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Professional chef of 20 years here. Old Betty Crocker cookbooks are absolutely essential in any kitchen library, and vary from year to year, so it is worth havi
by nofreelunch 4y ago
Professional chef of 20 years here. Old Betty Crocker cookbooks are absolutely essential in any kitchen library, and vary from year to year, so it is worth having several. Some of the best, most reliable recipes you will ever find will come from these sources. Your advice here is terrible. Don't give advice that you aren't qualified to.
As long as the recipes use standard measurements (i.e. no "knuckle of butter" type measurements) you are in great hands with Betty Crocker manuals and Joy of Cooking. Also, Julia Child and Jacques Pepìn are not from recent decades. It is difficult to overstate how terrible your advice here is.
- qbasic_forever 4y agoBetty Crocker is a marketing invention. She is a fictitious character made to sell food: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Crocker https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Crocker I don't think you know what you're talking about, lol. At least recommend someone that exists and has legitimately good advice and history like Julia Childs and The Joy of Cooking.
- nofreelunch 4y agoYou obviously didn't read my comment. I prefer Joy of Cooking to Betty Crocker manuals, but both are written by teams of culinary professionals. Edit: in regard to your rambling point about changes in food production and popularity of dishes falling out of style, my 2006 edition of Joy of Cooking has 8 recipes for aspics and savory mousses (like lobster). The recipe for turtle soup calls for 1 pound of canned or thawed turtle meat cut into 1/2 inch chunks. Please stop invalidating others' exploration into topics you speak so authoritatively of from a position of ignorance.
- qbasic_forever 4y agoYour attitude which started with your first comment is terrible. You're getting what you give here. Lurk more before you post.
- fknorangesite 4y ago> Betty Crocker is a marketing invention. She is a fictitious character made to sell food Did anyone here suggest otherwise? It's just a brand name. Big deal.
- astura 4y agoSo? Nobody thinks Betty Crocker is a real person.
- Tams80 4y agoCongratulations on informing us Buzzfeed writer.
- jspash 4y agoI've never heard of butter measured in knuckles. I thought they used knobs?
- theshrike79 4y agoAmericans still use "sticks" for some reason =)
- rrauenza 4y agoI can't not think of this song now when Betty Crocker is mentioned: Betty Crocker's Bail by Clare Fader and the Vaudevillains - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpwhW_RrNOc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpwhW_RrNOc Mrs. Betty Crocker is going to jail Her chocolate brownie cake mix is looking mighty stale Good ladies of the city are having a bake sale Raising necessary dough for Betty Crocker's bail
- deltarholamda 4y agoExactly. What you're looking for here is a collection of various cookbooks that you use as a starting point to create your own recipes, which you collect an store in whatever fashion pleases you. Gran might have used index cards in a box, I use a 3-ring binder, you might use a Wordpress installation on a vanity domain. Doesn't matter. The Betty Crocker is a great starting point for a wide variety of dishes. America's Test Kitchen released a book with 100 recipes that covers a wide variety of basics. I have a copy of "Real Stew" that is invaluable. All these go on a shelf as reference, to be transcribed into your own recipe book as you choose.
- denton-scratch 4y agoI use my memory (my repertoire is small, and my recipes are not sensitive to quantities).
- focom 4y agoHow can a professional chef end up on HN? I am curious. Did you turn into a dev later in life?
- NaOH 4y agoChefs are most definitely hackers, just operating in a different medium.
- JohnFen 4y agoAbsolutely. And not just hackers, they're also, literally, makers.
- nofreelumch 4y agoMore of a superuser than a hacker. General interest in technology my whole life. Still a chef.