The Cookbook Haul - breathless excitement ahead

Hey sports fans!

What do we have today?  We have COOKBOOKS DAMMIT.

And I mean a metric shit-ton of cookbooks too, all of them unread.  Witness my shame:

     I cannot wait to crack into that Sunset book!  I owned that way back when I was but a wee Nationette, like a territory, and there's a Vermouth Chicken recipe in there that is absolutely superb.  And get a load of Mr. Oster Super Pan with his cape and everything!  EEE! 

Those ESA gals are out there making casseroles and just abusing the Cambells Soups.  It's atrocious.  

Fixin' Chicken is...adorable; profusely adorned with wacky chickens in pun vignettes.  

The onion cookbook was put together by some farmers' wife and illustrated by that kid in the family that everyone says can draw.  You'll get a peek, don't worry. This is the post where I gloat, so yeah, just put up with me doing that for the time being.

Oh Hell Yes

Hell Yeah I got 'em both!!!!!! JULIA!!!! 

Fifteen bucks replaces the ones I lost in the flood, and these are in better condition!

You might notice I have a thing for Sunset Cookbooks. I use these. They're really good. Sunset put a lot of effort into testing, collecting and presenting original recipes - and their recipes WORK. 

Sunset isn't fucking around. Their cookbook for men contains fear and boldness and booze and fire and wild game.  Possibly leather and kung fu. 

The Modern Household Cookery Book is a corker!  Just wait until you see inside!  And it is, in fact, Fun To Fondue.  As for Hawaii, we shall see. I'm expecting a lot of pineapple.  Of course the Sunset is gonna be good. And oh, the clip art in the New Way of Living!!!

Holy shit Nations more Sunsets? 

 YES MORE SUNSETS.

Mary Meade and Farmers' Journal are going to be a snoozefest, I think.  But the Practical Receipts?  Has recipes for horse liniment, caustic washing soap and explosives. 

   The tomato cookbooks are going to be nothing special, I fear, but the Pampered Chef booklet might be good. 

Pampered Chef is a 'home party' outfit that sells kitchenware - good kitchenware, too.  I've been to three of these parties and bought way too much at each one.  If you ever get invited to a Pampered Chef party, you should go. The chow is amazing.  Your hostess and her assistant cook up a whole feast using Pampered Chef utensils AND recipes created in their test kitchens, which is brilliant strategy IMHO.  

   

America's Test Kitchen:   The most overpriced and overrated cookbooks out there.  I have OPINIONS about this outfit.  (I also subscribe to the magazine and the YouTube series.  The stuffs' good - but read on me hearties; arrrrrrr.)   This thing new is $71.00.  SEVENTY-ONE DOLLARS PEOPLE.  And it's ring bound! Come on!

I bought this cookbook used for $1.00 because it made me feel like I'd got one over on Chris Kimball.

That is absolutely enough kitcheny-ness.  I feel like lighting some WD-40 on fire now.

As you can see, I didn't have any WD40 but I did have a can of de-icer, so I set that on fire instead. You can just barely, barely see it burning blue there by the yellow flame of the incense stick.

NEXT: A look inside!!!!