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by ethbr1 29 days ago
My favorite are 50s and 60s recipe books. They use modern ingredients where appropriate, but mostly basic ingredients.

Later and you start seeing "Use this new processed wunderfood ingredient substitute!" (70s-00s)

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I kinda think everyone should have an old school "joy of cooking", where they have instructions on skinning rabbits and squirrels, just as a reference that things weren't always like this not even that long ago.