Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook

I'm a visual learner.  So when I pulled this cookbook out of my cookbook library that Grandma so graciously supplied us with, my eyes zeroed in on that word, "picture".  With the word, "picture" in the title, that means there's more pictures than normal!!  Yay, I'm so excited!!

So when I looked for the year this book was printed, unfortunately the page(s) was torn out.  I looked through to see if I could find it anywhere else but couldn't find it.  All I know is that it belongs to my mother-in-law (MIL) and she's 87 yrs. old.

This color is almost to the true color in real life so it makes it all the more beautiful and retro and vintagy :)

I will call her Betty and just look how quick and easy she whips everything out.  I tried to do the same but just ended up making a mess.  :\

This was not a drawing but a picture of real food.  Real dinner rolls.  M-m-m-m-m, don't they look scrumptious?

Wow!!  What time did Betty have to wake up to make that many rolls??  Don't really think Mr. Betty woke up early to help her.  He's too busy getting ready for work.  However does she stay so thin??

Yum, dessert potluck!!  That's my kind of party.  My only question is, what are those two ladies in the background thinking?

This is my favorite picture of all.  I just love the thought of being in the kitchen and cooking it up with the kids and girlfriends, with music in the background and having a great time.

Betty is amazing.  Whipping out a dessert for the whole family and always looking so graceful and elegant.

Camping and grilling go so well together, wish I were there right about now!

I don't usually dress up for dinner time like Betty, plus you'll never see my hubby all dressed up like Mr. Betty BUT, I do have a "Little Black Apron" that comes with it's own pearl necklace attached to it.  Never seen one?  Check out my other blog where I featured it - it's fantastic, my apron that is.

As you can see, this cookbook has been "loved".  What I would give to hear all the stories behind each recipe my MIL cooked from this cookbook!

This cookbook is full of many, many recipes, cooking tips and suggestions.

Has 463 pages.

 So that's only a very few pictures from this wonderful retro Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook.  If anyone out there has the same one, please let me know what year it was printed.

Maybe someday I'll feature some recipes in my food blog.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a trip down memory lane with me.

 

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Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra Revisted

 JACKIE GLEASON

A few years ago, the movie, “Return to Me” came out in theatres.  Minnie Driver and David Duchovny (XFiles) were the main characters.   Bonnie Hunt (who also wrote the story and directed the movie) was in it, Carroll O’Connor and Jim Belushi as well as many others you might recognize.   If you’re in the mood for a sad, cute love story with a happy ending and “all is right with the world”, then please watch this one, you will not regret it.  Needless to say, this movie ranks right up there as one of my top favorite “chic flix”.  I don’t want to give the whole story line away but it’s about this young girl named Grace (Driver), who has a heart transplant and a young widower named Bob (Duchovny).  Grace lives with her beloved uncle, Marty O’Reilly (Carroll O’Connor), who raised her.  They live above an Irish/Italian pub he manages and all the hired help from the cook, Angelo (Robert Loggia) to the waitress are her pseudo uncles and an aunt who at times are very nosy but every bit fun, loving and crazy.  As you may have guessed, as fate would have it, Grace and Bob meet but not without sadness and heartbreak.  Anyways, this wonderful melodious retro music is being played throughout this movie along with a little bit of Frankie here and a little bit of Dean there and I am loving every minute of this movie, including the story line.

The familiar music sound is one I can’t seem to pinpoint.  I knew it wasn’t Benny Goodman or Glenn Miller but sensed that it was retro.    As soon as I got my hands on the CD soundtrack, I couldn’t believe it.  Lo and behold it was the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.   I was puzzled though because the only Jackie Gleason I knew was an overweight pompous grumpy bus driver who was always yelling at his wife and buddy in the TV show called, “The Honeymooners” and to be quite honest, I couldn’t stand that character nor the show – even if it is retro.   But all these years I never knew that he directed an orchestra much less wrote music?!?   I’m almost certain that some time in my young life though, someone had the radio or TV on while his music played.  I can’t pinpoint to when or where but it definitely takes me back and I. AM. LOVING. IT.  I personally do not listen to his music because of it's "romantic" themes.  To me it's just beautiful, soothing music that is very relaxing especially on a lazy day or lounging around the pool.

If you have the opportunity to get your hands on this movie, check out the “Special Features” these DVD’s sometimes have.  Watch the movie with the feature,  “comments” from Bonnie Hunt (director & screenplay writer) and Don Lake (screenplay writer).  It is sooo interesting.  Bonnie is the reason why you hear the Jackie Gleason Orchestra throughout the movie.  She said that as a young girl, her parents played his music on their old Victrola all the time and that’s when she fell in love with the music and knew it would be perfect for this movie.

There are a few movies that I personally believe are perfect, A+. 100%, Gold Medal status..  From the casting  to the music, from the characters to the script, from the screen scenes and do I dare say it again? to the music.  I give this movie my own “OSCAR”.  If you heart retro music, you will enjoy this movie.  If not for the story line, then for the music.  I will end with Jackie Gleason's famous goodbye, "How sweet it is!" 

Listen to:  Moonlight Becomes You

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Danny Kaye's - The Best Things

DANNY KAYE

I just love Danny Kaye.  I love his voice, I love his funny jesters and he's a not so bad of a dancer, wouldn't you say??   I wonder how long it took to perfect this dance routine?  At the end of this youtube video, if you look on the right where it offers other scenes from this movie, "White Christmas", you'll be able to watch them straight from this window without opening up another, at least that's what it does when I click on them.  I love most of the dance and song scenes from this movie.

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