Originally Posted by bearisgray
Much to my dismay, I learned that the Betty Crocker coos books change over the years.
I had a 1961 edition - and the cover fell apart - so I tossed it, thinking it would be no big deal to replace it. WRONG!
If you have an edition that you love, hang on to it, even if it is falling apart.
Copy the recipes you use and care about and put them in a recipe card box or a notebook if your book is coming apart.
I, too, like to have a few recipes that start "from scratch."
My BC cookbook was a bound book & thru the years it has come apart & I burned the corner one time by getting too close to stove. So I wanted to save it & went to Office Depot & bought a bunch of those plastic ring bound sheets & took book apart & then put in a 4in ring bound binder. Made a red cover for it & my 1971 book is safe & useable.