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The Paupers Cookbook by Jocasta Innes


is just plain brilliant, from 1971.

horton ;o)

thriftlady_2

horton wrote: »

The Paupers Cookbook by Jocasta Innes


is just plain brilliant, from 1971.

horton ;o)

It is;) but this is the new 2003 edition, which is even more brilliant than the 1971 edition -I have both.

HariboJunkie

Scour the charity shops. In the last couple of years I have picked up a Mrs Beeton, 2 Margarite Pattens and the Daily Express Book of wartime Cookery, published in 1939. If you can ignore all the recipes for tripe and heart they are really useful.

It might also be worth investing in a couple of the current cookery magazines out there as they seem to be doing alot of "credit crunch" recipes atm.

Frugalista

I have (well it's my MIL's but its on long-term loan:D) an excellent little book called "The Austerity Cookbook" by Bridget Ardley. Published in 1975 it's along the lines of Shirley Goode, Bernadine Lawrence, Kitchen in the Hills. Lots of wartime recipes and frugal meals - she emphasises the importance of cutting down on waste and using leftovers :rolleyes:.

I really should look on Amazon for a copy of my own .

foreign correspondent - it also contains 11 recipes for rabbit, let me know it you would like any of them.

*moggins*

thriftlady wrote: »

It is;) but this is the new 2003 edition, which is even more brilliant than the 1971 edition -I have both.

I hated the new edition, there were some good recipes in it but she had taken out the section on programmed eating which you couldn't beat for cutting down on food waste and there were some really faddy meals in there.

I lost my original copy for years but finally managed to find one online and then found another a week later in a charity shop. I bought both copies in case I ever lost it again!

thriftlady_2

*moggins* wrote: »

I hated the new edition, there were some good recipes in it but she had taken out the section on programmed eating which you couldn't beat for cutting down on food waste and there were some really faddy meals in there.

I lost my original copy for years but finally managed to find one online and then found another a week later in a charity shop. I bought both copies in case I ever lost it again!

Yes, the new edition no longer has the programmed eating chapter. But, it isn't the same book as The New Pauper's Cookbook which was published in 1992 -had a white cover with a cartoony drawing on the front. The 2003 edition linked in horton's post has most of the original 1971 recipes plus some more modern veggie and pasta recipes;)

*moggins*

It's okay now I have both editions but when I had lost my original 1971 version and bought the 2003 edition (supposedly as a replacement) I was gutted to find lots of my favourite bits missing.

The two work well alongside each other but I would happily murder anyone who tried to take my 1971 edition

ivyleaf

thriftlady wrote: »

Yes the rabbit recipes have gone -why?

Could it be that the rabbit recipes have been removed because rabbit is dearer than it was in the 70s? I've never cooked it myself, but my Mum used to buy it for our very faddy Siamese cat so I suppose it must have been fairly cheap at that time. Whereas I saw "Half a large rabbit" in our butcher's the other day and it was £8.99. We live on the edge of London, but even so I felt it was rather dear and not "frugal"!

Beki

i've just bought this

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can't wait to get it and read it!

Beki

ivyleaf wrote: »

thriftlady wrote: »

I saw "Half a large rabbit" in our butcher's the other day and it was £8.99.

:eek: they're £2.99p for a whole rabbit round here! :eek: JEEEEZE LOUISE! and i thought ours was taking the mick :rotfl: