tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post115391054573239177..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: Thinking, as usual, about foodZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1153952674033849912006-07-26T23:24:00.000+01:002006-07-26T23:24:00.000+01:00I have no idea why I regularly use just one recipe...I have no idea why I regularly use just one recipe from a book, really like it, but never use anything else from that book. <BR/>Or why I read a recipe, absorb the basic idea and then adapt away until it's unrecognisable.<BR/>Delia's recipes work though, which is more than some posher cooks' do. But I'm impressed to know she doesn't hold sway everywhere.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1153950736694666652006-07-26T22:52:00.000+01:002006-07-26T22:52:00.000+01:00And here's another Delia-less cook.I have a decrep...And here's another Delia-less cook.<BR/>I have a decrepit (21st birthday present) copy of Good Housekeeping's Look and Cook, something by Marguerite Patten, an Australian Women's Weekly (?) book of cakes, and a couple of very old publications from Hampshire County W.I., plus assorted recipes from friends, magazines, packets, etc in a display folder. And don't use about 90% of them!<BR/>dw - we always used to have peas with macaroni cheese; I wonder why we stopped.stitchworthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827825336666824765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1153932141923910272006-07-26T17:42:00.000+01:002006-07-26T17:42:00.000+01:00I take back the *simple* macaroni cheese, you make...I take back the *simple* macaroni cheese, you make the upmarket version!Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1153919455278269962006-07-26T14:10:00.000+01:002006-07-26T14:10:00.000+01:00Hi dw - glad to see that a high-powered Londoner c...Hi dw - glad to see that a high-powered Londoner cooks simple macaroni cheese. I have put onion and such veggies in macaroni cheese too, tossed the pasta in the fried onion - it seems to lighten the pasta somewhat and make it less relentless. <BR/>Which must mean, make it relent. Hm.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.com