Sovay's Profile

From: Northern England,

Joined: October 7th, 2012

About me: I've embarked on a mission to cook something new from every cookery book I own - currently 260 - and am planning to use my account here to keep track (thanks to rfb from Librarything for tipping me off to the existence of this site). I've made a couple of rules for myself: to cook the recipe as given, with no substitution or variation unless suggested by the author; and to try to pick a genuinely new dish from each book - in other words, as I've cooked many Leek and Potato Soups in my time, I don't get to count Leek and Potato Soup as a new dish just because I haven't used this specific recipe before (unless it has really significant differences from the usual versions).

Hodge Podge from Mrs Beeton's Cookery Book

Beef and vegetable soup with beer - turned out disappointingly bland. The recipe had no seasoning other than salt and pepper - having tried it, I added a stock cube and some Worcester sauce, which helped... read more >

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Save with Jamie: Shop Smart, Cook Clever, Waste Less

By Jamie Oliver
Michael Joseph - 2013

Strangely old-fashioned in that quite a number of recipes are based on cooking a big roast dinner and then using up the leftovers over several days (which is is actually one of the reasons I bought the book). I suspect it leans towards child-friendly recipes - I can't see any other reason for the complete absence of any mention of liver or heart, though there is one recipe for kidneys.

Follows the modern trend for "frugal" cookbooks to cost an arm and a leg (£26! Would not have bought it full price ...)