... there's been a lot of broohaha going on about Delia Smith and her new cookbook & tv series How to Cheat at Cooking. Most of it quite nasty. See here too, and here.
I read along as I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Delia, as a fellow bossyboots, she appeals. (Mr Brown prefers Nigella but I think we can all guess why!). And because she taught me how to make a white sauce without lumps - GUARANTEED. That trick alone was worth the purchase of all 3 of her How to Cook series (nice books by the way, and she does go way beyond eggie boilage - I know because I have all 3, as well as her christmas book because I DREAM of a northern christmas feast.)
The comments, especially over at The Guardian link (first one) are a scream. So many carried on about how she dared try to teach people to boil an egg! Well, we all had to be taught by someone, human or cookbook, it's not instinctive. Some people never got taught, horrifying I know, but true nonetheless.
That said, from what I've seen I don't think I'll be getting How to Cheat at Cooking, I'm lucky enough to have sufficient time and money to cook as she suggested in How to Cook - using fresh ingredients and from scratch (though I'll admit to tinned Italian tomatoes and frozen peas).
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I'll be darned!
Thank you!
;o)
- Lee
Oh a perfect cheat! I was taught this ages ago, but somehow I actually enjoy the cut and thrust of making a roux from scratch - frustrating as they may be ;o)
Lee - don't forget to thank poor beleaguered Delia.
Roo, tis perfect indeed because it's all the same ingredients, just a different "method".
I too do the Roux from time to time, just to keep my hand in - but on a Friday night, late home from work, it's cheating all the way!
jeeze. pardon the pun, but the heckler does not mince words in his summation of delia's techniques!!
CAW, he's refreshingly candid non?
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