Mine was the "Joy of Cooking." Still have the book, stained with who knows how many sauces, and spatters, and batters. Pages falling free, taped, and crusty with dough. It is a great book for the beginner. Take any recipe and learn from it and modify it to your own palate.

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The Joy of Meat and Potatoes
By Dave Sikula
Wed, October 11, 2006, 12:01 am PDT

We just don't get the point of fancy cuisine and all those elaborate gadgets. Give us plain, old-fashioned meat and potatoes. That's why Irma Rombauer knew what she was doing way back in 1931. She took her file of 3,000 simple recipes to a label printing company, and she baked up the first edition of the "Joy of Cooking." Rombauer may not have been the world's greatest cook, but she knew that simple is better, filling her book with such perennial classics as tuna noodle casserole, BLT sandwiches, and banana bread. Sure, there were occasional oddities: how to skin a squirrel, remove the glands of raccoon, roast milk-fed opossum, to name a few. But after 75 years, when it comes to basic American cooking -- minus killing your own small game -- every kitchen should be a joyful kitchen.

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a meat cleaver.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

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knife set. although it has been less than2 yrs.

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1999 Dodge Durango Cummins 4BTAA 47RE 5k lb 4x4 getting 25+mpgs, room for Seven.

Braun coffee/espresso/cappuccino maker. Lasting longer than any other kitchen appliance.

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"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're going to see some serious %$&^."

One of those hats that holds two beer cans and has the sipp'n tubes stuck in them.

Too bad I can't get it away from my wife.

Geaux Tigers!

The book "How to Hide Your Assets and Disappear."

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2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

That sounds like it could be the most useful one mentioned so far.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

George Foremen. Toaster, Iron, big ass Kitchen Aid mixer and interest from that trust that was set up for us.

I still have the big ole Kitchen Aid mixer (and attachments). But mostly I use a glass bowl for salads and things.
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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

Can Crusher

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Garage-sized, stainless steel dust pan.

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Silverware.

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