THE SHOPPING THREAD :-)

[cookie1]

Great shopping Judy. It will all be new and bright for you. The Paspaley earrings sound lovely Chookie. I bought some pearl earrings when we lived in Broome in the 70’s.  They were from the Dad of one of my students who was a diver. I don’t think they are particularly valuable and they don’t match perfectly but I love them.

[Cuilidh]

Bought a pair of spoon/spatulas from Alyce Alexandra - I got one at forum fest Melbourne several years ago but somehow it ended up with a chunk nicked out of of the edge of the blade so decided to get a couple to replace it ... just to be safe 

[mab19]

DH went shopping this morning and bought a new whipper snipper.  A larger one than the once we already have.  He is going to cut down the  grass and ivy etc behind our back fence.  It's a job for the shire really but they always leave this part because it is so hard to get to.  Hopefully we can avoid any more snakes.   

[achookwoman]

Cookie, those earrings could be quite valuable.  I looked at  some at Chadstone that weren’t a good match.  They were still expensive.

[cookie1]

Quite possibly Chookie. They are over 40 years old. DD likes pearls much more than I do. I will tell her to take good care of them when I fall off the perch.

[Cuilidh]

Got a copy of Jack Munroe's book Vegan(ish), thanks to the recommendation of Cookie's DD (by the way, which was the recipe she said she really wanted to try?).  I have sworn that I would not get any more cook books, but I couldn't resist this one.  The recipes look lovely and very 'down to earth' so I am looking forward to more experiments.

[JulieO]

I have more recipe books (both print and as ebooks) than I could possibly ever need but it is hard to resist some that I see now and then.  I think most of us are like that Cuilidh. 

[achookwoman]

Marina, Jack Munro is a most interesting person.  Several of here recipes were posted recently.  They looked good.

[cookie1]

Marina it was a peanut butter biscuit I think. I will ask her tonight and I'm sure she has a photo.

[judydawn]

I would like to get rid of a book case in my lounge room but it’s full of recipe books and how could I possibly get rid of them even though I’m not using them at the moment due to a dietary change. It is so easy to look recipes up online than search countless books for a specific recipe but then I want to print them and that creates more files for storage.  A never ending problem we all have.

[Cuilidh]

I haven't opened my carton of recipe books since we moved, Judy, it's a scary thought as I know I really should cull them, but it is so hard to do.  Like you, I also print out hard copy of recipes and have piles of them to sort through as well ... is this what they call an obsession?

[achookwoman]

Passion or obsession.  Not sure, but I also have it.  When we shifted to Invermay, we turned one room into a Library. It is a lovely light filled room with books covering one wall. I removed the heavy curtains so there is filtered light and there is a reclining chair. 

[gertbysea]

Books books books. Wow. I was able to dispose of  all my books when I moved to Cairns. Books do not do well in the Wet Tropics! I took to kindle but not for my cook books. But then I downsized and realised I really use the Internet more  as Judy says. I now am eyeing off getting rid of th e8 of the 10 I have left. I will never get rid of  my Thai cookbook as it is a direct translation in English from Authentic  recipes and is pretty rare. I have had it for 40 years. Maggie Beer is the other one.

Gert

[mab19]

I also have lots of recipe books and couldn't bear to get rid of them even though I rarely open them.  I even have some of my grandmothers books and I do love looking at them.  Like everyone else I use the internet if I want a recipe quickly.

[cookie1]

Naturally I’m like everyone in relation to cook books.  I spend hours looking for a recipe as I get waylaid checking out other things..