I have my mother’s Betty Crocker cookbook from the 1960s. It’s held together with duct tape, and has my mother’s handwriting in the margins. She passed away 14 years ago, so that cookbook is a treasure. PS: Carrot salad is my Dad’s favorite! I’m renovating my house to be mobility device friendly, so he can live with me. He’s looking forward to home cooking. I will definitely make him some carrot salad! Thank you for reminding me of a forgotten favorite! ❤
Is that the one that's a 3 ring binder? I have a couple of 60s cookbooks and my Betty is a binder and I love her. She's in excellent shape for her vintage.
1950’s at our house Weekdays: we had a glass of milk with almost every meal. Breakfast: cooked cereal with milk and sugar. Lunch: PB and jam sandwich on homemade bread. Dinner: chicken and noodles soup (mostly noodles), chicken pot pie (large biscuits on top), chicken and dumplings, chicken giblet gravy over toast (yes always got whole chickens and saved the giblets for this), etc. Beef stew with a lot of potatoes and carrots, chili, etc. Rarebit of condensed cheese soup mixed with condensed tomato soup over toasted homemade bread. Hotdogs and hamburgers on bread, not special buns. Weekends: Saturday breakfast was pancakes (waffles once in a blue moon), or toast with margarine and jam. Lunch: very simple bologna sandwiches, sometimes with cheese. Mom would get a block of bologna and slice it herself. Dinner bbq steak (toughest chuck steak that was “tenderized”, but still tough) with French bread and a big romaine lettuce salad. Sunday breakfast was cold cereal (Mom didn’t have to cook). Dinner was roast beef or roasted chicken and potatoes. We had very few desserts, other than birthdays (cakes) or holidays (pies). In the summer we sometimes had strawberry shortcake made with biscuits and real whipped cream.
My grandmother used to make me giblets gravy over toast. Loved her so much and was grateful for all the food I ate, but that was one dish that I could have gone without. My dad, however, made me sos, and that was fantastic.
@@Posted_Shortz no, you would just have had a different diet than our family. A cousin, who was lactose intolerant at that time, had juice on her cereal.
@@Magdalena287 Our large family might not have been the typical family of the time. We spent the first half of the 50s in a more rural area, and the second half in the suburbs. The typical meals that I mentioned were those we has in the suburbs, We did have other vegetables when they were on sale. We had some types of fruit when they were on sale. The fruit was usually baked in something, to extend it. The only time we had oranges was in a Christmas stocking. We mostly ate the cheapest meat (chicken). In the rural area my dad would hunt squirrels, which I can assure you are very tough. He may have done that on my grandparents’ farm, which included a forested area. He shot a deer once a year, when he could. He paid my grandfather to raise a hog and slaughter it once a year, until we moved to another state. I remember hearing my parents discussing the economics of planting a garden. In one place we were not allowed to have one. At another place the arid summers would have resulted in a high water bill. So we never had a garden. We took a generic 1-a-day multiple vitamin.
As someone who grew up in the 1950’s, I really, really appreciate that you chose recipes that taste good, rather than the outrageous party recipes that so many creators feature - ham, bananas, and hollandaise comes to mind. In my family we were more likely to have sandwiches for lunch, but kidney beans and something on toast was a regular supper feature for us. And chicken ala king was a very special treat. Great job!
I appreciate this comment so much! I don't want to waste food, so it's much better for me to choose recipes that will get eaten over something outrageous for the sake of being outrageous. I did the ham/banana roll ups early on in my channel and quickly learned that that type of thing wasn't for me. 😂
@@lynnettesteiner2148 Then we kept taping it together over the years. I now have my mother's from 1951, and a new used one, and a new NEW reprint. Still use them to this very day. All of the recipes in the book work. They might not be modern, but they will not fail if you follow the directions. It is especially usefully for new cooks as it tells everything step by step.
im 21 but this makes me weirdly nostalgic. i lived with my grandma for most of my childhood and she was born in 1930. we ate jello or some kind of mayonnaise based salad at every dinner. had to have pudding or jello or tapioca for dessert. she would make instant coffee every single morning even though we had a coffee maker. this takes me back !
We have my late Mother-in-law's copy of this cookbook. What I marvel at is that it in addition to the recipes, there are also sections for stocking your pantry, making shopping lists, planning menus, entertaining, and kitchenware. Everything a housewife needed to efficiently manage her household.
Growing up in Ireland, my grandmother would always say you were lucky if you had one meal a day in the 50s. Her family were considered well off for the times and they always had porridge for breakfast, their dinner was always at lunch time which was normally boiled ribs, stew, or fish
The one thing I remember from my early years as a housewife was how much time I spent in the kitchen. Nothing came pre-processed, and there was no such thing as a food processor. My mixer was a hand cranked gear driven one.
My mom had a the original she never used it, so I inherited it. I love cookbooks, read them like novels. I have found some very interesting things in that book. It has great guides to pan sizes as well as table settings, etc. Having a mint copy is a treat.
I love you cut up your toast into "toast points ". Born in 55 home ec for 6 yrs. They still taught the 50s way of cooking. Toast point were tre elegance.
My toddler's favorite breakfast is yogurt and a muffin, so I make muffins weekly. I made the oatmeal muffins and threw in some blueberries, and they're lovely. I'll be adding them to my rotation!
I have my Dad’s Betty Crocker cookbook, it’s one of my most prized possessions! It’s well used, even has pages where I wrote my name (in ink!) before I even started school. I used the brownie recipe from it many, many times after I started baking when I was about 11 or 12. It’s dated 1952. He bought it while he was in college. He was an excellent cook! Love your videos Anna. I’ve been watching lots of videos during the past 3 days. And I did subscribe! Can’t wait to see more.
I have used this cookbook for baked goods for years. The gingerbread boys are required at my house for Christmas. The muffins are wonderful. The thing that makes this cookbook so useful is that it shows you the basics of cooking everything.
So let me just tell you this as an experienced homemaker. The egg doesn’t take 15 minutes it takes about 3. Time in the oven is your time to get dressed or do any number of other things. Love your day of trying new old things.
I have this cookbook! My mom got me a reprint, several years ago. I learned to cook with these recipes, and my moms help, of course! For my bridal shower, 50 years ago, I received a Betty Crocker cookbook from the ‘70s and “silverware” from my mom, purchased with Betty Crocker coupons 😍 Oh for the good times!
@@cooking_the_books I grew up eating with the "twin star" pattern of stainless steel silverware that my mom got with Betty Crocker coupons. It was simple, stylish, and very high-quality, and the little stars in the pattern were a nice match to our aqua and "atomic" melmac Texasware everyday dishes. It was also better made and and longer-lasting than the silverware you can buy now, and I wish I still had it!
This book taught me how to cook. We’ve always been a Betty Crocker family so in 2017 when I decided I needed to learn how to cook, I bought the then-current 2016 edition of Betty Crocker… only to find it was almost completely useless to me since I was not living in America at the time and it called for American packaged “stuff” in almost every recipe. So I went back and bought the “other” Betty Crocker, which was the reprint of the original. And I learned how to cook.
There was a popular cookbook in the 1970s. Diet for a Small Planet. Vegetarian whole grain recipes. Also, More With Less was 1970s too I think. It wasn’t vegetarian. It was frugal home cooking with recipes from all over the world. Would you consider doing a show on either of those cookbooks?
I have Diet For A Small Planet. I bought it when it was published during my college years, and my copy is now held together with very old, yellowed scotch tape, but it's still in my cookbook cabinet, and I still consult it occasionally. The recipes are mostly vegetarian or vegan, and most consist of variations on combinations of beans with rice and/or corn in order to obtain multiple amino acids to create a "complete protein" without the addition of meat. When it was written in the 1970's, we were being told that famine was imminent and all human life on the planet would be ending in a few years, and that those who hoped to survive must learn to do so without meat (similar to what we're being told now about "climate change.") Of course, none of the predicted hot/cold/acid rain/ozone depletion/famines that have been pushed by manipulative fear-mongerers throughout my lifetime ever actually materialized, as I suspect will also be the case with the hysteria over climate change, but some of the recipes in the book are relatively tasty, and come in handy when finances are tight, and a frugal-but-protein-filled meal is desired. I'd be interested to watch Cooking The Books make a few of these recipes, and offer her critiques!
Thank you so much Aubrey! I've received such a positive response to this. I've already started to peruse my collection and pull books from other decades to use for similar videos in the future!I do have some from the Great Depression in mind. Stay tuned!
In Oklahoma, my dad's family ate a lot of homemade bread and pinto beans during the depression. Grandpa was a firefighter in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They had chickens and a good garden, so they had plenty of eggs. Grandma fried a lot of chicken, too. Her fried chicken was the BEST. They ate vegetables from the garden. A Recipe: Leftover cooked egg noodles Sliced wieners (8 or so) Fresh corn cut from 2 cobs Peas (about 1/2 cup or so) In a skillet, first fry the sliced wieners in a tiny bit of grease until they start to sear. Add the cooked egg noodles and corn plus a tablespoon of butter, some salt and pepper to taste. Garlic is an excellent addition if you have any. Throw in the peas last. Cook everything for about 15 minutes stirring often. Serve with fresh buttered bread.
my stepfather's mom would make turkey a'la king for Christmas eve dinner and then serve the leftovers with waffles on Christmas day. the turkey would be leftover frozen turkey from Thanksgiving. I don't have a good relationship with him or his family, but I enjoyed this treat and the meals that my stepgrandmother made for holidays broadened my palette. i enjoyed the rice, broccoli and cheese casserole she made as well. I didn't realize chicken a la king was a 1950s meal, so it is cool to learn this :) she also made watergate salad, which has pistachios, pineapple, and whipped cream among other things. I thought it looked suspicious, but it is v delicious. all of these meals were a departure from my mother's Panamanian staples, which were also delicious. this is kind of rambly, but I i wanted to conclude by saying this is a great video! And it makes me want to make chicken, turkey or mushroom a la king!
Growing up, leftover chicken would become chicken pie or chicken a la king, always on toast. Simple, filling and low cost. I loved a side of buttered carrots or Harvard beets with it.
I just realised my version is a hard bound first edition, first printing! I’ve had many first edition cookbooks in my collecting but rarely a first print. 🤔 I really enjoy the layout of this particular cookbook. It keeps my mind occupied for a while.
I've got the 60s edition of Betty Crocker. I'm going to look through this book as soon as I can, and I'll make something for sure. Probably make a few things...
I have that china pattern (& a few glasses too) at the opening, with the banana and muffin on it. lol I love atomic retroware. It was my lakeside china. I use my Mom's 60's (texasware I think) melmac dishes for everyday, aqua of course. lol
Oh my goodness! I’ve always thought someone should do a TH-cam channel devoted completely to vintage cooking, I’m so happy I found your channel! I collect (and cook from) vintage cookbooks as well! So fun. ❤
This exact cookbook was one of the only possessions I was given that belonged to my paternal grandmother (who died a decade before I was born). It was the only cookbook she owned and I treasured it, with some of my earliest memories being carefully repairing it and making a lot of the baked good recipes. I lost her copy in a house fire. Getting the exact same era one was the first thing I did when I got back on my feet. My dad said she never really made the food because her family was Very German so she exclusively cooked German food, and because of that I never paid attention to the savory food recipes. It’s so fun to see someone making them! Thank you for featuring this amazing book that means so much to me.
Our autistic daughter found your channel and is mesmerized when she watches you cook. I started watching when I saw that you were using older cookbooks. I collect old cookbooks.
My mother in law died seven years ago. I got all her old cookbooks. I should get them out. Try some recipes. It is really sweet she enjoys watching these videos. Very educational for her.
Heads up, I was born in 1951 and this is the Cookbook where I learned to cook/follow recipes. I don't know what happened to my mom's cookbook but I bought a "replica" version a few years ago and was...stunned....It is a great cookbook but so "dated", but the so am I.....I still make some of my dad's and mine favorites from back in the day but with more contemporary cooking techniques and a lot less fat.....oh I was born in Akron, Ohio and see you're in Ohio too......Update: I am actually following the same cookbook!
Although I grew up in the ‘60s my mom cooked mostly out of her 1950’s Betty Crocker cookbook so this was really nostalgic. Especially the chicken ala king.😋
If you barely stir the muffin ingredients together they will be tender and stand up and not be flat (quick bread mixing method) the look great. I’m a fifties girl and learned all this in home economics in high school😄
My son was born in 1998. Yes I bought processed food. But I made a lot of stir fry, Joshua has always liked vegetables, I baked cookies and rolls every week. Things like chips and pop were treats. My mom did the same thing with the four of us. Three of my mom’s kids have children. We feed our kids very same way. Now Joshua has baby of his own. Everly is fed the same way I fed Joshua. Kids need to learn to make healthy food choices. When you don’t teach them how to handle. Situations where junk food is present, They will have hard time controlling their own eating habits as adults, By the time they are teenagers they will find those foods themselves. Eat them when not in your presence. It is something you have forbidden them from, They very unhealthy relationship with food,
I’m tickled your video was recommended to me, because this was good fun. And you have a new subscriber! I was born in 1965 - at which time the meals varied little from the prior decade. Let me tell you, even here in New York, that era’s version of “gourmet” left a lot to be desired. I recall being a flower girl at my uncle’s wedding, and the reception appetizer was fruit cocktail. Can you imagine?!?! As a lifelong lover of Chicken à la King, I was disheartened that Betty’s 1950s recipe didn’t have the “golden King trio” of diced fresh red pepper, peas and mushrooms - as that’s how I’ve always had it. There’s something about the melding of those three flavors which makes it greater than the sum of its parts! Thanks for the stroll down memory lane!
Hi there! Thanks for subscribing! I'll have to see if I can find the version of Chicken à la King you described among the other books in my collection. I would love to try it.
I love to make chicken a la king with leftover rotisserie chicken. Haven't made it in a while but now I'm craving some... I even buy the patty shells if I can find them.
You had me at Joan Crawford! The Welsh Rarebit we made in Home Ec Class in the early 80’s was made with cheddar cheese and heavy cream over toast points. No beans.
In school as a prize I got a BETTY CROCKER cook book for children. I did use it not successfully. I gave it away or threw it out. Lo and behold when an adult I bought another copy for nostalgic reasons.
My Mom who had never cooked before she married cooked almost all our meals out of the 1956 Betty Crocker Cookbook she got at her bridal shower. Even though this is a different version of Betty’s Cookbook it still reminds me of my childhood. I really enjoyed it, thanks.
My mother cooked for us out of this cookbook in the 1980s. And yes, she always used canned mushrooms in her chicken a la king. They taste better than fresh in this recipe she said. Also, she always served her chicken a la king in puff pastry shells. It’s one of my favorite childhood recipes - after her homemade macaroni and cheese.
My mom received a copy of this cookbook as a wedding gift in 1955. She did not know how to cook at all. She also had my younger Aunt and Uncle living with my dad. He was their guardian at age 22. She learned how to cook from this book. She taught me, and I also learned from the book. Our copy fell apart in the 80s. I still have it in a plastic bag. I bought a reprint several years ago. The egg section is my favorite!
I enjoyed this video so much! I have this cookbook which I actually just purchased about a week ago, so I was super happy to see you making recipes from it! Thanks so much!! I really enjoy watching your channel and your enthusiasm for making vintage recipes! Baby boomer here😊
Now I know why my mom just used the cook book for measurement references. Those muffins could use some cinnamon, vanilla, and orange zest. Mom wd have used all butter, for sure, and added raisins or currants and either walnuts or pecans, possibly even some finely diced apples.. Always one to boost the protein content, I'm sure she would have added in an egg or 2. She taught us to let any thick batter, like muffins or cornbread, to sit a few minutes before popping in the oven to give the end results a better rise.
Ah sour milk! I found that in my other cookbook and it literally is milk thats just gone off. It becomes slightly acidic i think so it was a way to skimp on levain agents and also a way to use up left over milk... the book suggests you can use a little extra cream of tartar if you only have fresh milk. I drink a lot of tea and sometimes I dont use all the milk so i will use it as an excuse to make scones!
I learned to cook and practice English skills from the Betty Crocker red swirly cookbook of the 1950s-if that’s the one with the full-page pic of Baked Alaska. I must have read the recipe for that enchanting dessert 100 times. After saving my extra bus money-taking the one-peso bus with chickens instead of the three-peso bus with passenger seats-I purchased the ingredients and made Betty’s Baked Alaska with no help from mama at the age of seven or eight. It turned out perfectly. That was the peak of my culinary prowess 😅.
This is so fun to watch. I have my mother's copy and it is one of my treasures. My husband talked longingly about the coconut custard pie from his childhood so I made it from page 311. Pie is his favorite dessert and the fruit and cream pies on page 315 are easy and so good. Thank you for the video!
A la king is a fairly frequent meal at our home. Great for left over turkey from Thanksgiving, and when I've made a pork loin (even teriyaki pork loin!), left overs are magic made a la king. If you can find marinated red peppers with garlic and oregano, they will take the recipe to just another level. So good. Oh, and you have to add a good sherry toward the end to your sauce and it is what truly turns this into 1950's a la king. I use my mother-in-law's recipe. So good.
This was great to watch! Mom used to make that very recipe for custard. It was one of her favorites. When I used to look through the cookbook for ideas of things to make, I never got past the title Welsh Rarebit. I thought it was made with rabbit or something like that so I never read any farther! I am surprised to learn it was made with Velveeta and kidney beans. ha, ha. I used to read the menus and imagine I was grown up and could organize a party like was suggested. I have made lots of things from the Betty Crocker cookbook, especially desserts. It brings back memories of my family and the good times we had together.
This is the book my brother got. My husband bought me the reprint during the 50th anniversary of the book. This is **THE** iconic Betty Crocker cookbook. By this time, the team at General Mills had their new test kitchens and serving rooms. My faves: Betty's housekeeping hints, including wearing sturdy shoes and taking a 10-minute nap on the floor while doing housework. Word to the wise: Avoid the Kentucky Nut Cake, but the spice cake is to die for!
I have my mom's book with a similar cover, but some pages with the actual date it was printed missing. 😊 Lots of dirty pages of family favorites from my childhood.
My mom has this book. It was her mothers. I just messaged her to ask if I can have it so I can try these and other recipes. Of course she said sure! Thanks for the inspiration
I got a Betty Crocker's children's cookbook, it was the first printing. I never really made much of the recipes when I as a kids, but now that I have children, we've made recipes out of it, and I'll just say, some of them have been our favorite meals so far. They are pretty easy, tasty, and good for kids. There is a little more spice than I would have assumed for the time, but we've all enjoyed them.
I love love love your 50s atomic starburst plate! ❤ I found one piece of that in the wild at a thrift shop a few years ago, and it felt finding buried treasure 😂
I have this very cookbook. It was my grandmother's. It still had the dust jacket on it-she never used it, so I got it after she passed away in the late 60s. My mother had the same cookbook that I used to look through as a child. The cookbook has been well used over the years-one of my favorite cookbooks.
Oh wow, that’s so special to have your grandmother’s copy! I loved looking through cookbooks as a kid. That probably explains a lot about the person I am today. 😂
Haha thank you! I pretty much cleared most of a day to do this, and my husband was out of town for work. That's the only way I was able to pull it off!
I grew up on those Oatmeal Muffins. Of course mom ended up topping them with a streusel topping....which made them AWESOME. This was a nice look back . Loved this!
Did I make any of your family's favorite dishes? Maybe something you grew up eating? I'd love to hear about it!
Well,I've definitely had instant mud, er mean coffee😂 Some brands are ok. Sanka is ok and of course International Foods is amazing☕
Yep,Chicken Ala King is alright.
I've tried carrot salad,but I'm not really a fan
My grandma used to make egg custard just like that--she put both a little cinnamon as well as nutmeg on top.
I think I need this cookbook. Thank you for demonstrating..look forward to more🌷
I have my mother’s Betty Crocker cookbook from the 1960s. It’s held together with duct tape, and has my mother’s handwriting in the margins. She passed away 14 years ago, so that cookbook is a treasure. PS: Carrot salad is my Dad’s favorite! I’m renovating my house to be mobility device friendly, so he can live with me. He’s looking forward to home cooking. I will definitely make him some carrot salad! Thank you for reminding me of a forgotten favorite! ❤
I am so glad you still have your mother's cookbook. Such a treasure. This carrot salad was so simple and quick to make! I loved it.
I love it too. Reminds me of Grammy. 💞
Is that the one that's a 3 ring binder? I have a couple of 60s cookbooks and my Betty is a binder and I love her. She's in excellent shape for her vintage.
May God Bless you and your Dad. May your dear Mom Rest in Peace.
Unfortunately I lost my moms Betty Crocker cookbook during a move. Long story. I so wish I still had it.
1950’s at our house
Weekdays: we had a glass of milk with almost every meal. Breakfast: cooked cereal with milk and sugar. Lunch: PB and jam sandwich on homemade bread. Dinner: chicken and noodles soup (mostly noodles), chicken pot pie (large biscuits on top), chicken and dumplings, chicken giblet gravy over toast (yes always got whole chickens and saved the giblets for this), etc. Beef stew with a lot of potatoes and carrots, chili, etc. Rarebit of condensed cheese soup mixed with condensed tomato soup over toasted homemade bread. Hotdogs and hamburgers on bread, not special buns.
Weekends: Saturday breakfast was pancakes (waffles once in a blue moon), or toast with margarine and jam. Lunch: very simple bologna sandwiches, sometimes with cheese. Mom would get a block of bologna and slice it herself. Dinner bbq steak (toughest chuck steak that was “tenderized”, but still tough) with French bread and a big romaine lettuce salad.
Sunday breakfast was cold cereal (Mom didn’t have to cook). Dinner was roast beef or roasted chicken and potatoes.
We had very few desserts, other than birthdays (cakes) or holidays (pies). In the summer we sometimes had strawberry shortcake made with biscuits and real whipped cream.
My grandmother used to make me giblets gravy over toast. Loved her so much and was grateful for all the food I ate, but that was one dish that I could have gone without. My dad, however, made me sos, and that was fantastic.
Man my lactose intolerant self (who is also allergic to cows milk itself) would die in the 50’s 😂 dairy everywhere!
@@Posted_Shortz no, you would just have had a different diet than our family. A cousin, who was lactose intolerant at that time, had juice on her cereal.
I’m shocked at the lack of veggies in the 1950s diet, why was that?
@@Magdalena287 Our large family might not have been the typical family of the time. We spent the first half of the 50s in a more rural area, and the second half in the suburbs. The typical meals that I mentioned were those we has in the suburbs, We did have other vegetables when they were on sale. We had some types of fruit when they were on sale. The fruit was usually baked in something, to extend it. The only time we had oranges was in a Christmas stocking. We mostly ate the cheapest meat (chicken). In the rural area my dad would hunt squirrels, which I can assure you are very tough. He may have done that on my grandparents’ farm, which included a forested area. He shot a deer once a year, when he could. He paid my grandfather to raise a hog and slaughter it once a year, until we moved to another state. I remember hearing my parents discussing the economics of planting a garden. In one place we were not allowed to have one. At another place the arid summers would have resulted in a high water bill. So we never had a garden. We took a generic 1-a-day multiple vitamin.
As someone who grew up in the 1950’s, I really, really appreciate that you chose recipes that taste good, rather than the outrageous party recipes that so many creators feature - ham, bananas, and hollandaise comes to mind. In my family we were more likely to have sandwiches for lunch, but kidney beans and something on toast was a regular supper feature for us. And chicken ala king was a very special treat. Great job!
I appreciate this comment so much! I don't want to waste food, so it's much better for me to choose recipes that will get eaten over something outrageous for the sake of being outrageous. I did the ham/banana roll ups early on in my channel and quickly learned that that type of thing wasn't for me. 😂
My very first, and only, cookbook when I married in 1967! I used it until it fell apart.
@@lynnettesteiner2148 Then we kept taping it together over the years. I now have my mother's from 1951, and a new used one, and a new NEW reprint. Still use them to this very day. All of the recipes in the book work. They might not be modern, but they will not fail if you follow the directions. It is especially usefully for new cooks as it tells everything step by step.
im 21 but this makes me weirdly nostalgic. i lived with my grandma for most of my childhood and she was born in 1930. we ate jello or some kind of mayonnaise based salad at every dinner. had to have pudding or jello or tapioca for dessert. she would make instant coffee every single morning even though we had a coffee maker. this takes me back !
We have my late Mother-in-law's copy of this cookbook. What I marvel at is that it in addition to the recipes, there are also sections for stocking your pantry, making shopping lists, planning menus, entertaining, and kitchenware. Everything a housewife needed to efficiently manage her household.
Growing up in Ireland, my grandmother would always say you were lucky if you had one meal a day in the 50s. Her family were considered well off for the times and they always had porridge for breakfast, their dinner was always at lunch time which was normally boiled ribs, stew, or fish
You honestly have the most calming presence, I felt so safe and relaxed watching this.
The one thing I remember from my early years as a housewife was how much time I spent in the kitchen. Nothing came pre-processed, and there was no such thing as a food processor. My mixer was a hand cranked gear driven one.
My mom had a the original she never used it, so I inherited it. I love cookbooks, read them like novels. I have found some very interesting things in that book. It has great guides to pan sizes as well as table settings, etc. Having a mint copy is a treat.
I got a Betty Crocker cookbook when I got married and it became my cooking Bible.
This reminded me of my grandma. She had a weekly meal plan and never wavered from it and she served it just like you have yours. Love it.
I love this comment. It always makes me happy to hear that my videos spark memories!
I like adding raisins to carrot salad 😅
I love you cut up your toast into "toast points ". Born in 55 home ec for 6 yrs. They still taught the 50s way of cooking. Toast point were tre elegance.
My toddler's favorite breakfast is yogurt and a muffin, so I make muffins weekly. I made the oatmeal muffins and threw in some blueberries, and they're lovely. I'll be adding them to my rotation!
I have my Dad’s Betty Crocker cookbook, it’s one of my most prized possessions! It’s well used, even has pages where I wrote my name (in ink!) before I even started school. I used the brownie recipe from it many, many times after I started baking when I was about 11 or 12. It’s dated 1952. He bought it while he was in college. He was an excellent cook! Love your videos Anna. I’ve been watching lots of videos during the past 3 days. And I did subscribe! Can’t wait to see more.
I have used this cookbook for baked goods for years. The gingerbread boys are required at my house for Christmas. The muffins are wonderful. The thing that makes this cookbook so useful is that it shows you the basics of cooking everything.
So let me just tell you this as an experienced homemaker. The egg doesn’t take 15 minutes it takes about 3. Time in the oven is your time to get dressed or do any number of other things. Love your day of trying new old things.
I have this cookbook! My mom got me a reprint, several years ago. I learned to cook with these recipes, and my moms help, of course! For my bridal shower, 50 years ago, I received a Betty Crocker cookbook from the ‘70s and “silverware” from my mom, purchased with Betty Crocker coupons 😍 Oh for the good times!
I have one of the little catalog pamphlets full of items you could get with Betty Crocker coupons. I wonder if your silverware pattern is in there! 😀
@@cooking_the_books I grew up eating with the "twin star" pattern of stainless steel silverware that my mom got with Betty Crocker coupons. It was simple, stylish, and very high-quality, and the little stars in the pattern were a nice match to our aqua and "atomic" melmac Texasware everyday dishes. It was also better made and and longer-lasting than the silverware you can buy now, and I wish I still had it!
This book taught me how to cook. We’ve always been a Betty Crocker family so in 2017 when I decided I needed to learn how to cook, I bought the then-current 2016 edition of Betty Crocker… only to find it was almost completely useless to me since I was not living in America at the time and it called for American packaged “stuff” in almost every recipe. So I went back and bought the “other” Betty Crocker, which was the reprint of the original. And I learned how to cook.
There was a popular cookbook in the 1970s. Diet for a Small Planet. Vegetarian whole grain recipes. Also, More With Less was 1970s too I think. It wasn’t vegetarian. It was frugal home cooking with recipes from all over the world. Would you consider doing a show on either of those cookbooks?
I don't have these books in my collection, but if I come across copies when I'm out book hunting I would definitely consider doing a video.
I have the More for Less cookbook. Has a really good chocolate pudding recipe.
I have Diet For A Small Planet. I bought it when it was published during my college years, and my copy is now held together with very old, yellowed scotch tape, but it's still in my cookbook cabinet, and I still consult it occasionally. The recipes are mostly vegetarian or vegan, and most consist of variations on combinations of beans with rice and/or corn in order to obtain multiple amino acids to create a "complete protein" without the addition of meat. When it was written in the 1970's, we were being told that famine was imminent and all human life on the planet would be ending in a few years, and that those who hoped to survive must learn to do so without meat (similar to what we're being told now about "climate change.") Of course, none of the predicted hot/cold/acid rain/ozone depletion/famines that have been pushed by manipulative fear-mongerers throughout my lifetime ever actually materialized, as I suspect will also be the case with the hysteria over climate change, but some of the recipes in the book are relatively tasty, and come in handy when finances are tight, and a frugal-but-protein-filled meal is desired. I'd be interested to watch Cooking The Books make a few of these recipes, and offer her critiques!
I loved this!!! A day of meals from the Great Depression might be really interesting!
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anna do it!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much Aubrey! I've received such a positive response to this. I've already started to peruse my collection and pull books from other decades to use for similar videos in the future!I do have some from the Great Depression in mind. Stay tuned!
Oh it's happening! 😂
In Oklahoma, my dad's family ate a lot of homemade bread and pinto beans during the depression. Grandpa was a firefighter in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They had chickens and a good garden, so they had plenty of eggs. Grandma fried a lot of chicken, too. Her fried chicken was the BEST. They ate vegetables from the garden.
A Recipe:
Leftover cooked egg noodles
Sliced wieners (8 or so)
Fresh corn cut from 2 cobs
Peas (about 1/2 cup or so)
In a skillet, first fry the sliced wieners in a tiny bit of grease until they start to sear. Add the cooked egg noodles and corn plus a tablespoon of butter, some salt and pepper to taste. Garlic is an excellent addition if you have any. Throw in the peas last. Cook everything for about 15 minutes stirring often. Serve with fresh buttered bread.
"I've eaten a banana before. I don't need to try it on camera." LOL
Fabulous commitment to your craft and passion :)
Tommy, thank you so much for your kindness and support. Connecting with you has been one of the best things to come from starting my channel!
I don’t like bananas either,
my stepfather's mom would make turkey a'la king for Christmas eve dinner and then serve the leftovers with waffles on Christmas day. the turkey would be leftover frozen turkey from Thanksgiving. I don't have a good relationship with him or his family, but I enjoyed this treat and the meals that my stepgrandmother made for holidays broadened my palette. i enjoyed the rice, broccoli and cheese casserole she made as well. I didn't realize chicken a la king was a 1950s meal, so it is cool to learn this :) she also made watergate salad, which has pistachios, pineapple, and whipped cream among other things. I thought it looked suspicious, but it is v delicious. all of these meals were a departure from my mother's Panamanian staples, which were also delicious. this is kind of rambly, but I i wanted to conclude by saying this is a great video! And it makes me want to make chicken, turkey or mushroom a la king!
Glad you enjoyed the video! I also love broccoli, cheese, and rice casserole. 😋
🤔 never occurred to me mushroom a la king existed, thank you so much for this prompt!
I grew up eating chicken a la king. It was one of my favorite meals as a child. You made my heart happy 😊
Your comment made my heart happy! 😄
Betty Crocker is still my go to cookbook.
my Mama learned to cook with this book as a new bride!
Mine, too!!!
My mother was an excellent cook. We ate like this 50s menu all the time. She used the Betty Crocker cook books often.
Growing up, leftover chicken would become chicken pie or chicken a la king, always on toast. Simple, filling and low cost. I loved a side of buttered carrots or Harvard beets with it.
I just realised my version is a hard bound first edition, first printing!
I’ve had many first edition cookbooks in my collecting but rarely a first print. 🤔
I really enjoy the layout of this particular cookbook.
It keeps my mind occupied for a while.
I have my mom’s. Great memories from my 50s childhood.
Love to hear this! ❤
I've got the 60s edition of Betty Crocker. I'm going to look through this book as soon as I can, and I'll make something for sure. Probably make a few things...
I love chicken a la king. I put frozen peas in mine and at times have it over toast.
Yes, always peas must be added. Its tradition.
LOL - I use that cookbook unironically! The cake recipes are awesome!
I have my great great grandmothers old cook books its so interesting to read.
I have that china pattern (& a few glasses too) at the opening, with the banana and muffin on it. lol I love atomic retroware. It was my lakeside china. I use my Mom's 60's (texasware I think) melmac dishes for everyday, aqua of course. lol
I love it! My parents found a mostly complete set for me at a church rummage sale years ago.
Oh my goodness! I’ve always thought someone should do a TH-cam channel devoted completely to vintage cooking, I’m so happy I found your channel! I collect (and cook from) vintage cookbooks as well! So fun. ❤
Hi and welcome!! I always love hearing from fellow cookbook collectors. ❤
There are many vintage channels ☺️
This exact cookbook was one of the only possessions I was given that belonged to my paternal grandmother (who died a decade before I was born). It was the only cookbook she owned and I treasured it, with some of my earliest memories being carefully repairing it and making a lot of the baked good recipes. I lost her copy in a house fire. Getting the exact same era one was the first thing I did when I got back on my feet. My dad said she never really made the food because her family was Very German so she exclusively cooked German food, and because of that I never paid attention to the savory food recipes. It’s so fun to see someone making them!
Thank you for featuring this amazing book that means so much to me.
Oh, what special memories! I am so glad you were able to find a copy from the same era.
Our autistic daughter found your channel and is mesmerized when she watches you cook. I started watching when I saw that you were using older cookbooks. I collect old cookbooks.
My mother in law died seven years ago. I got all her old cookbooks. I should get them out. Try some recipes. It is really sweet she enjoys watching these videos. Very educational for her.
You can usev1/2c. of frozen peas with your chicken a la king too
Heads up, I was born in 1951 and this is the Cookbook where I learned to cook/follow recipes. I don't know what happened to my mom's cookbook but I bought a "replica" version a few years ago and was...stunned....It is a great cookbook but so "dated", but the so am I.....I still make some of my dad's and mine favorites from back in the day but with more contemporary cooking techniques and a lot less fat.....oh I was born in Akron, Ohio and see you're in Ohio too......Update: I am actually following the same cookbook!
Although I grew up in the ‘60s my mom cooked mostly out of her 1950’s Betty Crocker cookbook so this was really nostalgic. Especially the chicken ala king.😋
I love baked egg custard but I always made it with the burnt sugar in the bottom of the custard cup ❤
If you barely stir the muffin ingredients together they will be tender and stand up and not be flat (quick bread mixing method) the look great. I’m a fifties girl and learned all this in home economics in high school😄
Exactly. Too much mixing makes them tough.
My late mother would have loved watching this, as a kid I loved reading all the homemaker tips and menus. Great job!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it. ❤
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I have my mother’s copy from 1955. It is falling apart so several years ago I purchased a reprint. I still make the cream puffs from that book.
A MUST HAVE cookbook, especially for the generation of processed foods, uber eats, and frozen meals.
My son was born in 1998. Yes I bought processed food. But I made a lot of stir fry, Joshua has always liked vegetables, I baked cookies and rolls every week. Things like chips and pop were treats. My mom did the same thing with the four of us. Three of my mom’s kids have children. We feed our kids very same way. Now Joshua has baby of his own. Everly is fed the same way I fed Joshua. Kids need to learn to make healthy food choices. When you don’t teach them how to handle. Situations where junk food is present, They will have hard time controlling their own eating habits as adults, By the time they are teenagers they will find those foods themselves. Eat them when not in your presence. It is something you have forbidden them from, They very unhealthy relationship with food,
I’m tickled your video was recommended to me, because this was good fun. And you have a new subscriber!
I was born in 1965 - at which time the meals varied little from the prior decade. Let me tell you, even here in New York, that era’s version of “gourmet” left a lot to be desired. I recall being a flower girl at my uncle’s wedding, and the reception appetizer was fruit cocktail. Can you imagine?!?!
As a lifelong lover of Chicken à la King, I was disheartened that Betty’s 1950s recipe didn’t have the “golden King trio” of diced fresh red pepper, peas and mushrooms - as that’s how I’ve always had it. There’s something about the melding of those three flavors which makes it greater than the sum of its parts!
Thanks for the stroll down memory lane!
Hi there! Thanks for subscribing! I'll have to see if I can find the version of Chicken à la King you described among the other books in my collection. I would love to try it.
I love to make chicken a la king with leftover rotisserie chicken. Haven't made it in a while but now I'm craving some... I even buy the patty shells if I can find them.
You had me at Joan Crawford! The Welsh Rarebit we made in Home Ec Class in the early 80’s was made with cheddar cheese and heavy cream over toast points. No beans.
You have no idea how much I enjoyed this video. Thank you! The Betty Crocker recipe book is so gorgeous. ❤
Oh I’m so glad you liked this one! ❤️
Fab video. That whisk you used when making the chicken a la king was hilariously big.
In school as a prize I got a BETTY CROCKER cook book for children. I did use it not successfully. I gave it away or threw it out. Lo and behold when an adult I bought another copy for nostalgic reasons.
My Mom who had never cooked before she married cooked almost all our meals out of the 1956 Betty Crocker Cookbook she got at her bridal shower. Even though this is a different version of Betty’s Cookbook it still reminds me of my childhood. I really enjoyed it, thanks.
Would love to see recipes from the 20s,30s,and 40s
Loved the 50s recipes. Custard is soooooo good
Thank you ❤!
If you don’t already follow him, check out Glen and Friends here on TH-cam. He often makes recipes from older cookbooks! 😁
I will check him out. Thank you!❤
I still make the Pioneer Mac N Cheese regularly. Super simple comfort food.
My mother cooked for us out of this cookbook in the 1980s. And yes, she always used canned mushrooms in her chicken a la king. They taste better than fresh in this recipe she said. Also, she always served her chicken a la king in puff pastry shells. It’s one of my favorite childhood recipes - after her homemade macaroni and cheese.
I'm really enjoying your videos. Direct quote from my wife "She's so midwest and beautiful.".
Glad you like them! 🥰
Gotta find you some Sanka for your breakfast coffee! 😁
I'll keep that in mind for my next 'full day of meals' video! 😀
My mom received a copy of this cookbook as a wedding gift in 1955. She did not know how to cook at all. She also had my younger Aunt and Uncle living with my dad. He was their guardian at age 22.
She learned how to cook from this book. She taught me, and I also learned from the book.
Our copy fell apart in the 80s. I still have it in a plastic bag. I bought a reprint several years ago.
The egg section is my favorite!
I enjoyed this video so much! I have this cookbook which I actually just purchased about a week ago, so I was super happy to see you making recipes from it! Thanks so much!! I really enjoy watching your channel and your enthusiasm for making vintage recipes! Baby boomer here😊
Now I know why my mom just used the cook book for measurement references. Those muffins could use some cinnamon, vanilla, and orange zest. Mom wd have used all butter, for sure, and added raisins or currants and either walnuts or pecans, possibly even some finely diced apples.. Always one to boost the protein content, I'm sure she would have added in an egg or 2. She taught us to let any thick batter, like muffins or cornbread, to sit a few minutes before popping in the oven to give the end results a better rise.
I have a late 60's BC cookbook...the plaid covered one. This was a totally enjoyable video and well-presented.
Thank you so much! Very glad you enjoyed it. 😀
I make my carrot salad with soaked raisins, shredded carrots, hellmans and pineapple tidbits drained. It's delicious 😊
I love thatvsalad.
My grandma made Chicken a la King when I lived with her. One of my favourite dishes from that time of my life.
I have my mothers 1950 Betty Crocker cookbook that she got in high school Home Ec.Learned to bake from it.Good memories
It is such a good solid cookbook. Tons of great recipes!
Ah sour milk! I found that in my other cookbook and it literally is milk thats just gone off. It becomes slightly acidic i think so it was a way to skimp on levain agents and also a way to use up left over milk... the book suggests you can use a little extra cream of tartar if you only have fresh milk. I drink a lot of tea and sometimes I dont use all the milk so i will use it as an excuse to make scones!
Yes and no. Sour milk requires a special process, normal pasteuerized milk just goes off. Don't use bad milk! Can give you cramps.
I love this so much !
I learned to cook and practice English skills from the Betty Crocker red swirly cookbook of the 1950s-if that’s the one with the full-page pic of Baked Alaska. I must have read the recipe for that enchanting dessert 100 times. After saving my extra bus money-taking the one-peso bus with chickens instead of the three-peso bus with passenger seats-I purchased the ingredients and made Betty’s Baked Alaska with no help from mama at the age of seven or eight. It turned out perfectly. That was the peak of my culinary prowess 😅.
My Nan made the carrot salad with raisins not nuts. I love the a la king. I never make it but it may make it into my rotation this fall
This is so fun to watch. I have my mother's copy and it is one of my treasures. My husband talked longingly about the coconut custard pie from his childhood so I made it from page 311. Pie is his favorite dessert and the fruit and cream pies on page 315 are easy and so good. Thank you for the video!
So glad you enjoyed this! Coconut custard pie sounds amazing...I love coconut!
My husband loved Betty's pineapple upside down cake, made in the skillet.
A la king is a fairly frequent meal at our home. Great for left over turkey from Thanksgiving, and when I've made a pork loin (even teriyaki pork loin!), left overs are magic made a la king. If you can find marinated red peppers with garlic and oregano, they will take the recipe to just another level. So good. Oh, and you have to add a good sherry toward the end to your sauce and it is what truly turns this into 1950's a la king. I use my mother-in-law's recipe. So good.
This was great to watch! Mom used to make that very recipe for custard. It was one of her favorites. When I used to look through the cookbook for ideas of things to make, I never got past the title Welsh Rarebit. I thought it was made with rabbit or something like that so I never read any farther! I am surprised to learn it was made with Velveeta and kidney beans. ha, ha. I used to read the menus and imagine I was grown up and could organize a party like was suggested. I have made lots of things from the Betty Crocker cookbook, especially desserts. It brings back memories of my family and the good times we had together.
This is the book my brother got. My husband bought me the reprint during the 50th anniversary of the book. This is **THE** iconic Betty Crocker cookbook. By this time, the team at General Mills had their new test kitchens and serving rooms. My faves: Betty's housekeeping hints, including wearing sturdy shoes and taking a 10-minute nap on the floor while doing housework. Word to the wise: Avoid the Kentucky Nut Cake, but the spice cake is to die for!
Yum!!! That carrot salad looks awesome! Custard, yes! 😋
Thank you, Anna! 😃✨
Thanks for watching! I need to make that carrot salad again, it really was delicious. 😋
I have this cook book. Still use it.
Wow… this was just the video I needed. Having a break from studying to my exam tomorrow and this was just so calm and cosy ❤
I have my mom's book with a similar cover, but some pages with the actual date it was printed missing. 😊 Lots of dirty pages of family favorites from my childhood.
That was fun! Enjoyed watching, Thanks
Post it notes help keep your place in books without damage. Love your presentations.
Atomic pattern plate...a true classic🎉🎉🎉
You made recipes my family ate throughout the 50's and thereafter. I make some of them to this day and still enjoy them! Thank you.
I love hearing this! So cool. Thank you for watching! ❤
thanks!
Ooh Ham A La King sounds like amazing deliciousness😊🍽 70's would be a lot of fun🕺🏻
I think it would be divine.
@@cooking_the_books Oh definitely😻
My mom has this book. It was her mothers. I just messaged her to ask if I can have it so I can try these and other recipes. Of course she said sure! Thanks for the inspiration
Oh I'm so glad you'll get to try some of these! 😀
I like instant coffee 😚 flavour wise and it’s quick to do in the morning
What a fun video! Thank you for sharing 💛
I got a Betty Crocker's children's cookbook, it was the first printing. I never really made much of the recipes when I as a kids, but now that I have children, we've made recipes out of it, and I'll just say, some of them have been our favorite meals so far. They are pretty easy, tasty, and good for kids. There is a little more spice than I would have assumed for the time, but we've all enjoyed them.
"I'm not gonna lie". Love this so much.
Thank you!!! More please! ☮️💟
I love love love your 50s atomic starburst plate! ❤ I found one piece of that in the wild at a thrift shop a few years ago, and it felt finding buried treasure 😂
I have this very cookbook. It was my grandmother's. It still had the dust jacket on it-she never used it, so I got it after she passed away in the late 60s. My mother had the same cookbook that I used to look through as a child. The cookbook has been well used over the years-one of my favorite cookbooks.
I make those baked eggs almost every weekend-quick and easy!
They are so delicious!!
Oh wow, that’s so special to have your grandmother’s copy! I loved looking through cookbooks as a kid. That probably explains a lot about the person I am today. 😂
I have had chicken ala king numerous times as a young child!! I am planning dinner for tomorrow with that for nostalgia!
Wow you are full of energy! I go crazy just making 2 dishes at once lol
You’re my hero
Haha thank you! I pretty much cleared most of a day to do this, and my husband was out of town for work. That's the only way I was able to pull it off!
I love Taster's Choice instant coffee with hazlenut creamer...
I love and use several of Betty Crockers books. Made the Oatmeal muffins this weekend! Soooo good
I need to make another batch! Such a fantastic texture and taste.
thank u so very much for the great recipe, Thanks!!
What an awesome project! I think the breakfast menu is my favorite. The little baked egg, and the oat muffins, look really tasty!
The breakfast menu was pretty danged good, I must say. I kind of want to make the muffins again already. 😄
The baked eggs looked so tasty!
I once was able to buy frozen Welsh Rarebit made by Stoeffers which was so handy to have in handy. Alas they quit making about 15 yrs ago. I miss. 😔
That recipe has none of the necessities for rarebit. One WAY to watery and missing dry mustard and Worcester sauce. And sharp cheese.
Great vid, very interesting and great to get back the memories, TY
I grew up on those Oatmeal Muffins. Of course mom ended up topping them with a streusel topping....which made them AWESOME. This was a nice look back . Loved this!
Ooh adding streusel sounds amazing!