Rainy day cookbooks
September 3, 2013 by SusieI’ve got them. You’ve got them. Pretty much anybody with over 100 cookbooks has a couple. That’s right – those books that we set aside for a rainy day, or a day when the kids have a field trip, or when we’ve already finished all the knitting projects.
This year seems to have brought a whole bunch of them, with their “it’s so easy” allure. I know I should just say no, but somehow every time my hand is hovering over the “Give Away” pile, a magnetic force drags it back over to the “Maybe” or even the “Library” pile. If I had a “Someday” pile, it would be taller than our house.
The thing they all seem to have in common is that they’re not foods you can make a meal of, quite. I mean, it’s true that I’ve made a meal of salami on a couple of occasions – but you’re not supposed to. So in addition to the unfamiliarity of the techniques and the time it may take to master them, you have the added downer of having to *still* make dinner after.
Nevertheless, I’m planning to give it a go with this book of Crackers & Dips. I know, I know, I said that last month about the doughnuts, which I stil l haven’t tackled. But there’s this recipe for Japanese rice crackers…
What are your “someday” books? Maybe we should have a Month of Somedays where we all scale the heights of our most long-delayed cooking projects…
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