ghostlymoron
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I keep seeing adverts for Delia on this forum. I've only got one cook book and that is hers but there are other TV cooks, Nigella for instance but I'm a Delia man. Who shares my opinion?
Delia v Nigella
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Poignard
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We rely mainly on the cookbook that came with the gas cooker my wife's mother bought in 1910 when she married.
pvb
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I rely mainly on an adblocker...
RichardS
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I rely mainly on this being Practical Boat Owner ....
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ghostlymoron
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Was it The Regulo?
Old Bumbulum
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To cater for novice cooks upwards a far better cookbook than either of those is the classic Penguin Cookery Book by Bee Nilson.
It covers everything from the real basics - and I mean the real essential ones, not modern quick dodges - and background skills that neither Delia nor the luscious Nigella can be bothered with, and is still only the size of a normal paperback. The recipes are more traditional of course but for many that's the appeal.
It covers everything from the real basics - and I mean the real essential ones, not modern quick dodges - and background skills that neither Delia nor the luscious Nigella can be bothered with, and is still only the size of a normal paperback. The recipes are more traditional of course but for many that's the appeal.
Poignard
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I have just been trying to find it and my wife says she thinks she gave it to a charity shop (no wonder the standard of cooking here has gone downhill lately!
). She thinks it was the Radiation Regulo one but I don't think that was published in 1910.It contained recipes for complete meals as well as individual dishes and I don't think it had any illustrations.
I'll be annoyed if she's given it away because it had a very good recipe for stuffed marrow; one of my favourite meals.
Kukri
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Constance Spry.
pvb
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Fanny Cradock.
Fr J Hackett
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Richard10002
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I haven’t got a blocker on my iPad, but I have never noticed them.
The only cook book I use regularly is a Heston Blumenthal one. It’s taught me to make the best chips, roast potatoes, steak, and roast beef, that I have ever tasted.... I refer to it now and then to remind me of various bits of the methods, but have made nothing else from it.
maby
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I rely mainly on Sainsburys TV dinners, but Nigella would be very welcome to stop by to microwave them up for me!
JumbleDuck
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Interesting. For similar things I rely on the Glasgow Cookery Book, which was initially published by the Domestic Economy ("Dough") School as the recipes in their courses for young wives, which my mother took in the 50s. Later on John Smith published it. It went out of print for years and prices went sky-high, but is now available again for a very modest fifteen quid: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glasgow-Cookery-Book-Centenary-Celebrating/dp/184934003X.
VicS
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I mostly use Delia's " Complete cookery Course" but the Good Housekeeping Cookery Compendium (published 1955) is a useful one to have. Mine must have been m.i.l's.
I might take a look at these two from Mary Berry at Lidl next week
https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/MiddleofLidl.htm?articleId=20777
( Also note the "whole bottle" wine glasses https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/MiddleofLidl.htm?articleId=20784 )
These days however I am buying a lot of "Cook" frozen meals & dishes. I strongly recommend them, worth checking for a Cook shop in the area or a local stockist.
https://www.cookfood.net/
PetiteFleur
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Delias recipes always work - in my experience
johnalison
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Our bible too.
Q. Who or what does she have in common with Annette (Muffin the mule) Mills?
Old Harry
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That sounds an interesting idea, thank you
JumbleDuck
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Easy. They both had affairs with the painter Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein).
Hydrozoan
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Elizabeth David, Anna del Conte (for Italian) and Jane Grigson (for fish), to name but three.
Spirit (of Glenans)
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I discovered Nigella Seeds in our spice rack. I attempted to grow a Nigella but the seeds wouldn't germinate��
