Best british cookbooks according to redditors

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You might enjoy this cookbook.

Ploughman's Lunch and the Miser's Feast


>A ploughman's lunch (abbrev. to ploughman's) is an English cold meal which consists of cheese, pickle, and bread.[1] Additional items such as apple, boiled eggs, ham, and pickled onions may be added. As its name suggests, it is more commonly consumed at midday.

Delih Smith's cookery course takes you from boiling an egg to Christmas dinner. She is like royalty among UK chefs.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0563362499?cache=03c8641b604c6aaa6e40eb9a4b2b346f&pi=SY200_QL40&qid=1412539261&sr=8-1#ref=mp_s_a_1_1

Scottish cookbook by the mum of a comic book family

I recommend this.


You'll ind some online at this site.

This list is interesting but very much outside my experience of the 1980s, being from the UK. Nearly all those foods are very American.

Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course came out in 1978 and that had a significant influence on the 1980s.

For UK suggestions:

1. Findus Crispy Pancakes
   
2. Chicken Kiev
   
3. Deep Pan Pizzas
   
4. Boil-in-the-bag
   
5. Slush Puppies/Sodastream
   
6. Ryvita
   
7. Viennetta
   
8. Nescafé Gold Blend
   
9. Frosties
   
10. Ferrero Rocher
    
    If this list looks 1970s or earlier to US redditors, it's because trends took longer to reach Europe in those days. Today, due to the internet and perhaps more international travel, we access stuff much faster. I remember in the 80s how all our mothers avidly tried out this amazing recipe for chewy "Toll House Cookies" from the single American family in our town.

Get Fergus Henderson's Nose to Tail Eating, it's a cookbook that will blow your flippin' mind (a personal favorite is marrow and parsley salad), another good cookbooks about offal is Odd Bits by Jennifer McLagan.

Once you start eating offal, you'll never go back, a quickly fried up liver or kidney is a precious treat and while a lot of offal is increasingly hard to get, once you have a good supplier, you'll never go back.

‘Nose to tail eating’ has become more popular recently and there are several cook books on the subject. It’s about using the whole animal when you do cook meat so you’ll get some recipes with typical meat ingredients and some with the offal and bits you might not expect. Here is Fergus’ book of the same title.

I've been loving Jerusalem: A cookbook or really any book by Yotam Ottolenghi

I don't know any animal, or any hunter-gatherer society, that ate only the skeletal muscle and then left the rest. If you like offal, I recommend books like these:

The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating;

Beyond Nose to Tail: More Omnivorous Recipes for the Adventurous Cook; and

Odd Bits: How to Cook the Rest of the Animal.

RIP Jennifer Paterson.

Intro for the lulz.

Amazon also has their book and 4 seasons on DVD.

I've just found my cookbook and it says:
> Despite the name, butter is never used because it makes them hard; they are called butteries becaue they are always eaten buttered.

I consider Sue Lawrence an authority on Scottish cooking and her books are always well researched. So on this occaision I would venture to say that the internet is wrong.

Hi op, this was one of Anthony Bourdain's favourite cookbooks by one of his favourite cooks-if you've not read it I'd suggest that it's right up your alley.
Nose to Tail Eating: A Kind of British Cooking https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0747572577/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_k0.xCbC4CVBKA

I love his 'trotter gear' It's a rich & flavourful stock-type substance, highly versatile & hugely delicious.
http://wellhungfood.com/home/recipes/trotter-gear-recipe/

I also recommend a Delia book. I started learning to cook from my dad's old copy of Delia's Complete Cookery Course which I think was from the 70s or early 80s (had a picture of her holding an egg on the front lol). The book itself is still in print and will have had certain stuff updated, so honestly I really recommend it. Only book you need. https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Delias-Complete-Cookery-Course-Classic/dp/0563362499/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=delia%27s+complete+cookery+course&qid=1559307699&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Also, start with simple things. I still mainly cook simple things - my current staple is homemade curry. Main things you need is a carton of passata and curry powder. Start off with a bit of chopped onion, chuck it in the pan with some oil and cook it for a bit. Then just add a 2-3 tablespoons of curry powder (i usually also add a little extra tumeric, ginger and cumin too) and mix it in with the onion for a minute or so, then pour in the passata. After that, chuck in whatever you want - usually for me it's some diced chicken and some frozen spinach. And that's it.

It’s called a supper club, or underground restaurant. It’s not a new concept, but it’s quite a fad right now, mostly because of MsMarmitelover’s book.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_restaurant

There's the Blumenburger, although it apparently wasn't worth the effort. Blumenthal's books, In Search of Perfection and Further Adventures in Search of Perfection have some very long, complicated recipes, in addition to stories about how he came up with them.

Ive never found any of the apps that give you premade lists great when trying to eat healthy and on a budget.

I live in Ireland but im back and forth to the USA as my husband who is a type 2 diabetic lives there and here is what Ive learned so far.
Always check the supermarkets weekly deal flyer before you go shopping, if something you use regularly is on sale and you can work it into your budget stock up.
Frozen veggies are your friends, Kroger often has bags of frozen veg down to a dollar each.
Whole foods are better for you and its easier to a) control your portion size and b) keep an eye on the amount of sugar that is in things, as an aside lowfat stuff is usually full of sugar to improve the taste.
Pintrest is great for ideas for meals that are quick an easy
Try and have some form of protein with every meal it will keep you fuller for longer.
Eggs are great for using up leftovers to make a full meal, I introduced my husband to frittas this trip and he loves them, he even brings the leftovers to work the next day for lunch.
If your interested in learning to cook, Delia smith has a great book called the complete cookery course that starts at the basics and moves on from there, here it is on amazon but you might pick it up second hand even cheaper https://www.amazon.com/Delias-Complete-Cookery-Course-Vol/dp/0563362499/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1503177499&sr=8-2&keywords=delia+smith

A few British classics Delia's Complete Cookery Course, Mary Berry Cooks and Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible.

Oh try my Colcannon Soup with chunky parsley pesto, it's in my new book Clodagh's Irish Kitchen http://www.amazon.com/Clodaghs-Irish-Kitchen-Traditional-Flavors/dp/1909487295/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426113129&sr=8-1&keywords=clodagh+mckenna