Cooking & Baking

tishaLA

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70. It's the Rancho Gordo bean club

Sun Aug 11, 2024, 10:14 PM

Aug 11

I spent like 3 years on the wait-list to get in. Every 3 months they send out 6 1lb bags of heirloom (dried) beans and it's been a revelation to me--i always thought I hated Lima beans because my mother used to buy frozen packages of them when I was a kid and they were mealy and tasted no bueno, but the heirloom limas, properly cooked, are just fantastic. And that's just one example.

The owner also has a thing called "Project Xoco" that supports small farms in Mexico by paying living wages to farmers, buying their beans, and helps keep scarce breeds from dying out (most of their beans are indigenous to Meso America.

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Do you still have cookbooks? Do you use them? [View all] Phentex Aug 10 OP

A Joy of Cooking from 1946. I don't use it much, but it was my mother's, Ocelot II Aug 10 #1

Mine is sentimental too Phentex Aug 10 #9

Yes I do, but not a lot. I have a couple my mother had OnDoutside Aug 10 #2

I haven't heard of that one Phentex Aug 10 #10

The Ballymaloe Cookery School has a very good reputation OnDoutside Aug 10 #59

I tossed a few last year. I kept Better Homes and Gardens spooky3 Aug 10 #3

I can safely say the vegan recipes are Phentex Aug 10 #18

And Betty Crocker cookbook biophile Aug 10 #28

I still have all my cookbooks dhol82 Aug 10 #4

I woke up wondering Phentex Aug 10 #11

I have a Betty Crocker that belonged to my grandmother. onecaliberal Aug 10 #5

Yep! Phentex Aug 10 #12

I have quite a few, but not too many. usonian Aug 10 #6

Have you used Copy Me That? birdographer Aug 10 #8

Thanks. I am "invested" in Paprika in terms of having everything in one place, usonian Aug 10 #40

The magazine and newspaper versions Phentex Aug 10 #13

Scan everything, though I will treasure and pass along Mom's recipe cards. usonian Aug 10 #55

We use them! birdographer Aug 10 #7

I'm pretty sure the Good Housekeeping one I had was from the 80's Phentex Aug 10 #14

I have done the same printing and saving! MyOwnPeace Aug 10 #42

I have a couple old classics that I use for general recipe information Diamond_Dog Aug 10 #15

My favorite cookie recipes Phentex Aug 10 #16

I loved Everyday Food cyclonefence Aug 10 #27

Cooks Illustrated Phentex Aug 10 #31

I bet you could sell those Everyday Foods on eBay cyclonefence Aug 10 #56

Fannie Farmer Hardcover - 13th Ed. - is my favorite TBF Aug 10 #17

Some of them are just great reading! Phentex Aug 10 #19

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking changed the way I cook.. It's the "anti cook book" mitch96 Aug 10 #20

I guess I am failing on the purge idea Phentex Aug 10 #34

We have quite a few -- everything from what is essentially a textbook from the CIA, rsdsharp Aug 10 #21

I ended up getting rid of a bunch of community type cookbooks Phentex Aug 10 #35

Yes. No. elleng Aug 10 #22

yeah we cook differently now Phentex Aug 10 #36

I have many! moose65 Aug 10 #23

Yes I think we have vented about that before Phentex Aug 10 #37

Yeah, me too moose65 Aug 10 #60

Cookbooks, Yes! bernieb Aug 10 #24

That's amazing! Phentex Aug 10 #38

I still have about a dozen cookbooks. I sold or gave away sinkingfeeling Aug 10 #25

This thread is making me realize Phentex Aug 10 #39

I had to purge a huge number Old Crank Aug 10 #26

I had a bunch of cake and pie cookbooks Phentex Aug 10 #41

Absolutely! DinahMoeHum Aug 10 #29

Good point! Phentex Aug 10 #43

Giant Italian books by region with beautiful photos, Kripalu Kitchen, Indian vegan cookbook, huge vegan cookbook, mahina Aug 10 #30

Did I recently purchase a Sicilian cookbook for the pictures? Phentex Aug 10 #44

I actually don't remember ever using any of the recipes mahina Aug 10 #49

I prefer a hands on cookbook rockbluff botanist Aug 10 #32

amazing! Phentex Aug 10 #45

I have yards (x 36") of cookbooks -- I'm slowly donating them to the King County Library system fierywoman Aug 10 #33

I love the library! Phentex Aug 10 #46

Exactly! But with me, more often than not, fierywoman Aug 10 #54

Yes and yes PJMcK Aug 10 #47

I had a Silver Palate Phentex Aug 10 #50

Here you go PJMcK Aug 10 #61

Still have 6 shelves of them (one bookcase) zeusdogmom Aug 10 #48

That's funny about your daughter! Phentex Aug 10 #52

A few! True Blue American Aug 10 #51

That used to get posted here every so often Phentex Aug 10 #53

Yes I have a small shelf of them kimbutgar Aug 10 #57

It's hard to let go! Phentex Aug 11 #65

I have a few favorites sorcrow Aug 10 #58

It's essential to me to understand the why Phentex Aug 11 #66

I have a few and I use them tishaLA Aug 10 #62

Never heard of a bean club! Phentex Aug 11 #67

It's the Rancho Gordo bean club tishaLA Aug 11 #70

My husband hated Lima beans as a kid Phentex Aug 12 #72

i got rid of cases of them...but still buy them Fresh_Start Aug 10 #63

Apparently I am still buying them too Phentex Aug 11 #68

just my grandma's settlement cookbook. family recipes. + make my own basic. pimp grandma's. pansypoo53219 Aug 11 #64

Those are the best! Phentex Aug 11 #69

i can't get her speghetti sauce cause of the canned tomatoes, or her oatmeal cookies cause she had electric stove. BUT pansypoo53219 Aug 12 #71

Yes and yes Marthe48 Aug 15 #73

Impressive! Phentex Aug 15 #74

Thank you Marthe48 Aug 15 #75

American Wholefoods Cuisine Nikki &/David Glodbeck, Joy of Cooking Clouds Passing Aug 15 #76

I have a few specialized ones like Mexican grilling, etc. TlalocW Aug 15 #77

All of them. I still have all of them. chowmama Aug 16 #78