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Your favourite cookbook

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iammumtoone
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in Old style MoneySaving
If you could just keep one of your cookbooks, which would it be?

No cheating you are only allowed to pick one :D
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  • iammumtoone
    iammumtoone Posts: 6,377 Forumite
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    waiting to see if I get any replies as picking just one might be too hard :rotfl:I am still trying to think what mine would be :o
  • Islandmaid
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    OMG - that’s like choosing your favourite child :eek:
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  • gunsandbanjos
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    https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B016IOF9JS/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
    This, love it.
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  • Nonnadiluca
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    'Forgotten skills of cooking' by Darina Allen: not only great recipes but a lovely read as well. I got mine at about half price on eBay but it was still by far the most I have paid for a cookery book but worth every penny!
  • [Deleted User]
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    'Cooking for Two' I bought it as a newly wed in 1962 from Woolworths it cost me 2/6d and I wouldn't part with it for the world I have had posher, shinier books over the years since then, but my old cook book reminds me of a time when I was a very young bride cooking for my beloved OH. Very ordinary basic recipes and when I see it I have so many happy memories of making him something special :):):)
  • PollyWollyDoodle
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    IT would have to be Delia Smith - the original Complete Cookery Course. It's got everything you need from Christmas cake to pancake batter, and the recipes always work.
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  • MallyGirl
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    same here - Delia.

    If I was making a curry I would dip into my original Madhur Jaffrey for inspiration.
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  • caronc
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    Islandmaid wrote: »
    OMG - that’s like choosing your favourite child :eek:
    Isn't it just :rotfl::rotfl:
    PollyWollyDoodle wrote: »
    IT would have to be Delia Smith - the original Complete Cookery Course. It's got everything you need from Christmas cake to pancake batter, and the recipes always work.
    Me too, if I had to only choose just one.
  • pandamonium
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    But what about the famous Dairy one? ��
    Although you have to rate Delia for reliability.
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    Hi folks don't normally post on here, but saw the thread and decided to pop in.

    Pru Leith, Cook's Handbook. Bought in the 1980s. Not so much a cookbook as the book that makes the cookbooks work. Great companion to the Delia above.
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