Spag bol.....what are your 'must have' additions?

[slowmotion]

Is that her "How to Cook" volume published in the mid-ish 70s? Novel sized, hardback, about 2 inches thick?

If so, I have a copy too. Love her recipe for Eggs Florentine

It's this slightly battered and smeared offering.....

 

[bitsandbobs]

Spot on! I still use her ragu recipe. Here it is.......

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I add a few cut-up up ancshovy fillets.

Cheeky!!

 

[Reynard]

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Yes, that's the one! Although mine is an earlier edition from 1983. The book was first published in 1978, btw.

Don't often use a cook book, but that is one of my go-to books when I do need to look something up.

 

[bitsandbobs]

Pancetta wasn't readily available in the UK in the 70's so cooks like Delia used alternatives like chicken liver.

Well yes, but slag bol is the equivalent of chicken tikka masala in relation to Indian cuisine. Pointless aiming at any kind of erstaz authenticity, so i'd stick with the richness of chicken livers.

 

[bitsandbobs]

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Were on our second copy. The first one died

 

[slowmotion]

Were on our second copy. The first one died

I'm sure it had a life well lived.

 

[itboffin]

Pasta with extra virgin olive oil and black pepper is just yummy no need for a sauce

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Delia Smith is 80. Sobering.

Mind you, Queen Hairy Berry's age will have to be determined by dendrochronology after her demise.

...and why has Delia only got a CBE Vs Berry's DBE. I know who I think has been the more influential

 

[Arrowfoot]

Delia Smith is 80. Sobering.

Mind you, Queen Hairy Berry's age will have to be determined by dendrochronology after her demise.

...and why has Delia only got a CBE Vs Berry's DBE. I know who I think has been the more influential

Delia by a mile. "The Delia effect" is a thing

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jan/20/bbc.broadcasting

 

[slowmotion]

Delia by a mile. "The Delia effect" is a thing

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jan/20/bbc.broadcasting

Anybody else get caught up in the goose fat fad? My roast spuds were a Christmas disaster one year. The bread sauce was an absolute triumph.

 

[jowwy]

Mince has to be at least 15% fat…..none of this low fat 5% rubbish with no flavour

 

[Reynard]

Anybody else get caught up in the goose fat fad? My roast spuds were a Christmas disaster one year. The bread sauce was an absolute triumph.

Nope.

Goose fat is overpriced rubbish. Can't beat beef dripping for roasties (or chips for that matter).

 

[Reynard]

Delia Smith is 80. Sobering.

Mind you, Queen Hairy Berry's age will have to be determined by dendrochronology after her demise.

...and why has Delia only got a CBE Vs Berry's DBE. I know who I think has been the more influential

Mmmmmm, what about Marguerite Patten?

Delia and Berry owe a lot to her, methinks.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Mmmmmm, what about Marguerite Patten?

Delia and Berry owe a lot to her, methinks.

Don't disagree, but we tend not to ennoble posthumously!

 

[Reynard]

Don't disagree, but we tend not to ennoble posthumously!

Alas not... Marguerite Patten only has an OBE...

And never mind all the work she did for the Ministry of Food during WW2. I have her wartime cook books (modern reprints thereof) and yes, I do use them.

Her mock marmalade is lovely - it's really an apple jam flavoured with orange peel. Sweeter than marmalade, but very nice on toast regardless.