Two of My Favorite Things: Thrift Stores & Food

[flahrida]

One of the nice things about California is the tradition of closing early the day before a holiday. This allows me my ritual holiday thrift store tour wherein I hit some stores that are usually too far away to get to before they close. My most recent trip was very fruitful, and one of my new treasures is a copy of Great Home Cooking in America,

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[magnacarta13]

When I lived in England, I used to haunt a second hand bookstore near my house, and found in it a copy of "The 52 States Cookbook". When I took it to the cash, the owner looked down his very British nose and said, "They cook?"

[flahrida]

Says the man from the country with notoriously questionable cuisine.

[stinguin]

Uh-- 52 states?

That looks like a recipe my mom used to make, Lisa. She is a great cook and it always drives me crazy that she doesn't use recipes or books. She just always throws things together and it turns out wonderful... One time I tried to corner her on how she makes her homemade dinner biscuits and she always says stuff like, "Oh, a handful of this, and a pinch of that, and adjust for how many people you are cooking for..."

Maddening, I tell you.