I want to buy one of those blank cook books that you fill with your own recipes for my son before he leaves for college.  Does anyone know what they're called?

Patty

Ok, I know this is meant for kids but would something like this journal work?  

-Mrs.Monk

Actually it would probably work just fine.  I found out though what it was -- its called a Recipe Organizer.  Go Figure?  LINK TO AMAZON

Go figure :)  

That's a great idea.  I should start collecting recipes for my neice.  I'd have to start with how to boil water.  


-Mrs.Monk

I thought this was gonna be a joke thread.

I was thinking you call a blank cookbook a J.A.P. family heirloom

Speaking of cookbooks, any word on the arfcom one? Mona - how's it going?????
Are you still going thru with it?

Nice to know I'm taken so seriously around here!  Patty

How about something like this?

from cooking.com

Bologna, cheese, bread, condiment of choice and beer. If you would like, I can write this down in a book (number of pages would be your choice) for a nominal fee.

I call it a composition book. That's what I used when moving out of the rents house many years ago. Still have it although I memorized them already, I have added recipes into it also.

Quoted: Bologna, cheese, bread, condiment of choice and beer. If you would like, I can write this down in a book (number of pages would be your choice) for a nominal fee.

Could you?

Quoted: Bologna, cheese, bread, condiment of choice and beer. If you would like, I can write this down in a book (number of pages would be your choice) for a nominal fee.

And your screen name follows suit.


What do you call a blank cookbook?

Instructions on how to starve.

Quoted: I want to buy one of those blank cook books that you fill with your own recipes for my son before he leaves for college.  Does anyone know what they're called? Patty

Well I am going to go out on a limb here and say, a Blank Cookbook?

I have a better idea, when you find the book to use, SEND ME A COPY! I can't cook to save my life.  Thanks ;) haha

~Krystle

Quoted: I have a better idea, when you find the book to use, SEND ME A COPY! I can't cook to save my life.  Thanks ;) haha ~Krystle

+1  

Quoted: I thought this was gonna be a joke thread. I was thinking you call a blank cookbook a J.A.P. family heirloom

Seconded.

I'd be happy to share the recipes with you guys [gals ]

Patty

Book?  we doan need no steeenkin book!

I have scraps of notebook paper, newspaper clippings and index cards stuck in the endflaps of my cookbooks.  Writing them down in a organized and uniform method isn't a bad idea.

(I have about 14 cookbooks and I am a heterosexual male and I can cook and have the waistline to proove it)

here's a free recipe
Last nights dinner (no cookbook); seafood chowder

1 onion chopped
4 stalks celery chopped
2 tablespoons garlic chopped
all sauteed in olive oil til soft

1 16 oz can diced tomatos
1 8 oz can tomato sauce
two med potatos cubed
1/2 tsp basil
1/2 tsp oregano
2 tbsp old bay seasoning
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
salt and pepper to taste

cooked until taters are done or almost done

thickener;  in seperate pan i melt 2-3 tbsp of butter, add about 1/4 to 1/3 cup of flour mixing together til combined and add broth from big pot to thin out enough to add back to the big pot with out accidentally making dumplings, then mix and bring the big pot back up to a good simmer.

add 2 12 oz cans of baby clams
one pound of cod, cubed
12 large shrimp in the shell
(remove shrimp, deshell w/o burning fingers, chop and replace, I do it this way to get all the seafood flavor I can)

finish w/ 4 tbsp of parsley

only thing missing last night was the french bread.

Quoted: Book?  we doan need no steeenkin book! I have scraps of notebook paper, newspaper clippings and index cards stuck in the endflaps of my cookbooks.  Writing them down in a organized and uniform method isn't a bad idea. (I have about 14 cookbooks and I am a heterosexual male and I can cook and have the waistline to proove it) here's a free recipe Last nights dinner (no cookbook); seafood chowder 1 onion chopped 4 stalks celery chopped 2 tablespoons garlic chopped all sauteed in olive oil til soft 1 16 oz can diced tomatos 1 8 oz can tomato sauce two med potatos cubed 1/2 tsp basil 1/2 tsp oregano 2 tbsp old bay seasoning 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper salt and pepper to taste cooked until taters are done or almost done thickener;  in seperate pan i melt 2-3 tbsp of butter, add about 1/4 to 1/3 cup of flour mixing together til combined and add broth from big pot to thin out enough to add back to the big pot with out accidentally making dumplings, then mix and bring the big pot back up to a good simmer. add 2 12 oz cans of baby clams one pound of cod, cubed 12 large shrimp in the shell (remove shrimp, deshell w/o burning fingers, chop and replace, I do it this way to get all the seafood flavor I can) finish w/ 4 tbsp of parsley only thing missing last night was the french bread.

Hetero Male who likes to cook here too

That recipe sounds good, gotta try that one soon.

BTW, Patty thanks for the Christmas gift idea.

Good call on the xmas gift.  My sister is a wonderful chef.  One present to get now!

Thank you steel for the recipe!  The men in my family are all excellent cooks too so no sterio types here.  This is for my son to take to college with him.  Good healthy meals that he can make and enjoy.  He loves cooking.  Some woman is going to be very lucky!

Patty

That's an awesome care package Patty!

My mom sent me off to college with her mother's "boston cooking school cookbook".  I also took the time to right down mom's apple crisp recipe. (my first copied recipe)  That and directions to fill a cooler from her freezer when I was home visiting.   I had $18 left for the month from my gi bill check and drill check after paying rent.  I still wonder how the hell I did that!  (lots of ramen)

And you're very welcome for the recipe.

Tom

What do you call a blank cook book?

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