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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Hurtig Publishers in cooperation with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Supply and Services Canada - 1979

I tend to buy cookery books because they look interesting, rather than because they look useful, which is how I've ended up with a lot of books full of recipes I'll never use. This is one of them; the likelihood of my ever making Jellied Moose Nose or Seal Brain au Gratin is slim to non-existent. I was all set to try out a rabbit recipe but missed the end of the rabbit season by a week, so that one will have to wait till September. In the meantime I have made Butterscotch Bars for Comic Relief. They turned out OK, though the butterscotch and nut topping needs a little something extra (cinnamon, maybe, or possibly coffee).

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