Is it compulsory to have cookery books?
I have just noticed I have pretty much got a small shelf’s worth of cookery books and I bet I have not opened one of them (certainly not in the last 5-10 years – some ever).
So why do I have them?
Are they compulsory in every home? (for display purposes only)
It is certainly not that I don’t or can’t cook, that I don’t use them. May be it is more that to need to use the book it requires a greater level of planning than I am prepared to apply to the consumption on food.
The only things I ever think of for the shopping list would be things like washing-up liquid and loo-roll… the food part I make up as I go along and see what I fancy at the time.
So, do you have a bundle of books filled with lavish dishes you have never tried or do you work your way through them cover to cover?
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Cookery Books
Orgasminator
I don't have many cookery books, but those I do have tend to get read from time to time, and every so often I'll do something from one of them, either because I'm bored with what I tend to cook most often, or because I fancy doing something a bit special.
Currently my favourite is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage Meat Book - it's a good reference on how to cook meat, and I've tried several of the recipes in it, the most successful one so far being pork tenderloins stuffed with sausagemeat, mincemeat (of the kind that normally goes in mince pies), and pine nuts. It's a little bit fiddly to put together, but it's well worth it.
Currently my favourite is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage Meat Book - it's a good reference on how to cook meat, and I've tried several of the recipes in it, the most successful one so far being pork tenderloins stuffed with sausagemeat, mincemeat (of the kind that normally goes in mince pies), and pine nuts. It's a little bit fiddly to put together, but it's well worth it.
Sex God
I have some in the cupboard above the built in oven, don't even remember when I last looked in there, let alone use one of them.
Have to have a look later when I get home and actually see what is in there........
A bit like the cupboard under the stairs, the junk vanishes in there to be let out 3 years later, oh and the draw in the sink unit full of junk as well. :lol:
Have to have a look later when I get home and actually see what is in there........
A bit like the cupboard under the stairs, the junk vanishes in there to be let out 3 years later, oh and the draw in the sink unit full of junk as well. :lol:
Sexlightened
The most I ever do by way of cooking is boiling a pan of rice occasionally, and doing scrambled eggs on a weekend. The oven has been broken four about four years and I haven't missed it. Yet I too have cookery books. Six including the recipe book that came with the microwave oven.
I also have "The Encyclopedia of Vegetable Gardening". The pictures are nice, but other than that it has no value!
I also have "The Encyclopedia of Vegetable Gardening". The pictures are nice, but other than that it has no value!
Curly kale is very good at the moment. Slowly fry in oil with garlic and then sprinkle with soya sauce.
Most cookery is a bit poncy as are the books and authors. The eskimoes don't have any vegetables. Mongolians live almost entirely on goat and sheep products. Yet these are some of the hardiest and fittest beings on the planet.
This week I had one big mac and a fish burger from the Scottish restaurant. I can thoroughly recommend Scottish food. What was that thread about kilts?
Most cookery is a bit poncy as are the books and authors. The eskimoes don't have any vegetables. Mongolians live almost entirely on goat and sheep products. Yet these are some of the hardiest and fittest beings on the planet.
This week I had one big mac and a fish burger from the Scottish restaurant. I can thoroughly recommend Scottish food. What was that thread about kilts?
Cookery books????????
Who needs them?......... there are too many good resteraunts to try for the 'arty farty' well seasoned foods that I would want to eat.....
But If I have to spend time in front of a cooker - then I make do with basic sustainable food that does not require hours of preperation or masses of unpronouncable ingredients!!!
My mum taught me how to guess the right amount of milk and butter to add to mash potatoes.............. and I never weigh a thing when mixing milk eggs and flour for pancakes!
Veg gets steamed til it's cooked but still crisp ....................
The only thing I don't do is frozen chips..... but I don't need a book to show me how to peel a spud!
Finally --- If I'm feeling really lazy ..... there's an M7S Simply Food Store on our high street!
What else would I need to know.....LOL
Who needs them?......... there are too many good resteraunts to try for the 'arty farty' well seasoned foods that I would want to eat.....
But If I have to spend time in front of a cooker - then I make do with basic sustainable food that does not require hours of preperation or masses of unpronouncable ingredients!!!
My mum taught me how to guess the right amount of milk and butter to add to mash potatoes.............. and I never weigh a thing when mixing milk eggs and flour for pancakes!
Veg gets steamed til it's cooked but still crisp ....................
The only thing I don't do is frozen chips..... but I don't need a book to show me how to peel a spud!
Finally --- If I'm feeling really lazy ..... there's an M7S Simply Food Store on our high street!
What else would I need to know.....LOL
Orgasminator
We have 3 kinds of cookery books in my family:
an ancient one written by the King's own chef and it also includes various bits of info like how to choose meat cuts and how to set a table, how to design a menu and how to behave yourself at the table;
a not so ancient one written by a famous chef who had also cooked for the Palace
and a more modern one, the only one written by a woman, which is like a small encyclopaedia full of gems and food stains.
All the rest are just there for decoration. It is impossible to try out a recipe for the first time and get it right, probably because the instructions are not so good. Lots of modern dishes are too fiddly. Food never turns out the way it looks in the M&S cookery book pictures and there is a good reason for it: that food was 'dressed', not cooked.
And finally, as most of the experienced cooks in here, it is pointless to do things by the book as we all develop our individual style of cooking and a lot of it is done by the eye, not by the measure.
Dinner anyone?
an ancient one written by the King's own chef and it also includes various bits of info like how to choose meat cuts and how to set a table, how to design a menu and how to behave yourself at the table;
a not so ancient one written by a famous chef who had also cooked for the Palace
and a more modern one, the only one written by a woman, which is like a small encyclopaedia full of gems and food stains.
All the rest are just there for decoration. It is impossible to try out a recipe for the first time and get it right, probably because the instructions are not so good. Lots of modern dishes are too fiddly. Food never turns out the way it looks in the M&S cookery book pictures and there is a good reason for it: that food was 'dressed', not cooked.
And finally, as most of the experienced cooks in here, it is pointless to do things by the book as we all develop our individual style of cooking and a lot of it is done by the eye, not by the measure.
Dinner anyone?
Sex God
They're food porn. You don't have to cook anything from them. Just drool over the pictures.
I've found Stephanie Alexander's "The Cook's Companion" quite useful. Instead of hundreds of recipes that I'll never use, it has lots of good detail about many ingredients: varieties, selection, storage, preparation, which go with which, and so on. It's great for make-it-up-as-you-go cooking.
I've found Stephanie Alexander's "The Cook's Companion" quite useful. Instead of hundreds of recipes that I'll never use, it has lots of good detail about many ingredients: varieties, selection, storage, preparation, which go with which, and so on. It's great for make-it-up-as-you-go cooking.
I use all my senses when making food, apart from which I also grow some vegetables as well.
Now back in my youth I would cook and fuck in the kitchen. very nice. tasting food and fanny is a great joy. Fucking and stirring the pot at the same time is a very fulfilling experience.
i don't think I needed to consult any books then.
Now back in my youth I would cook and fuck in the kitchen. very nice. tasting food and fanny is a great joy. Fucking and stirring the pot at the same time is a very fulfilling experience.
i don't think I needed to consult any books then.
Sex God
Seems I am in the minority here - I love my cook book shelf. Have loved Delia for years (a bit anal with her measuring out!) but am now converted to Jamie, I love his passion and health attitude style amd he just says chuck a handful in rather than 50g here and there.
I have done probably half the recipes from his Jamie's Dinners book, the apple and blackberry crumble is a fave of us...yum did one last week with apples from the garden and blackberries picked that day...
pink x
I have done probably half the recipes from his Jamie's Dinners book, the apple and blackberry crumble is a fave of us...yum did one last week with apples from the garden and blackberries picked that day...
pink x
Quote by DJohn
They're food porn. You don't have to cook anything from them. Just drool over the pictures.
:thumbup:
I have nearly a shelf full of them and most of them never get used.
I did a lot of baking with my mam when I was a kid - and the Be-re book was almost like a bible for that.....I know the chocolat cake recepie off my heart, but still use it to remind me of quantities and oven temp.
I have a couple of cook books that I dip into for cooking times and temps, but I mostly cook by shoving things in together and seeing what it turns out like.
The only cook book I use regurlary and still have to follow the ingredients closely, is my Indian cook book......I can never remember which spices to put in which dishes otherwise.
Other than that I will have a flick through them every now and again for some inspiration, but I usually then put the book away and adapt the idea of the dish to what I have in the cupboards.
Les x
Warming the Bed
I used to have a load of cookery books, but I gave them all away as they were just taking up space and gathering dust. I do however have a couple left that get brought out for specific things, and one, which is my own recipe book.
I copied some of the bits out of my mother's own recipe book, and I have some great stuff in there, from the richest fruitcake I have ever seen ( you need to get your hands in to get all the fruit covered by the cake mix there's that much in it) to sweets that we used to make for christmas. I also have a great recipe for the biggest, fattest, richest chocolate cake out. (PM me for the recipe if you want to go in for a bit of "genocide by chocolate").
I make a lot of savoury stuff to taste though. A bit of this, a pinch of that, add something else that I think will work, and hey presto... People ask me for the recipes and I have to tell them I can't remember what I put in it half the time. I've started writing some of them down though, so I'm improving gradually.
Hmm... Anyone for a Swinging Heaven Online Cookbook?
I copied some of the bits out of my mother's own recipe book, and I have some great stuff in there, from the richest fruitcake I have ever seen ( you need to get your hands in to get all the fruit covered by the cake mix there's that much in it) to sweets that we used to make for christmas. I also have a great recipe for the biggest, fattest, richest chocolate cake out. (PM me for the recipe if you want to go in for a bit of "genocide by chocolate").
I make a lot of savoury stuff to taste though. A bit of this, a pinch of that, add something else that I think will work, and hey presto... People ask me for the recipes and I have to tell them I can't remember what I put in it half the time. I've started writing some of them down though, so I'm improving gradually.
Hmm... Anyone for a Swinging Heaven Online Cookbook?
have loads of cookery books, most of the weightwatchers, but i do use them a lot as i love to cook, bit of a pain living on your own, but most of it freezes and its always nice to be able to cook something special for guests
for xmas cake i use delia smiths the recipe is just yummy, problem is most of the time i end up eating it all myself lol, hence the need for weightwatchers cook books
Earthy xx
for xmas cake i use delia smiths the recipe is just yummy, problem is most of the time i end up eating it all myself lol, hence the need for weightwatchers cook books
Earthy xx
Sex God
My Angelica is a fantastic cook! :inlove: She occasionally uses cookbooks for inspiration.
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I have three
Delia
Mrs. Beatons
Ken Hom
I hate cooking the standard everyday stuff, beans on toast, etc etc, but I love getting in the kitchen and creating something. It's mainly dishes with an oriental theme. I tend to use the cook books more for idea's than anything else. Invariably I will add my own idea's to a recipe, sometimes they work, sometimes they dont.
Marmite with noodles doesn't work btw
I am contemplating one more cook book - The River Cottage Cookbook.
Delia
Mrs. Beatons
Ken Hom
I hate cooking the standard everyday stuff, beans on toast, etc etc, but I love getting in the kitchen and creating something. It's mainly dishes with an oriental theme. I tend to use the cook books more for idea's than anything else. Invariably I will add my own idea's to a recipe, sometimes they work, sometimes they dont.
Marmite with noodles doesn't work btw
I am contemplating one more cook book - The River Cottage Cookbook.
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My Angelica is a fantastic cook! :inlove:
Actually, (sit down, this might come as a shock) . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . HornyLittleBlonde is a fantastic cook. I'd even go as far as to say, one of the best I've ever known.
And certainly thebest "young woman" I've ever known. (Cooking too :grin: )
She actually "cooks"
Most youngsters I've been "involved" just seem to either warm stuff up, you know - put something over heat until it's warm/hot enough to eat, then put it on a plate. But HLB actually cooks
She takes the time to prepare, cook, and serve - regardless of time/fatigue constraints. Even ping meals are "served"
I love her.
*manly cough*She gives incredible head too, and is by far the sweetest girl I've ever tasted. :twisted:
*In edit . . .
I've just realised. She's about to lose her "youngster" status. Next month she'll be well into her thirties :shock:
Mmmm - maybe I should re-think the giving of blanket 5 year licences :dunno: and take into account the age at time of issue
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I've just realised. She's about to lose her "youngster" status. Next month she'll be well into her thirties :shock:
Mmmm - maybe I should re-think the giving of blanket 5 year licences
1 Petite Blonde (rather Horny) Early30's
Licence almost expired
Good Cook
Good Head
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