20-12-2015, 12:05 PM
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Re: Those Recipes Books
You have just reminded me that this is something I must put my mind to after Christmas. I have a shelf full of (mostly) dust gatherers, and I simply must do something about them! One I use a lot is from the Ministry of Food and is full of jam and chutney recipes, and the best lemon curd ever.
20-12-2015, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Sweetsue
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You have just reminded me that this is something I must put my mind to after Christmas. I have a shelf full of (mostly) dust gatherers, and I simply must do something about them! One I use a lot is from the Ministry of Food and is full of jam and chutney recipes, and the best lemon curd ever.
If it helps I solved the problem by going through my many books and selected the few favourites that I wanted to keep.
I cut out the pages and popped them into those plastic A4 covers and then into a binder. I had my recipes and more shelf space and the charity shop got the books, minus a page or two
20-12-2015, 02:44 PM
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I have shelves full of cookery books mostly gifts, they are upstairs and seldom used.I stick to the couple I have downstairs...
The Good Housekeeping Institute cook book and the first Delia with the black cover.
Also my home made file of tried/tested/my own adaptations of recipes.
I find many of the recipes in books don't work and I wonder it the writers have deliberately made them that way.
I also use the BBC Cooking website.
20-12-2015, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962
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I had a clear out last year, all I kept was a very old Delia she covers most things, and a couple of dairy books from Unigate back in the day. I also have my hand written book handed down the generations anything else I source on line.
I got rid of loads too.
The one I turn to again and again especially for this time of year is good old Delia. My friend and I always joke "you can always rely on Delia!" but it's true!
I've tried Nigella and she's rubbish with detail.
And I agree Nigel Slater is good though I don't have any books of his but I always cook the Christmas gammon a la Nigel (simmer in apple juice with veg and juniper berries etc)
20-12-2015, 06:55 PM
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I dont buy cookery books. I use the internet to find recipes often ones Ive seen on a cookery show and like.I print them out and then put them into a plastic sleeve in a special ring binder.
When I want to cook that item I unclip the recipe and clip it up in the kitchen... No unhandy books cluttering up the place and I only have recipes I actually use.
20-12-2015, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by malcolm
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I have lots of them including a Be Ro flour recipe book from the 1940's 
Although, I never ever follow a recipe I always use my years of 'expertise' and common sense.
Trouble with donating the books to charity shops is that I live near Hay on Wye which has more book shops than you can shake a stick at. However, I'm having a shredder for Christmas, so may get busy with that in the New Year!
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