Comments on: Tuesday Tasting: Pork Chop Escallop http://modernretrowoman.com/2009/12/01/tuesday-tasting-pork-chop-scallop/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:56:20 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dr. Julie-Ann http://modernretrowoman.com/2009/12/01/tuesday-tasting-pork-chop-scallop/comment-page-1/#comment-1522 Dr. Julie-Ann Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:30:26 +0000 http://modernretrowoman.com/?p=732#comment-1522 I, too, have her "Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking" from 1955! I double-checked the cookbook date and the copyright page says an earlier edition was published in 1942. I wonder if, since the 1953 is an update of the 1942 version, Elvera Rest didn't feel the need to mention the update in her forward to the Encyclopedia. Interesting, indeed. I, too, have her “Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking” from 1955!

I double-checked the cookbook date and the copyright page says an earlier edition was published in 1942. I wonder if, since the 1953 is an update of the 1942 version, Elvera Rest didn’t feel the need to mention the update in her forward to the Encyclopedia.

Interesting, indeed.

]]> By: Kathy Warnock http://modernretrowoman.com/2009/12/01/tuesday-tasting-pork-chop-scallop/comment-page-1/#comment-1521 Kathy Warnock Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:10:00 +0000 http://modernretrowoman.com/?p=732#comment-1521 As interesting as I found your "downdating" to be, I was even more interested in the cookbook and its author, Meta Given. I had only ever heard the name Meta Given in my mother's kitchen. Mother had Given's two-volume "Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking," which she could not have owned prior to 1955, since that's the last publication date in the volumes. Those books now rest on my bookshelf. The forward mentions the cookbook you cite, Modern Family Cook Book, as Given's first cookbook and that it was published in 1942. Hmmmm -- "blog fodder." I'm not sure if I have "downdated" a recipe. I'm only now beginning to find the confidence to substantially change a recipe. But, I have by-passed recipes when I didn't want to use the less-than-satisfying package mix. Good job! Innovative and inspiring! As interesting as I found your “downdating” to be, I was even more interested in the cookbook and its author, Meta Given. I had only ever heard the name Meta Given in my mother’s kitchen. Mother had Given’s two-volume “Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking,” which she could not have owned prior to 1955, since that’s the last publication date in the volumes. Those books now rest on my bookshelf. The forward mentions the cookbook you cite, Modern Family Cook Book, as Given’s first cookbook and that it was published in 1942. Hmmmm — “blog fodder.”

I’m not sure if I have “downdated” a recipe. I’m only now beginning to find the confidence to substantially change a recipe. But, I have by-passed recipes when I didn’t want to use the less-than-satisfying package mix.

Good job! Innovative and inspiring!

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