With the onset of the spring season, yard sale season 2013 again
commences. It is the time of the year when the buffets of bargains are
laid out on the lawns. It draws the yard saling shopaholics and
professionals to the garage sales at obscenely early hours on weekends
from their homes.
My husband and I have a routine. On Thursdays, we scan the classifieds of the local dailies to check out on the garage sales in our vicinity. On Saturday morning, with a thermos of coffee and cash in hand, we drive down the road at half past seven in the morning. I know you are wondering what does this have to do with cooking and recipes. Apart from the occasional cookware bargain, you would find boxes of inspiring recipes that you buy for pennies.
I enjoy the adventure of going through the boxes of sometimes decades-old cookbooks with fading and at times ugly looking pictures. But I know that I’ll find some interesting recipes in there. Let me remind you that yard/garage sale is not for recipe snobs. It is for people like me who enjoy spending a few bucks on self-published cookbooks. These books cost around 10 cents.
Some of my favorite yard sale finds are recipe boxes, scribbled index cards, folded newspaper cuttings and notes that were once some family’s favorites. For me it’s a treat to peep into a cook’s past, visualizing and tasting the recipes a family may have grown up with.
During a recent weekend garage sale, I was not able to make it to the venue. That’s when one of my close friends introduced me to online yard sales. Though I was reluctant at first thinking I would not get the same feel as the traditional garage sale, slowly I started enjoying visiting various online sites. One such site that I have bookmarked is EverydayYardsale.com. A couple of days back, I came across a classified ad here. It says they have 100 plus cookbooks for sale. Here is the link I would be visiting soon http://www.everydayyardsale.com/productdetails/Buy-Sell-Trade/Books-and-Magazines/840/200-Cooking-Books.htm
Visit everydayyardsale.com for more garage/yard sale tips. As always, enjoy free advertising for selling your items and locating yard sales in your area.
My husband and I have a routine. On Thursdays, we scan the classifieds of the local dailies to check out on the garage sales in our vicinity. On Saturday morning, with a thermos of coffee and cash in hand, we drive down the road at half past seven in the morning. I know you are wondering what does this have to do with cooking and recipes. Apart from the occasional cookware bargain, you would find boxes of inspiring recipes that you buy for pennies.
I enjoy the adventure of going through the boxes of sometimes decades-old cookbooks with fading and at times ugly looking pictures. But I know that I’ll find some interesting recipes in there. Let me remind you that yard/garage sale is not for recipe snobs. It is for people like me who enjoy spending a few bucks on self-published cookbooks. These books cost around 10 cents.
Some of my favorite yard sale finds are recipe boxes, scribbled index cards, folded newspaper cuttings and notes that were once some family’s favorites. For me it’s a treat to peep into a cook’s past, visualizing and tasting the recipes a family may have grown up with.
During a recent weekend garage sale, I was not able to make it to the venue. That’s when one of my close friends introduced me to online yard sales. Though I was reluctant at first thinking I would not get the same feel as the traditional garage sale, slowly I started enjoying visiting various online sites. One such site that I have bookmarked is EverydayYardsale.com. A couple of days back, I came across a classified ad here. It says they have 100 plus cookbooks for sale. Here is the link I would be visiting soon http://www.everydayyardsale.com/productdetails/Buy-Sell-Trade/Books-and-Magazines/840/200-Cooking-Books.htm
Visit everydayyardsale.com for more garage/yard sale tips. As always, enjoy free advertising for selling your items and locating yard sales in your area.
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