tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post8382468761740940003..comments2024-02-18T22:11:22.339-08:00Comments on Last Django in Paris: Nigella 1, Heston 0Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post-85162329621830650252008-11-29T23:36:00.000-08:002008-11-29T23:36:00.000-08:00Far from poisoning ourselves, we had friends over ...Far from poisoning ourselves, we had friends over last night and cooked them some nyonya food (nyonya being the cuisine of the overseas Chinese community in the Malay-speaking areas of Southeas Asia). <BR/><BR/>This is Mrs Byard's 'native cuisine', so to speak, so we have some lovely family recipes like the pork sausage and quail eggs slow-cooked in sweet soy sauce, which are simply magnificent.<BR/><BR/>No - my absence from Blogworld this week has been down to a sequence of Things Happening in Real Life which ran the mind-mangling gamut of a children's concert, blowing up Wiltshire with plastic explosives and a visit to a spa, during which I managed not to embarrass either myself (a near impossibility) or Mrs Byard (a frighteningly easy task) by underpant-related indiscretion, unlike Wardy.<BR/><BR/>Wordver: grick - a Worcestershire dialect word for a small wooden knife used in sprout harvesting.Gyppo Byardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08823690986571629011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post-20617477960296715732008-11-29T10:25:00.000-08:002008-11-29T10:25:00.000-08:00Maltesers.Sxword v: undumelfMaltesers.<BR/>Sx<BR/>word v: undumelfMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post-40891841097989012672008-11-29T00:40:00.000-08:002008-11-29T00:40:00.000-08:00Mike HammerMike HammerNo Good Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859104068516964533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post-49075475533488805092008-11-28T16:20:00.000-08:002008-11-28T16:20:00.000-08:00Fanny Craddock.SxFanny Craddock.<BR/>SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post-45925251557000398222008-11-28T12:18:00.000-08:002008-11-28T12:18:00.000-08:00What is this worship of La Lawson? Madhur Jaffrey,...What is this worship of La Lawson? Madhur Jaffrey, now yes, a thinking man understands, but Nigella's recipes, well, Gyppo, you understand I mean no criticism of you, but they're, well, boring. Really, what am I missing?<BR/><BR/>PS. Your cluster map is impressive. I had to take mine down; too embarrassing.xerxeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787696262480033808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post-368609606981337772008-11-28T03:14:00.000-08:002008-11-28T03:14:00.000-08:00Where is Mr Gyppo? Have you poisoned yourself in t...Where is Mr Gyppo? Have you poisoned yourself in the kitchen?<BR/>SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post-9870349228272144622008-11-27T13:58:00.000-08:002008-11-27T13:58:00.000-08:00In July I had to go to Heston's Fat Duck for dinne...In July I had to go to Heston's Fat Duck for dinner in the company of an unpopular Frenchman, a Malaysian money-launderer and the German CEO of a pharmaceutical company. I sat between the frog and the fascist. Their wives sat in a spiky huddle at the end of the table, drank tap water and talked about the gym. We had nitro-scrambled egg and bacon icecream, venison with a leather jus and fois gras <BR/>benzaldehyde. <BR/><BR/>I am very stupid in the kitchen, and find it impossible not to drink. My fave rave is Lillian Langseth-Christensen's Old Vienna Cookbook, which belonged to my dear old grandmother, and which has been out of print for ever. I can make Wienersaft Gulgas, Kalbsbraten Othmar and Huhner mit Gurkensauce if it is propped up in front of me.Mrs Pouncerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750280825519545045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post-71755683522947642552008-11-26T01:06:00.000-08:002008-11-26T01:06:00.000-08:00SziasztokSziasztokWord Verification Codehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10165225678299708947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post-41042725111139097012008-11-25T23:01:00.000-08:002008-11-25T23:01:00.000-08:00WordVer: "prudos", people who think Nigella Lawson...WordVer: "<I>prudos</I>", people who think Nigella Lawson is just a bit too blousy. (In the words of the late Humph Lyttelton: "bakewell, tart!")Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post-41479573315013907022008-11-25T05:27:00.000-08:002008-11-25T05:27:00.000-08:00chawntichawntiWord Verification Codehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10165225678299708947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post-23406642021697190582008-11-25T02:13:00.000-08:002008-11-25T02:13:00.000-08:00Thanks Gyppo. I'd just had a bath and then I read ...Thanks Gyppo. I'd just had a bath and then I read the word "Nigella" on your web blog. Now I have to start all over again.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I agree with you on La Lawson, and shall pick up the baby/toddler book - Arianrhod tires of game pie and truffles.<BR/><BR/>The best cookbook ever, and almost impossible to find as it's forty years out of print, is Len Deightons Action Cookbook. Yes, you read that right. I'll put up a review soon, but all the glorious details are here:<BR/><BR/>http://gremolata.com/Articles/18-Action-in-the-Kitchen.aspx<BR/><BR/>I can also recommend Esquire's Handbook for Hosts (1954).<BR/><BR/>WV: Sworks - as in "sworks for me!".No Good Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859104068516964533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post-7188122355271345002008-11-24T09:13:00.000-08:002008-11-24T09:13:00.000-08:00i have julia child's "the way to cook" open right ...i have julia child's "the way to cook" open right now, sugar. good cookbooks are like sweet lovers, they never really leave your heart. i have nigella's "how to eat" and it is as worn as julia's book. i find mr. ramsey funny to watch and i wouldn't decline an invite to one of his restos, but i can't imagine one of his cookbooks as being user friendly! xoxosavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post-43988181889469825402008-11-24T06:03:00.000-08:002008-11-24T06:03:00.000-08:00Good to know. My husband has become quite a good ...Good to know. My husband has become quite a good little cook <BR/>:-) so may pick up one of these for Christmas. <BR/>Now if you'll excuse me, I have to look up "Nigella".<BR/>PearlPearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post-50074673924132994702008-11-24T05:24:00.000-08:002008-11-24T05:24:00.000-08:00Oh, timely! Mrs Dilo is already a Goddess but now ...Oh, timely! Mrs Dilo is already a Goddess but now I know what to put in her Christmas stocking this year. My mother encouraged me to cook too, but I never got round to baking. And it'll be pleasant to gaze on Nigella's face once again.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753176231132205902.post-5407850943506259522008-11-24T04:12:00.000-08:002008-11-24T04:12:00.000-08:00My Mum wouldn't let me in the kitchen. I've grown ...My Mum wouldn't let me in the kitchen. I've grown fond of fish fingers over the years.<BR/>I tried Delia - but even she can't do it for me... I'll try Nigella... she seems like a sensible woman... And she's a Lyons lass.<BR/>SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.com