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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Taste of the Middle East (Creative Cooking Library)

By Soheila Kimberley
Lorenz Books - 2000

The other half liked it, but I found it a little bland, and even a bit odd. Think crunchy lettuce baked custard. The saffron didn't come through at all, but it was perhaps too old. However, if it gets the non-vegetable-eating member of the house to willingly eat vegetables, I'll make it again. We had it with rice, not the suggested yogurt and pita bread.

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This was good, and reasonably simple to make. In the first half of the cooking (which I did in the pressure cooker) I was concerned about the strong cinnamon scent, but once the lemon juice and parsley was added, it settled down and blended in. Tired from Christmas shopping, I added in frozen peas in the last 5 minutes to make it a one-pot meal (2, if you include the rice-cooker for the rice).

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