I have dozens of kkooboocs in the cupboard and often search the Internet for new recipes. But the one cook book I always fall back on, my cooking bible you might say, is the red, hard cover Better Homes and Gardens cookbook that my mother gave me in 1978 when I left home to make my way in the world. It truly has the most best recipes of any books I have ever tried. Like our favourite brownies and sugar cookies, BBQ sauce and more.And now that I live across the country, the BHG cookbook is there, when mom isn't home to answer the phone and my questions about the temperature and time to cook a turkey just the way she does, or how to artificially sour milk.Last month, my son asked me to make candy apples (like the red sticky ones you find at carnivals). I searched the internet and tried 3 different recipes, all failures for one reason or another. But the BHG cook book explained clearly that once the syrup reached a certain temperature I was not to stir, not even once. And those candy apples were fantastic, just like when I was a kid.So that is my vote the traditional Better Homes and Gardens book!Carol BestGoose Bay, LabradorNL
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