[Jamestown1630]

Maybe there are a lot of Hungarian-Americans who treasure it just as you do :-)

I was willing to pay a lot for a old Betty Crocker cookbook for kids that I had when I was little. But I found a free pdf of the original online.

[nopardons]

Perhaps there ARE a lot of Americans with Hungarian ancestry, whose families took all of the family recipes to the grave with them and never taught the next generation/s how to cook...but I find that hard to believe.

Older generations used to have kids in the kitchen with them, whilst they were cooking; sometimes to help out with preparations, sometimes just to keep an eye on them. And they did write down some recipes, just as my grandmother did.

I too will pay up for a cherished novel that I read/had as a child and have done so, through the years. But prices of books still amaze me.

I have several books, that I bought in the '50s and '60s, at discount bookstores ( for a dollar or less ), that are first editions, which are now selling at eye watering prices. So I guess you never know!

[MomwithHope]

Would love a link if you have one for the Betty Crocker book in .pdf. I just looked at the online prices a couple if weeks ago. And about paprika, we only like and use smoked sweet paprika. We get it from Butcher Packer.com online. They are out of Detroit. One pound bag is about 8 bucks. Amazing stuff.