....would be the results of Delia's latest book 'How to Cheat at Cooking'. I could not, anyway, seeing that it involves many ready-cooked products not available outside the UK, and it would seem, currently inside the UK.
For those not in the know, Delia Smith is the British goddess of cooking, who taught us all how to cook (in one TV-based cookery course it went back to how to boil an egg). Her Complete Cookery Course is my bible for good old-fashion British cookery - maybe a bit heavy on the cholesterol these days, but I can afford it.....The rich rice pudding, with eggs and cream, the trifle with a double cream custard ..... you get the idea. It was all home made, down to the stock and everything. Delia has made a fortune in connecting books and TV series, and depending on what is on TV at the time, the supermarkets run out of it.
So she has produced this new book, on cheating at cooking. It includes using a lot of ready-cooked ingredients, like ready-cooked frozen aubergines, frozen mashed potatoes, tinned mince and so on. Here her recipes get scathing reviews - they are more difficult to put together than with fresh ingredients, and the tastes are awful, apparently. Well, try eating cupcakes made with frozen mashed potato!
But Delia may be laughing all the way to the bank - the first print-run was sold out before the book was even published.
Me, I'm off to eat my lovely home-made lemon chicken.....
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