Recipes NOT to be repeated!!

*zippy*

Nigella's clementine cake, I know I have read on here that others like it, but no one in my house would eat it

Another thumbs down for yoghurt cake too.

mum2one

never again - coconut soup, from an old Dairy cookbook, didnt help that instead of 3 teaspoons of coconut I put in 3 heaped tablespoons, think wallpaper paste was the general comments! x

My new motto ;

If you dont ask you dont get - why on why cant I find tall dark and handsome with a bulging wallet! x

thriftlady_2

HariboJunkie wrote: »

I haven't tried that particular recipe but every single other one I've tried from that book has worked perfectly. Did you have problems with any of the other recipes thriftlady so I know what to avoid as I work my way through it.

I didn't try any others before I decided I no longer needed the book. If you read the reviews of it on Amazon you'll find someone else who had trouble with the timing of recipes in it.

I've also had problems with Nigel Slater's recipes -the spiced rice dish from Appetite -much too much liquid, and the braised oxtail from same book -not long enough in oven.

I find recipes are best read for inspiration then not followed Just do your own thing.

For relable cakes and biscuits though Mary Berry can't be beaten. Nebver had a failure from her Ultimate Cake Book.

thriftlady_2

I should add that all the recipes I've tried from HFW's other books (the ones he hasn't co-written with someone else) have worked really well.

Buffy the Vampire Bat he has a recipe for parsnip risotto to which I add bacon or pancetta. The flavours are really good together. Keep the parsnip in really small dice and serve with plenty of Parmesan.

kunekune

To answer the question, the washing up liquid was on the bench next to the salt, I just picked it up without looking and sprinkled ... It was when the whole thing started to bubble that I realised I had a problem. We had a takeaway IIRC.

Thistle-down

3)for another ingredient, did you catch a routemaster bus, and since these are no longer in service, did you hire one as your own personal bus?

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

purpleprincess

stefejb wrote: »

.... oh and the spectacular veggie xmas centrepeice from last year. It was in a rose elliot book and involved parboiling leeks and then draping individual leaves around a ring bowl thingy, mixing the rest of leeks with eggs, stilton and cream and then baking in a bain marie for 30 minutes before turning out to the gasps of confirmed carnivores no longer disapointed at the lack of turkey - reality - three bl**dy hours later I gave up and grilled it and it was rechristened xmas gloop and even veggie dd begged me to do turkey this year and let her have just roast veggies

I haven't read all of the thread yet but it's a shame this didn't work out for you...it's one of our favourites! I do it with the cranberry sauce round the top of the ring, slow cooked red cabbage and Margi Clarkes' garlic potato bake.

It's been requested for special meals away from Christmas and I've found it sets and freezes really well. (although I can imagine the sloppy disaster if it didn't set for you! )

Buffy_the_Vampire_Bat

thriftlady wrote: »

I should add that all the recipes I've tried from HFW's other books (the ones he hasn't co-written with someone else) have worked really well.

Buffy the Vampire Bat he has a recipe for parsnip risotto to which I add bacon or pancetta. The flavours are really good together. Keep the parsnip in really small dice and serve with plenty of Parmesan.

Thanks thriftlady, I'll check it out - I absolutely love parsnips and think parsnips would go better with rice than pasta

And and on the subject of Nigella, was I the only one to catch the burp from one of Nigella's guests right at the end of Monday night's programme? Also, did anyone else think that the chickpea and rocket mix might be a bit dry?

cbsexec

just read this thread and am glad other people have trouble with recipe books

My main complaint is why do mine never look like the pictures in the books - their cakes are always 10ft high, beautiful colours etc Everythin just the right constituency - I think they write recipe books with just one thing not quite right so ordinary people think they can't cook as well as famous cooks!

My best recipes are passed on from other people who have already road tested them

pigpen

fizzyfeet wrote: »

I tried making the yogurt pot cake, it was horrid, just came out so heavy

I've done that!!! It wasn't hard it was just like a blob.. not helped by the fact I just found out I was pg that morning and was really hormonal and ended up an emotional blubbering wreck..