Be-Ro Flour Home Recipes: 40th Edition

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It can take some time keeping up with everyone's blogs, there's some which I've been following for years now. I remember using a very similar Be-Ro recipe book when I was a child, though I'm not saying it was the first edition, I wonder how long my mum had had that book, it was very well used. I wrote about the tartlets here and then set about finding how far back they first appeared in a Be-Ro book. There is also a pencil note next to the butterfly cakes recipe (‘Favourites of all children’) with the words ‘made them’ underlined and copious baking/tea stains (re-created in my new 41st edition).

That's now less likely as charities are more wise to the value of things than they used to be owing to their volunteers being more internet savvy! So many people swear by the Be-Ro book, I think it's because it doesn't just assume that you know all the terms and explains things. In a bid to make self-raising flour more popular among the general public, the company staged a series of exhibitions in the early 1920s where freshly baked scones, pastries and cakes were sold for a shilling to visitors. BarbaraofSeville - how strange😀 In my 40th edition, the Syrup Flapjacks are at the bottom of Page 15 below Coconut Meringue Slices and Gingerbread People.

Getting something totally free is likely to get a true MoneySaver's heart pumping faster than any cardio workout ever could. org/details/be-ro-centenary-edition, making it only the fourth that I know of to be archived online this way. What I like from it is that all recipes are detailed in british (oz) and international (gms) weights, therefore no matter what sort of scale you have in your kitchen, you will be able to apply the precise weight for all ingredients. We have seen increases in the cost of producing including paper, printing costs, storing and fulfilling the recipe books. The company was founded as a tea and grocery company in 1875 by Thomas Bell – who produced the world’s first self-raising flour.

By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising.I haven't dated this but from the cover it is 1970s, given to my by a dear neighbour when I was in my teens.