The Ducks Guts' Profile

From: Melbourne, Vic Australia

Joined: March 26th, 2010

About me: Just in case my mother finds this website, I don't buy all my cookbooks new. A lot are second hand from garage sales and op shops. One of my favorites is a 1960's high school cookbook from Malaysia bought from a garage sale. I use to love the Time-Life Good Cook series and the Food of the World series, but I haven't had a lot of success cooking out of them. They are wonderful to read tho', so they are still in the bookshelves, and not relegated to storage.

Favorite cookbook: Thai Food by David Thompson

Lentil Soup from A Month in Marrakesh

A good plain soup which made a large potful. I made it with water, not stock, and it still worked, which is always a good sign. read more >

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Chinese Cooking: Cantonese (International Gourment)

By Margaret Leeming
Ward Lock Ltd - 1993

Nobody liked this one.

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A very popular dish with the pork eaters in the family. I just brown the spareribs as per usual, rather then deep fry them and use about a third of the sugar. I also add more water as it does tend to stick.

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Not sure about this one. It's a bit ususual. Only one person liked the stir-fried cucumber and I never made it again after that.

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A bit unusual, but nice once you get use to the idea. This recipe is very similar to the Portugese Chicken recipe found in some chinese cook books.

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Good recipe. Works well with chicken. I cut the sesame oil down to a dash and if roasting chicken breasts, cut the time down to 15 minutes. Don't double the marinade if doubling the meat - doesn't need it.

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A good family dish. Served with another dish, it will do two for dinner.

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A thinly-sliced chicken breast substitutes fine for the giblets if you can't face them.

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Too bland. There are much better Soy Chicken recipes about.

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Good, but it is important to use a home-made stock. All the supermarket stocks left a noticable after-taste. A specialist stock might work.

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Fiddly to make. Quite nice to eat.

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Wonderful for dinner parties as you can cook it the day before and gently reheat on the day. It also tastes MUCH better if you can use Chinese red vinegar rather then the black vinegar used in the book. I leave the cornflour out of the marinade, and stir-fry the wings rather then deep-fry them.

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A good version of this well-known dish.

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