Delia's Classic Christmas; BBC2 Tuesday 9pm

Penelope_Penguin

Delia Smith presents a festive cooking special.

Will you be watching More importantly, will there be new recipes

Penny. x

zippychick

I'll watch it for the giggle. . You?

Penelope_Penguin

zippychick wrote: »

I'll watch it for the giggle. . You?

I was taught to cook by Saint Delia, but she lost all my loyalty when she did "Cheat" :rolleyes: I will be watching of course

I have Delia's original Christmas book, and it's invaluable for the countdown on The Day - my children know when they can get out of bed, as Delia tells them when the oven needs switching on :rotfl: They can then come and wake us (these days with a tray of tea :j ).

I have Nigella's Christmas book from the library, and am really struggling not to buy a copy It's beautiful and there are so many recipes I'm going to try :T

Penny. x

ALIBOBSY

I agree about the "cheat" series, I felt betrayed by that and only managed a couple of episodes.
I have had the full cookery course (the 90's version) for ages and it is great for basic recipes. Mind you I also love my good housekeeping cookery book, both have those basics you need.
The other cookery books I have are to read as a book and for inspiration.

Did have a countdown to christmas thingy that delia did a few years ago but have lost it, so will give it a watch. If nothing else it will help get into the crimbo mood. Mind you will watch any other crimbo cookery programmes for the same reason.
That was where I found out that homemade custard can be made early and frozen for your trifles etc.

But be warned Delia no cheating or I will be seriously miffed .

ali x

VfM4meplse

I watch her for entertainment value only...there is something about the way she says Chrisssssmas that I find, er quite Christmassy!

The woman has no sense of fat content / calorific value and justifies everything by stressing "well it is Chrissssmas". I shall be playing bingo with her vocab. :xmassign:

recovering_spendaholic

I LOVE Delia and the only book of hers I haven't bought was the cheat's one, which I thought was awful, as was the accompanying programme on TV. I love her Christmas book, which I use every year, and have recently got the new one - her red cabbage is the nicest I have ever tried. I find her really calming to watch somehow - I hope she does the new show from the conservatory kitchen set - much nicer than her home one she used for the cheating programme. I also have Nigellas book, but just enjoyed reading that and haven't made anything from it - I don't think I could ever be bothered to make that turkey in a plastic bin full of brine malarkey. I am tempted to make the gingerbread stuffing though - I think it sounds nice - but I will have to make it on a trial run first because we all like sausagemeat stuffing so much.

Bongedone

I still have the old Christmas show recorded on Sky+ last year along with the Top of the Pops Christmas special with Slade etc. Will put that on when setting up the tree. Will record tonights also.

lowesy

I would like to watch this, but DH and I have a guilty pleasure, which is I'm a Celebrity on ITV at the same time :o:o:o and we don't have sky or the posh freeview that you can record with - does anyone know if it'll be repeated at all...?(Flippin "Celebrity" - it's taken over my life! I'm already watching Top Gear and CSI Miami repeats where will it end :eek:)

Like Delia a lot, find her more amenable than Nigella (Nigella lost me last year after she just happened to have some handy chicken feet in her freezer :rolleyes: mind you this was prior to my jumping totally on the OS bandwagon!)

Is it a series does anyone know, or just a one-off?

TIA,
Lowesy xx

ellemm

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

I have Nigella's Christmas book from the library, and am really struggling not to buy a copy It's beautiful and there are so many recipes I'm going to try :T

Penny. x

I got Nigella's Christmas book last year and used quite a few of her recipes Penny and most of them were great, especially the Christmas Rocky Road . It's a beautifully illustrated book but Nigella herself irritates me a bit as she is just ever so smug :rolleyes:

seraphina

I was fortunate enough to get Nigella's Christmas book last year as a gift, PP don't read any further....




It's brilliant, for me it strikes just the right note of festive kitsch and overindulgence! I take what I want out of it as I don't want to come across as a total Nigella clone but on the whole it is beautiful. And the recipes are reliable. Sure, you can go the whole hog and get the spruce-tree-shaped cake tin - or you can just cook the "ordinary" recipes - the beetroot and squash barley risottos are great, the peanut brittle makes a fab gift and the drinks are fun as well.

I'll be watching Delia on iplayer - but I do find that she can be a bit dry at times.

purpleivy

I always think that Delia is a bit smug as well! As there is that on that I want to watch and dh wants two things on tonight I have very generously agreed to watch Delia on I-Player tomorrow. Isn't that nice of me? TBH I find cookery programmes on the whole like watching paint dry. Econ. Gastron kept me engaged for a while.