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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A Bird in the Hand: Chicken Recipes for Every Day and Every Mood

By Diana Henry
Mitchell Beazley - 2015

Quick to prepare and delicious. The crumb coating keeps the chicken very moist. Does involve a lot of mustard - if I'd just opened a fresh jar I might use a bit less. The mustard wasn't that easy to blend with the butter; could try melting the butter first.

I used my halogen oven, and as usual I reduced the temperature by 30 degrees C rather than the recommended 20, but even so the coating on the chicken was approaching the desired "lovely golden colour" after 15 minutes. I therefore put a lid on, removing it for the last 5 mins for final crisping.

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