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Offline Micky Tikka

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Cookbooks
« on: November 18, 2014, 08:03 PM »
I have many cookbooks from famous and not so famous chefs and from all sorts of different cuisines from around the world
And i have culled a fair few books over the years to
I have never thought of counting them until tonight as my wife was moaning that I have ordered another 2 books online  ;D
So last count 153
Anyone beat that  :o
Cheers MT

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« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2014, 08:36 PM »
I sincerely hope the latest addition to your collection is not the CA effort Michael ::) 

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« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2014, 08:50 PM »
Quote from: curryhell on November 18, 2014, 08:36 PM
I sincerely hope the latest addition to your collection is not the CA effort Michael ::)
Haha brilliant!

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« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2014, 08:54 PM »
 ;D
Now that's one book that will not reach my shelfs
I like to think that not many people can wind me up but he was pretty good at it  >:( :)

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« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2014, 09:13 PM »
Quote from: michael.t on November 18, 2014, 08:03 PM
So last count 153
Anyone beat that  :o

Yes, over 300, I reckon, not that many will ever be used.

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Re: Cookbooks
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2014, 09:25 PM »
Well done George ( im not counting ebooks)
To be fair for every day cooking I don't think you can beat Jamie oliver

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« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2014, 09:26 PM »
Does an "e-book" count? In which case I've got hundreds!

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« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2014, 09:29 PM »
do ebooks -  PDF books and magazines count - must be nearly a thousand


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« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2014, 09:33 PM »
I just counted the books on my shelves

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« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2014, 12:58 AM »
Quote from: michael.t on November 18, 2014, 09:25 PM
i'm not counting ebooks
To be fair for every day cooking I don't think you can beat Jamie oliver

No, neither was I counting eBooks! Most of my 300+ cookery books came from charity shops 5-10 years ago, before someone in the sector decided they needed to increase prices. So the average price was probably about 30p and many are like brand new with tags of

 

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