cookery books aimed at money savers

thriftlady_2

I think the quoting function is having a funny turn -I've never seen half a rabbit for £8.99

horton_2

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Penguin-PH164-The-Paupers-Cookbook-Jocasta-Innes-1975_W0QQitemZ220360188450QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Books_NonFictionBooks_NonFictionBooks_SM?hash=item220360188450&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

mypet62

Hi all this book keeps me tiding over The Cost-conscious Cook isbn 0-7160-0847-5 Elliot Right Way Books, 1993. Mine is rather dog earred now but it was the best 99p i have ever spent, as i have had it now approx 16 years. It is still available as a used book to buy if you do a search.:j

annie12

chivers1977 wrote: »

I got this one for Christmas

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Healthy-Balanced-Kitchen-Saucepans/dp/1905862156

How to Feed Your Whole Family a Healthy Balanced Diet, with Very Little Money and Hardly Any Time, Even If You Have a Tiny Kitchen, Only Three Saucepans ... - Unless You Count the Garlic Crusher... (Paperback):rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I got that too!!
I think it's good, do you?

ivyleaf

thriftlady wrote: »

I think the quoting function is having a funny turn -I've never seen half a rabbit for £8.99

No, honestly thriftlady - it really, truly was half a rabbit for £8.99! I think after what Beki said I'll query the price next time I'm in the butcher's. My in-laws live near Dover and I've never bought meat in their local farm shop but I have looked at it and it's a lot cheaper than round here. Our butcher's is in the "Q" Guild of quality butchers, but even so!

thriftlady_2

ivyleaf wrote: »

No, honestly thriftlady - it really, truly was half a rabbit for £8.99! I think after what Beki said I'll query the price next time I'm in the butcher's. My in-laws live near Dover and I've never bought meat in their local farm shop but I have looked at it and it's a lot cheaper than round here. Our butcher's is in the "Q" Guild of quality butchers, but even so!

I believe you Ivy leaf:rotfl: it's just that Beki's quoted me as saying it-not you. When you click on the little blue arrow next to my name in her quote it takes you to a completly different quote

Beki

oooh how odd! i didn't do it! honest guv! lol.. i wondered what you were on about LOL

countrymusicfan

When I got married, 30 some years ago, (I don't admit to being over 30:rotfl: ) I had two books that were an enormous help to me. One is the Supercook's Supersaver cook book and the other one was called the Five Loaves and Two Fishes Cook book. While the Five loaves one was not exactly for saving money, more for making what you had go further, it was a fantastic help for good meals. Altho, you might have to look at second hand shops to get them. There was also one years ago about how to live on the money you get from unemployment. I think it was called Living on £3.50 a day, but I don't really remember it. Try the Hillbilly Housewife web site as well. That is quite cheap.

DdraigGoch

The best cookery book I've ever come across, which is also very frugal, is the Glasgow Cookery Book. It's not "fancy" cooking, though it does have some delicious recipes which work very well as dinner party food, and it doesn't have a single illustration but it is very good at explaining everything you need to know about both the dish and the cooking thereof.

http://www.gcal.ac.uk/archives/qc/cookbook.html

This isn't a "buy it now" link, just one to the history of the book. If you want to buy it I'd just search online. I'm not selling my copy!!

meanmarie

Have just ordered the Jocasta Innes book from Amazon....look forward to getting it while there is nobody to see arriving post as my 'children' all think that I am mad all the books I have....there are even times when I agree with them