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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The Gentle Art of Cookery

By Mrs. C. F. Leyel, Olga Hartley
Chatto & Windus - 1983

This recipe definitely needs a bit of trouble taking, in the way of a proper well-seasoned Bechamel sauce and a good quality chicken, otherwise I suspect it would have been pretty bland. Fortunately I like cooked cucumber - I simmered it in the sauce just long enough to keep a hint of crunch in the centre - and the colour scheme gives it an attractive fresh appearance. I enjoyed the result but am not sure this is a dish I'd make a positive decision to cook again; on the other hand I'll happily revisit it any time I find myself with some cold chicken and a cucumber to use up.

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