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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Caribbean Cooking (Cookery Library)

By Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz
Penguin Books Ltd - 1993

One of several versions of Rice and Beans in this book - I went for a version from Guadaloupe to go with a curry from the French-speaking part of the Caribbean. Flavour was very good and although I thought the appearance might not be great (since the rice is cooked in the red-bean cooking water which has a distinctly muddy aspect) it actually turned out fine, the rice ending up faintly pink.

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This came out well - I feared that the cloves were going to be a bit overpowering but they mellowed during the cooking time. The bacon also worked better than I expected, acting as a subtle flavouring rather than a main ingredient. I might add a little more curry powder next time. I had it with Pois et Riz to add a bit more substance.

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