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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).


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June 10th, 2019

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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Farmhouse Fare

By Mary Day
Hulton Press - 1947

17th October 2013

Blackberry Cordial : page 289

I've been racking my brains for things to do with this year's spectacular blackberry crop (I've picked over 15lbs within 200 yards of my house) so decided to try this, which is supposed to be good for sore throats and colds. It involves macerating the fruit in vinegar, and the result does taste quite vinegary which is fair enough for a medicinal preparation, but I wouldn't offer it to anyone as a normal beverage. I had a sore throat last night so gave it a try and feel better today - whether this is a placebo effect, I cannot say ...

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