raitt

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      • #4
        Cookery books - apart from gardening and work books - my big weakness. I'm a trustee of an international research library and in the rare books collection we have a 17th century French cookery book with some wonderful recipes, though I wouldn't want to have to cook the high fat, high cholestorol recipes in it - though I may eventually republish the whole thing as a private publishing project.
        TonyF, Dordogne 24220

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        • #5
          Oh come on Tony ....some of us only pretend to be on diets!!!!
          "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

          Location....Normandy France

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          • #6
            Muckdiva, have you tried googling for the book title?
            Live each day as if it was your last because one day it will be

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            • #7
              I love the old recipe books. It gives us a good insight into our social history. I only have some from the 60's but they are amusing.
              Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful..William Morris

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              • #8
                Originally posted by skegblade View Post
                Muckdiva, have you tried googling for the book title?
                I have had a look, but the ones titled The Reluctant Cook seem to be from the 1980s or so, and the one I'm thinking must have been written in the 1930s judging by the 'jeeves and wooster' type illustrations.
                Last edited by muckdiva; 21-07-2007, 11:31 AM.
                All at once I hear your voice
                And time just slips away
                Bonnie Raitt

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