Kitchen nostalgia?

We've moved so many times, and over the years have acquired and lost many cookery books.
The book I would love to still have is one about cooking in wartime. Don't know where it has gone.
I remember one recipe of baby turnips stewed with black treacle, which I made several times.
Otherwise my favourite is Elizabeth David's French Provincial Cookery - I first bought it back in the ?6Os, lost it, and recently bought another copy.

I have kept every Good Housekeeping recipe since about 1985 ( don't ask ) and it is interesting how fashion in food changes over the years.

With apologies to Mrs Beeton for misspelling your name

I have two shelves in my kitchen full of cookery books, but I find myself again and again turning to Mrs Beaton's Cookery and Household Management, my first cookery book bought for me before we were married. My most used recipe? In the 'réchauffe' section - the pork croquettes, a very simple and tasty way of using up left over cooked pork.

The Times Cookery Book, by Katie Stewart, a paperback falling apart, covered in food splashes and bits stuck back in with sellotape.
Utterly invaluable in my kitchen.

Oh, and an ancient copy of Home and Freezer with a fail-safe recipe for Almond & Cherry upside down cake.

mrs beetons complete book of household management, my copy was a wedding present and is dog eared and fingermarked but it contains everything I have ever needed to know about cooking and other things..
I never did get around to jugged hare or stargazey pie however but the basic recipes were very good.

The Mighty Mince Cookbook. I didn't have a lot of money when the children were little and what I couldn't do with a 1/2 lb of mince! I never did make the 'minced lamb korma' as there were too many ingredients to buy. (Thanks for the reminder Soutra - I might give it go now). The recipes were quite exotic at the time. It now sit happily s beside Jamie Olive's 15 minute meals.