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post #1 of 9
10/26/01 at 9:26am
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Did you know?

Her address is http://www.deliaonline.com/

Anyone familiar with Delia Smith? Books? Cooking Series?
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post #2 of 9
10/26/01 at 11:46am

The Volvo of British Cuisine.

Dear Kimmie:

Deliah is a wonderful cook, teacher, show presenter and she has a heart of gold.

Her recipes are wonderfully traditional and they always work if followed exactly. I personally find her style to be a little unhealthy since she always uses tremendous amounts of butter and eggs but I enjoy her recipes as a special occasional treat to myself.

I had the pleasure of watching her BBC shows, which I enjoyed very much.

:)
"Olio nuovo e vino vecchio"
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post #3 of 9
10/26/01 at 12:49pm
I loved her show, too bad it's not on now. She has a new book, How To Cook, I saw it in The Good Cook catalogue but not in bookstores.
When I get a little money, I buy books. And if there is any left over, I buy food.

- Desiderius Erasmus
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post #4 of 9
10/27/01 at 9:48am

Delia

She's very famous here in the UK. Not too healthy, yes. But the traditional puddings in here books are fantastic for winter (when you need the extra layers. . .). When she tries to go 'exotic' it doesn't always work - and there are a lot better, but for traditional britsh puddings, she's really hard to beat for simplicity and results
Remember this motto to live by: "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO...
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post #5 of 9
10/29/01 at 9:01am
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Delia's Basmati Rice

I have seen her on the BBC series "Great Chefs" where in one of the episodes, she made Basmati rice. She added the rice straight to the pot without soaking it. I usually soak mine for 30 minutes...Jaffrey and Sahni do it.

Anyone tried Delia's way?


:confused:
K

«Money talks. Chocolate sings. Beautifully.»
«Just Give Me Chocolate and Nobody Gets Hurt.»
«Coffee, Chocolate, Men ... Some things are just better rich.»
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post #6 of 9
10/29/01 at 9:46am

Soaking Basmati??!!!!

Dear Kimmie

You are full of surprizes for me!!!

I never soak basmati, in fact I have never heard of that way!!

That's the amazing thing when you talk about food, the surprises never seem to end!
I just love that!

:)

PS BTW I have read Papa's point of view about Delia in his message board and I tried her recipes.
They are great and I realize now why I liked them so much: They are not healthy!!
"Muabet de Turko,kama de Grego i komer de Djidio", old sefardic proverb ( Three things worth in life: the gossip of the Turk , the bed of the Greek and the food of the Jew)
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post #7 of 9
10/29/01 at 11:16am
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Hmmm!

My Indian guru is Madhur Jaffrey and she does give the rice a good rinse then soak it for 30 minutes, then drain it. I thought that WAS the way!

You're so right Athenaeus, surprises never seem to end when you talk about food!

:rolleyes:
K

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«Just Give Me Chocolate and Nobody Gets Hurt.»
«Coffee, Chocolate, Men ... Some things are just better rich.»
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post #8 of 9
10/29/01 at 11:29am

Basmati

For what it's worth, all the Pakistanis I know don't soak their rice either
Remember this motto to live by: "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO...
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post #9 of 9
10/29/01 at 4:32pm
I always rinse and soak my rice be it Indian, Chinese or Japanese.
When I get a little money, I buy books. And if there is any left over, I buy food.

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