I will never hear a word said against St Delia. I have many, many cookbooks and hers are the only ones where I can pick literally any recipe and know that it’s going to work. Also the lemon meringue ice-cream in the Summer collection is the bomb, I could literally eat my own body-weight in it.
I will never hear a word said against St Delia. I have many, many cookbooks and hers are the only ones where I can pick literally any recipe and know that it’s going to work. Also the lemon meringue ice-cream in the Summer collection is the bomb, I could literally eat my own body-weight in it.
You can buy an air fryer for the same cost as a bullet blender and a cheap stick blender will cover most of your blending needs. How out of touch is guest?
When it is so caked in burnt-on gunk that I can only slide fish fingers in one at a time, and I put it on to warm up and there is an aroma of a full roast dinner pervading the entire house after five minutes, then I consider it time for a new one.
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This morning I was inspired to put my oven shelves in a massive plastic container full of Surf and hot water. I’m afraid to say it doesn’t work very well on filthy, caked-on, black grease. The edges were gleaming though! @MancBee’s oven speaks for itself but he would NEVER allow it to get as nasty as mine. I thought I’d warn the more disgusting among us….
BIB May I recommend soaking them in a dishwasher tablet and hot water? It is pretty good (though obviously not as good as that stuff being recommended) and I've found it helpful in the past, once I have managed to get the shelves out of the oven where they are superglued on with chicken fat and spat out yorkshire pudding lard.
Pyrolytic ovens! Honestly changed my life! You take the shelves out, unclip the bits that hold the shelves, press a couple of buttons and 90 minutes later you have a clean oven and a small pile of grey ash at the bottom to wipe out. Ours is a Zanussi, had it about six years now, and it wasn't hugely expensive.
Fraus, a warning to you all, particularly those following any of any of Jack's recipes, or take leave of your senses and decide to store sardine oil in the fridge, please be very, very careful.
Fraus, a warning to you all, particularly those following any of any of Jack's recipes, or take leave of your senses and decide to store sardine oil in the fridge, please be very, very careful.
Wow. I've finally read all the slopalong threads and I am astonished. These threads were some of the funniest and most disgusting on here! I don't know what is worse: guest's online bullshit or the dog poo recipes. How have these recipes been deemed fit for publication? Did noone -noone- think that maybe these recipes needed trying? Or that recipes need to be clear and concise regarding amounts of food and techniques used? Everyone involved in these books should hang their heads in shame.
I'm so horrified, I'm tempted to try one of her shitty recipes myself.