Better Homes And Gardens New Cookbook

[DodgerGirl]

When my mom would look up a new recipe for a new food she wanted to make she always had a copy of Better Homes And Gardens New Cookbook and I would like to know if anybody had this cookbook? Mom got her first Better Homes And Gardens New Cookbook a long time ago and she still has it today and from time to time I love looking through it with my mom at all the neat recipes they have. And it's still a bestselling cookbook today with new editions of new recipes added each year. Mom loves old cookbooks and I wonder if her Better Homes And Gardens New Cookbook is a collectible item today?

 

[Meriweather]

I have 2 versions. Both sit a shelf with my other cookbooks.
One I got for a wedding present......50 years ago and then I got an updated version about 30 years ago

 

[LoveDaisy]

I have my mom’s original version that is 50 years old. I had several ‘newer’ versions, I rarely use them and got rid of all but the oldest when I went through my cookbooks last year. I only kept the older version because there are notes from my mom and grandma. I don’t use it but like seeing their notes.

 

[slo]

I have an old one that I took from my Grandma’s house after she passed away. I have soooo…..many cookbooks and rarely use them. I keep telling myself to read through them to find new recipes and I never do - I really do need to do that.

 

[Christine]

I have one, yes, bought for me back in the 1980s. I have two Betty Crocker ones--one given as a wedding gift and one bought later as an updated version. I think the Betty Crocker ones for great for anyone looking for basic dishes to make and just starting out. They all turned out pretty well too as opposed to some of the recipes I get online today that are flops.

I didn't use the Better Homes and Gardens one that much because I think it was a little more "fancy" than the Betty Crocker one, if that makes sense?

 

[Pooh2]

I have the 1969 edition of the Betty Crocker cookbook.
Sure wish they would do a reprint of the old cookbooks!
Mine is held together by cooking splatters and duct tape!

 

[barkley]

When my mom would look up a new recipe for a new food she wanted to make she always had a copy of Better Homes And Gardens New Cookbook and I would like to know if anybody had this cookbook?

I've got it-mine dates back to '89. I also have an old better crocker. both are ones that get referred to if someone in the household is going to make a cake from scratch b/c they both have lots of easy/good recipes. THE go-to cookbook in the household for many dishes is 'the American Home all purpose cookbook' (1966). when I moved out on my own in '90 I wanted to make meatloaf, just old school comfort food meatloaf and all the cookbooks I looked at had 'new spins' on it so I went to a used bookstore and picked the most well used/written notes on pages book I could find-this was it. a wealth of recipes, cooking tips, basic cooking skills and techniques.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I have my moms it’s held together with duct tape I would say it’s from the 60s by the pitctures in it it’s the best cookbook I’ve ever had a lot of great recipes in it
Went to a hoarder sale probably 20 years ago and found the same exact cookbook and purchased it for my DD so she would have the same one because she loves so many recipes in it I have never purchased a new one I would feel like I was cheating on it

 

[dizneegirl]

I got one as a wedding gift 30+ years ago, and it's still my go-to, when I use a cookbook.

I also picked up an older anniversary edition that my mom had (probably from her wedding), because her shortbread recipe came from it.

 

[NYCgrrl]

My grandmothers cooked without books, my mother had none either but yes I had a paperback copy of BH&G.
Recipes for apple kuchen and Mommy’s Johnnycakes hand written out on the flypaper and I still regret accidentally throwing the book away.
Rarely used, as I was more a JOC enthusiast; had 3 different editions of it at one point.

 

[lanejudy]

I still have mine from the 90’s. It isn’t used much though tonight I will be making biscuits from it. My mom’s book from the 50’s had some different recipes that weren’t in mine; I copied at least a couple. Each version changes a bit.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I have a Betty Crocker one, but I think my mom might have had a Better Homes & Gardens one. I love the nostalgia of old cookbooks!

 

[cabanafrau]

I have mine that I received at my wedding shower. It has an inscription from my great aunt inside the front cover so it's special to me.

I do have to confess to being a bit obsessed with collecting various versions of the Joy of Cooking -- including picking up various copies of the same versions in order to get one in better condition. Wouldn't be so bad if I didn't refuse to part with the other copies of those versions I already owned. Just seems to be one of those books that cooks write exceptionally good notes and tips in, so I can't bear to part with them anyways. I think I have four copies of one version alone. It's a sickness.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I do have to confess to being a bit obsessed with collecting various versions of the Joy of Cooking

I’m disappointed that the last JOC edition I have (2019) doesn’t include 2 red ribbon bookmarks and they shortened the freezing chapter .

Do you have any of the editions from the ‘70’s ? They changed/or didn’t include a recipe for baked beans and franks (with bacon?) that DGD wants. Gave her her own copy when she went off to college and now she thinks she’s a master of the universe, lol.

 

[QueenIsabella]

I have a JOC from the 1980's--my mom got it for me when I was in college. Then I have 2 revisions of the BH&G New Cookbook. I like them all--tasty recipes, and a lot of good information, like how to make a soft-boiled egg, that I don't know by heart.

A few years back, I gave each of my kids a hand-written cookbook, with "Mom's" recipes in it, so they could make the snickerdoodles and lasagna and so forth that they grew up with. This is to supplement a good, basic cookbook.

DD21 has a friend who grew up in a family that doesn't cook, and she's been trying to teach herself. For her graduation last year, I gave her the latest BH&G edition (which was actually a nostalgia edition), along with a copy of the hand-written cookbook. She still raves about how "I GOT THE CHILI RECIPE!!! I GOT THE CHILI RECIPE!" Yes, you did, Hon, along with meatloaf, Nestle chocolate chip cookies (because it's still the best), rocky road, my version of white trash...

 

[dizneegirl]

I collect old cookbooks. I was collecting newer cookbooks, but decided to focus on older cookbooks (pre-1960), and getting rid of most of the more modern books. I can read them like a book. They are a great stepping stone to get basics or ideas to putting together my own creations, too.

 

[tvguy]

My mom had it. My wife has it. Still use it. Have to be careful because due to "shrinkflation" of produces over the years. Standard sizes of some products are no longer the same. Thinks like canned milk, and Hersheys Chocolate morsels.

 

[DodgerGirl]

When my mom got her Better Homes And Gardens New Cookbook the very first recipe she cooked was Chicken Marianne and I often wonder if many of you have ever cooked Chicken Marianne or have eaten it before? The Better Homes And Gardens New Cookbook my mom has is from 1984-85 and I always wanted to get my mom the new updated version of Better Homes And Gardens New Cookbook for Mother's Day each year but it's always sold out

 

[LilyWDW]

I have 3 versions of them. My Grandmother's, my mom's, and the one I bought myself.

I can't find a date on Grandma's. Mom's is 1976. Mine is 2006. I don't use them too often, though I love the meatloaf recipe in mine. Mom's is a bit too loved and pages fall out and have gone missing. I do want to spend some time going through Grandma's just to see what is in there.

I also have a 1973 or 74 copy of Joy of Cooking.

 

[cabanafrau]

I’m disappointed that the last JOC edition I have (2019) doesn’t include 2 red ribbon bookmarks and they shortened the freezing chapter .

Do you have any of the editions from the ‘70’s ? They changed/or didn’t include a recipe for baked beans and franks (with bacon?) that DGD wants. Gave her her own copy when she went off to college and now she thinks she’s a master of the universe, lol.

I actually don't have the latest edition yet. Somehow feels wrong to pick it up and flip through pristine, fresh pages. I'm used to yellowing pages splashed with greasy blotches, wine, worcestershire, what have you and annotated with "Bill's favorite", needs more rosemary, etc.

The seventies version, yes, yes, I do have a copy. It's my favorite. I will not answer any further on the grounds that I might incriminate myself.

I remain in search of the one 1960's version that is so controversial. I think it was the earliest one of that decade. One of my prizes is my 1940's version. Don't really tend to use that one very much, but I have enjoyed reading it.

I have a JOC from the 1980's--my mom got it for me when I was in college. Then I have 2 revisions of the BH&G New Cookbook. I like them all--tasty recipes, and a lot of good information, like how to make a soft-boiled egg, that I don't know by heart.

A few years back, I gave each of my kids a hand-written cookbook, with "Mom's" recipes in it, so they could make the snickerdoodles and lasagna and so forth that they grew up with. This is to supplement a good, basic cookbook.

DD21 has a friend who grew up in a family that doesn't cook, and she's been trying to teach herself. For her graduation last year, I gave her the latest BH&G edition (which was actually a nostalgia edition), along with a copy of the hand-written cookbook. She still raves about how "I GOT THE CHILI RECIPE!!! I GOT THE CHILI RECIPE!" Yes, you did, Hon, along with meatloaf, Nestle chocolate chip cookies (because it's still the best), rocky road, my version of white trash...

I had done something similar for my daughters about 15 years ago, but within the past couple years I've been assembling a (now massive) Google drive of recipes that I come across online. My daughters have access to the drive as well and take advantage of it probably much more than I do these days since I've slacked off on cooking with so many parental obligations to take care of.

I collect old cookbooks. I was collecting newer cookbooks, but decided to focus on older cookbooks (pre-1960), and getting rid of most of the more modern books. I can read them like a book. They are a great stepping stone to get basics or ideas to putting together my own creations, too.

I've culled through a lot of my old cookbooks because I wasn't using them very much. So many of them wound up sitting unused even when I was cooking very regularly because tastes have changed so much and a lot of the books utilized a lot of ingredients people don't gravitate towards because they came out of necessity of the war years and/or general thriftiness that generated a lot of strange ingredient substitutions/combinations.