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New Cook Book

Picked up this new to me cook book.  Shipped straight from Canada.  It is a bit dense and lacking in photos.


Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


Comments

  • Looks like an interesting book. 1914. Is touted as “reference” book, and not a cook book. One reviewer calls it a “dictionary of the kitchen”. 

    Never again will you confuse your montmorency with a mirabeau. 
  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,687
    Looks like an interesting book. 1914. Is touted as “reference” book, and not a cook book. One reviewer calls it a “dictionary of the kitchen”. 

    Never again will you confuse your montmorency with a mirabeau. 
    It is pretty interesting, there is an entire section on eggs.  Provides a basic how-to then roughly 6000 ways to do it different and what it is called.


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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,832
    Here is the original french 😂🤣





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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,533
    are these  recipes family secrets or is this just a french thing to describe it and you figure it out from there =)
    fukahwee maine

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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,943
    nerd alert! 🤓

    I kid. Love reading old recipes and cookbooks, and thumbing through the pages.

     Little Steven shared Escoffier's "A Guide to Modern Cookery" (pdf) with me some time ago. I'd be happy to share it with you, if you're interested. Not as fun as having the actual book to read, though. 

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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,832
    are these  recipes family secrets or is this just a french thing to describe it and you figure it out from there =)
    It is basically Saulnier’s notes/quick references/a guide about « Le Guide Culinaire » by Auguste Escoffier; Saulnier was a student of Auguste Escoffier.  If you want the details of an item then you need to read « Le Guide Culinaire ».

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,687
    caliking said:
    nerd alert! 🤓

    I kid. Love reading old recipes and cookbooks, and thumbing through the pages.

     Little Steven shared Escoffier's "A Guide to Modern Cookery" (pdf) with me some time ago. I'd be happy to share it with you, if you're interested. Not as fun as having the actual book to read, though. 
    I would definitely be interested!  Will DM you my email address.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,832
    caliking said:
    nerd alert! 🤓

    I kid. Love reading old recipes and cookbooks, and thumbing through the pages.

     Little Steven shared Escoffier's "A Guide to Modern Cookery" (pdf) with me some time ago. I'd be happy to share it with you, if you're interested. Not as fun as having the actual book to read, though. 
    I would definitely be interested!  Will DM you my email address.
    That’s actually the english translation of « Le Guide Culinaire », your life would be complete 😂🤣

    ____________________
    Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage. •Niccolo Machiavelli
  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,687
    paqman said:
    caliking said:
    nerd alert! 🤓

    I kid. Love reading old recipes and cookbooks, and thumbing through the pages.

     Little Steven shared Escoffier's "A Guide to Modern Cookery" (pdf) with me some time ago. I'd be happy to share it with you, if you're interested. Not as fun as having the actual book to read, though. 
    I would definitely be interested!  Will DM you my email address.
    That’s actually the english translation of « Le Guide Culinaire », your life would be complete 😂🤣
    That would be amazing!

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL