Thanks, i'll give it a go over the next couple days then 
The one cookbook you couldn't live without?
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Originally Posted by kingjeremy:
“Thanks, i'll give it a go over the next couple days then”
“Thanks, i'll give it a go over the next couple days then
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Oooo.... you'll have to let me know what you think of it.
We did her creamy chicken curry with Aubergines cooked in the pickling style two nights ago, yummy. I totally agree, Madhur Jaffery's books are not to be missed.
Originally Posted by Shuttermaze:
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It has to be the best recipe in the book. Try it, you'll love it. We have it with the rice & peas and diced fried potatoes cooked with ground cumin, salt and pepper. Have it this weekend, and let me know what you think. One word of caution with it though, you don't need half as much Cayenne pepper as stated, I only use about a 1/4 of a teaspoon at most.”
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It has to be the best recipe in the book. Try it, you'll love it. We have it with the rice & peas and diced fried potatoes cooked with ground cumin, salt and pepper. Have it this weekend, and let me know what you think. One word of caution with it though, you don't need half as much Cayenne pepper as stated, I only use about a 1/4 of a teaspoon at most.”
^^^^ agrees .. you MUST try Spicy Bake its absolutely gorgeous. Really easy to do too
My favourite cookbook is a Chinese Cookery book by Good Housekeeping - my chinese bible!
Originally Posted by Elanor:
“I've got a file that I've made over the years, and I couldn't cook without it. It's full of scribbled recipes I've jotted down from watching things on telly, or that I've scrounged from friends, or that I've adapted from ones in books, or made up myself over the years. It's a bit of a mish mash, but I'd be devastated if I lost it.”
“I've got a file that I've made over the years, and I couldn't cook without it. It's full of scribbled recipes I've jotted down from watching things on telly, or that I've scrounged from friends, or that I've adapted from ones in books, or made up myself over the years. It's a bit of a mish mash, but I'd be devastated if I lost it.”
Originally Posted by stumblebum:
“Exactly the same for me. In fact i'm in the very slow process of typing it all up to print out and put in a file.”
“Exactly the same for me. In fact i'm in the very slow process of typing it all up to print out and put in a file.”
Having the recipes typed up and organized in computer files would probably be more convenient for your use. For sentimental value, however, have you considered just scanning your handwritten recipes into the computer? or maybe rewriting at least your favorites to pass on to a family member or just to someone special? I have handwritten recipes that were my mom's, both my grandmother's, my great aunts... All those wonderful women are gone now, but I'm still using their handwritten recipes.
One cookery book that I couldn't have lived without when I first left home to be a student was The Action Cookbook by Len Deighton - the spy novelist had a 'comic strip' style cookery column in one of the newspapers in the late 60s/early 70s (The Times I think) and they made it into a cookery book.
That book taught me how to make some very impressive dishes such as chilli con carne, beef stroganoff and French onion that I still make to this day. The other one I used all the time was Jocasta Innes The Paupers Cookbook which I think is still available and would be quite useful in these times of high food prices.
The Len Deighton book is now out of print and costs a fortune on eBay although I'd never part with mine - I don't think anybody would pay much for my food splattered copy though.
That book taught me how to make some very impressive dishes such as chilli con carne, beef stroganoff and French onion that I still make to this day. The other one I used all the time was Jocasta Innes The Paupers Cookbook which I think is still available and would be quite useful in these times of high food prices.
The Len Deighton book is now out of print and costs a fortune on eBay although I'd never part with mine - I don't think anybody would pay much for my food splattered copy though.
Originally Posted by LostFool:
“Probably Appetite by Nigel Slater. It's not really a cookbook in the traditional sense - no long lists of of detailed recipes, it's more of a series of suggestion of things to try and encourages you to go freestyle rather being a slave to the recipe.”
“Probably Appetite by Nigel Slater. It's not really a cookbook in the traditional sense - no long lists of of detailed recipes, it's more of a series of suggestion of things to try and encourages you to go freestyle rather being a slave to the recipe.”
I don't have appetite so "Real Food" or "Real Cooking" would be my choice.
I know how to heat water so don't need anything by Delia Smith.
Delia's Complete Cookery Course followed by Dinners in a Dash and 50 More Dinners in a Dash by Tessa Harvard Taylor.
Yeah, the internet. I own a few cookbooks, but tend to just flick through and look at the pictures, rather than cooking anything from them. I could live without them though, easily.
Home cook by Alistar Hendy.
Was bought by my Grandparent for me, my first cook book and has the most yummy recipes in, my faves are, lasagne, chilli, spag bol and burgers....also made easy lemon ice cream...... ummmmmmmm.
Was bought by my Grandparent for me, my first cook book and has the most yummy recipes in, my faves are, lasagne, chilli, spag bol and burgers....also made easy lemon ice cream...... ummmmmmmm.
Readers Digest Cookery Year book from the 70s. It's not that it's spectacularly good (although I think it is), it's just that all the measurements are in lbs and ozs making it much easier for me to guesstimate when making quantity adjustments for the amount of mouths I'm feeding.
Originally Posted by Skinny Jules:
“Good Housekeeping Cookery Book
A really good basic and simple cookery book.”
“Good Housekeeping Cookery Book
A really good basic and simple cookery book.”
We have:
Good Housekeeping: Step-by-step Cookbook: Over 650 Easy-to-follow Techniques and Triple-tested Recipes (Good Housekeeping)
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"Good Housekeeping" Cookery Book: The Cook's Classic Companion (Good Housekeeping Institute)
There are many others.
101 One-pot Dishes: Tried-and-tested Recipes (Good Food 101) is a good book too. £2 on Amazon.
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