Yes, I vaguely remember that recently my mother was laughing about how she does not need the Jungle Cookbook now. But of course there was a time, back in the old days, when the Jungle Cookbook seemed to my mom a very handy reference when cooking dinner with what was available, rather than what ingredients you wished you had to fill out the recipe. But of course, here in the United States we have everything on the grocery store shelves and there is no problem with trying to cook dinner.