Because of the heavy showers we've had today I haven't been able to go 'out to play' or sit outside the back door watching the birds in the garden so I've been in all afternoon. I have quite a few cookery books and also a great big folder of my own recipes and some that I've cut out of magazines and other publications for lots of years so I thought I would look through these for inspiration.
It's great fun looking through these and re-discovering recipes that I haven't made for years. There are things like home made faggots, my own extra chocolatey brownies, savoury plaits for picnics and all sorts of other goodies.
Looking through the cookery books always takes me back to holidays that I had many years ago when my partner was alive. I love to cook dishes from places where I've been and also places that I've never visited. In the summer I eat a lot of Mediterranean style meals and salads and love eating 'al fresco' especially when Eden comes down and we try new things together.
While I was engrossed in the books I realised that I would never be able to try all these recipes unless I had a different one every day for the rest of my life but for now, I have to make a decision about what to have at the weekend!
Have you still got that complete Cordon Bleu cookery course? I bet that looks like a blast from the past now! I do still use that good housekeeping cookery book I pinched from you!!!
ReplyDeleteYes! I do still have the complete Cordon Bleu cookery course and also the book you bought me which has the same recipes inside. I also have a Woman's Own cookery book which I bought when I got married in 1967 and I have a couple of books of my Mum's which pre-date those!
ReplyDeleteThat Good Housekeeping book you pinched belonged to my Mum and it was our 'cookery bible'. I still miss it! Look after it well (because Eden has asked for all my books when I make my exit from this mortal coil!).
Sorry but she'll have to wrestle that one off of me, it's a classic.
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