I try to stay off Facebook. I check in with my photography groups and a couple of others. One of those is an Expat cooking group. It's always fun to talk about British food and goodies (chocolate yum) and where to find some of those. When I opened my Facebook this morning there was a post on there about an old-ish cookbook. I thought 'Ah I have one of those! Mum let me bring it to America with me'. I couldn't resist digging it out and taking a look through it. I learned to make flaky and rough puff pastry through this book. It also had a recipe for cream horns in it. When I was in Home Economics in secondary school these were my 'signature' dish. I used to make mine look like Dougal from The Magic Roundabout. The teacher always used to get a chuckle out of it. I haven't made them for so long but they were soooo tasty!
Over the years this book has been used so much that it is falling apart. This copy looks like it was published in 1971 - it's only a year younger than I am. I can't bring myself to get rid of it though! I like looking through and seeing what we used to cook and what was considered 'good' meals.
Do you remember this cookbook? Do you have a favourite that brings back great memories?