Spiral bound cookbooks
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40230)
United States
October 26, 2020 12:54pm CST
Do you have these in your part of the world?
Many times these spiral bound books are produced as a fundraiser. Churches, youth groups, cities, campgrounds, ... just about any organization you might imagine, even families will put these together. You and your cohort submit recipes and then, the hope is - you buy the cookbook.
Most often they are only $10-$15 dollars. Though you can find them at garage sales and thrift stores usually for pennies.
I have discovered the best recipes in some of these books though it is worth noting that I have no special diet to follow and am not a "fancy" cook. I prefer things with easy to get items and I do not care if it looks pretty as long as it tastes good. :-)
Here's some of my collection in the photo
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
27 Oct 20
The spiral bound are nice because you can lay them out flat :-) Though as @owlwings points out they can be a challenge to store
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@owlwings (43902)
• Cambridge, England
27 Oct 20
@FayeHazel The fact that they open flat is a big advantage. I have spent hours of frustration with some very expensive cookbooks, which clearly cost a lot to produce (and look very nice on the shelf), trying not to break the spine. Some publishers have no conception of what constitutes a good binding!
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
27 Oct 20
@owlwings Such a dilemma especially if it is a particularly thick cookbook. Are you a big cooking enthusiast?
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@DianneN (247155)
• United States
5 Nov 20
@FayeHazel So can I say I am a published?
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
5 Nov 20
It's always fun to have the ones that have your recipes in :-)
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@owlwings (43902)
• Cambridge, England
26 Oct 20
I have some of these and the very devil they are to store neatly and keep on the shelf! It used to be a fairly cheap and effective way of producing a booklet and so attainable for a small run of fundraising books and software manuals.
I have occasionally found some gems in them, though most are filled with fairly uninspiring recipes copied from elsewhere (though not always intentionally).
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
27 Oct 20
Oh so true. Storage is a bore for these. They don't lay nice or stack nice. I wonder if these have fallen from popularity for fundraisers?
You mention a good point, something I wanted to touch on but forgot to in my discussion - yes! It seems like they all have a few recipes in common, or change out an ingredient or 2 and then it's basically the same. Like ... around here.... most of mine have a "Oriental Chicken Bake". Or all of the jello salads. Or the No-cook-noodles lasagna recipe. :-)
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@Courtlynn (67091)
• United States
29 Oct 20
my great grandmother had some which my mom got after she passed in 2006 but they disappeared
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
29 Oct 20
Aw sorry for loss of your grandmother :(
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@andriaperry (118691)
• Anniston, Alabama
26 Oct 20
Yes I do have those and yes they are from the homes of many cooks, that cook daily, simnple and easy.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
27 Oct 20
I like that. Good point. Real "every day use" type recipes when you need something good, hearty and quick. :-)
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
27 Oct 20
Oh how special to have those recipes from your grandma in that book
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@happylife1 (13403)
• Karachi, Pakistan
26 Oct 20
yes i have too some books like that
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