Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

notjustlaura

I've scanned the last few messages but don't have time to check back further so I hope this isn't duplicate info.

ASDA is selling the Economy Gastronomy book for £10. The cover price is £20. So, after a good flick through, guess who's bought herself a copy?

foxgloves

I've just borrowed the book from the library today. Have only had a chance for a quick look so far, but I think it's going to be good. I've cooked this way for years, doing meals from scratch & using leftovers for other meals, so I wondered if it'd contain much that I don't already do, but I've seen lots of new recipes & ideas in it, so am looking forward to trying some of them.

PasturesNew

I'd not buy the book, it's definitely for families with more money to spend than I'd have. ... and you do need time.

But I enjoyed watching it - some of the recipes are doable without fuss. That salmon one for example, just poaching it in white wine then dropping the asparagus into the water shortly before serving. Then mixing up the leftovers with spuds and coating them in breadcrumbs.

For me, the programme is more about "seeing what that looks like" - I've had no experience of seeing people cook these sort of things before, so it's interesting to see what they say/what they mean ... what that actually looks like. e.g. a pinch of salt, I've always thought that meant a tight pinch, it seems to mean quite a large pinch. And a splash of wine ... seems to be at least a glass whereas I'd have thought it meant about an egg cupful.

Hardup_Hester

Last week I made the banana bran muffins & took them to work to share.
They caused great hilarity, there were some unfortunate side effects, we are now known as the incredible [EMAIL="f@rting"]f@rting[/EMAIL] office!!!

Hugs Hester

aurorahelios

I'm considering buying the book but, all the recipes I saw on the show I really want to try were on the BBC website so I printed copies from there- I'd be grateful if someone can let me know if there is anything new in the book, or will I just be wasting money on repeated recipes!

pebbles88

aurorahelios wrote: »

I'm considering buying the book but, all the recipes I saw on the show I really want to try were on the BBC website so I printed copies from there- I'd be grateful if someone can let me know if there is anything new in the book, or will I just be wasting money on repeated recipes!

theres is about 100 recipes in the book, but i think the most popular ones were on the website. if there is anything in partic u fancy im sure someone will pop the recipe up.

i made the braised beef bedrock at the wkend, and the subsequent recipes... my husband said its the best £10 he has ever spent buying me the book!! i must admit they were gorgeous, i was gobsmacked i could make something so nice! will say one thing though.... the 1 kg of mince going into 3 times 800g for each tumbledown recipe.... i ended up using 1.5 kg, and still struggled to make that amount!! the whole thing came to about 1.8 kg in total.

thriftlady_2

aurorahelios wrote: »

I'm considering buying the book but, all the recipes I saw on the show I really want to try were on the BBC website so I printed copies from there- I'd be grateful if someone can let me know if there is anything new in the book, or will I just be wasting money on repeated recipes!

Library

p00

I bought the book with an Amazon voucher.

On the bread recipe what does it mean to save some of the previous dough for the next loaf starter? Makes it sound like yogurt.

xp00

northwest1965

Take a look at the handmade bread thread, they are talking about this very thing. Interesting!
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=25606741#post25606741

laineyc_2

I made the red pepper hummus and the chickpea loaf and they were very tasty.