Posts by: sesley

The book I use a lot more than any others is a 1976 copy of Delias Evening Standard cook book and the recipe i like to use most is her Goulash and Poormans Strogonoff,the ingredients I always have in the house, so no going out to find/buy ingredients i don,t usually have/use.

For Jamie Oliver Fans at his home in his Essex home, he,s doing a James Martin and growing his own food and then cooking it. Its on Channel 4 at 8 pm on Tuesdays.He,s filled out since the Naked Chef series hasn,t he can,t trust a skinny chef too much can you

Well mine is 3 years old now,it has 4 heat zones and a centre hotplate. The 2 front plates have a power boost,which means if you want something quick it heast faster.The centre plate i use for keeping warm sauces,whatever.I confidently use my hob all the time.The other thing it does is link a timer to the plate you are using,so when its reached the time you want it switches the heat source of for you, useful if you get caught on the phone or bathroom

oh well its a matter of personnel choice,isn,t it ? what works for you, and for what ever needs you require. Rick Stein came to the Highlands a couple of years ago and he bought with him a induction hob to work on and though his assistant didn,t like them too much,he said he did. so some people like working with them

On Channel 4 after Jamie Oliver at home, its a the usual food program showing you how to eat the same food you like but with less calories.It very interesting to see that they say,what i have realized over the years big meaningful diets don,t really work and earn a fortune for the diet industry. they show you how to adapt things like pizza to make them healthier and less calories.

hi i like her too, not tried her recipes,there is a Every Day Italian cook on as well and had a lovely recipe for left over mashed potatoes. They seem to get very lovely ingredients like those big lemons,and its interesting to see how Americans shop and what shops they use.

I also think it has to be to do with how you live and cook,My hob has touch controls at the front, I don,t do a lot of stir fry,so a wok burners isn,t something i need, however i did i can always get a Module kind built in next to my induction hob,if i find i want lots of stir fry,s. I have always used Electric hobs, and find them very safe and controllable, I had Gas once it came with the house,but i got frustrated at it, when to put it on a very low burner it went out, if i had it on its lowest setting it was still too high and burn,t my sauces, and so I had a ceramic belling and i found it better for me to work with, so when I changed my kitchen 3 years ago the induction suited my needs and it works well for me.

Well I have had my Neff induction hob for 3 years and I love it,I find it very controlable i can have each hob it on the lowest setting without it going out or burning anything,it works with Iron based pans,you can test your pans with a magnet,if the magnet sticks they are fine. I use Cast iron pans like a Le-cruset and AGA made ware. it works when in contact with a pan and after you remove a pan it turns itself off after about a minute or so.Its safe because young children can,t twiddle with knobs and turn it on,unless you leave a pan in contact with the hob.

on BBC 2 6.30pm Angela Hartnell and John Burton-Race.
Contestants re nominated by who ever as the worst cooks ever and thye have to show they are the worst,by bringing to their auditition a sample of their culinary skills, like Burnt sausages in a flat greasey toad in the hole and other stuff that looks like its been regurgitated. But i have found it entertaining to watch. Top chefs sampling bad food for Reality TV

I like Gary Rhodes he was on Steve Wrights show on radio 2 today and he comes across as such a nice man, he sounded on the radio generally interested in learning about Indian food and he himself said he wasn,t keen on blow your head off hot spicey food and was pleasantly surprised that Indaian food wasn,t all hot currys and the Pork Vindaloo was nothing like the British version he avoids at home.

I love Tamsin too, I know people can only focus on her long untied hair,but i love her no nonsense family home cooked meals the recipes and i love her kitchen too It looks warm and homely even her old kitchen had a warm appeal to it,because she had no fancy appliances to demonstrate, just home cooked food using equipement found in most kitchens. Hope they make more of her series. Next to Nigella she,s my next favourite tv cook.

A bit more of programs like The People,s cook book,because there is a treasure trove of people,s recipes throughout this nation and its so interesting to see what other people can cook and be recreated by simple family cooks like myself,I suppose thats the educational bit. And i am a bit nosey, and love to see other people,s kitchens to see how they arrange them,so a show with home cooked recipes and a little look around their kitchens .

We will get to see new show,s on the weekends now rather than loads of old Rick Stein programs good,but not all at once and in my Good Food mag this month,Nigella is doing a new series on BBC2 in the autumn as well will look forward to seeing that.

I looked on Global knives uk they have a Minosharp kit for £39,I just bought a 6 piece Global Knife block set which includes scissors from Debenhans for £144!! I am very happy,since i looked to see how much they cost on the web and for 1 21cm knife costs £75! I tried them out today and they cut tomatoes beautifully!

I have just brought new scales that don,t need to be plugged in or use batterys,they have a proper bowl and the numbers on a face with a pointy needle for the number,so much better than my smart modern looking flat scale that needs battery,s and changes numbers,when the battery runs low. I recently brought a micropane grater cost £18!but its a lovely hopefully last forever zester! My bad purchase was a breadmaker,that i couldn,t get the spindle off to wash it and now it doesn,t mix the dough properly and makes rubbish bread conseqently

its made by Yoplait,same make as the yoguts,you can find some in Tesco,s in the dairy near yoguts.

www.bbc.co.ukfood. see you there

If this message board is closing as well how sad everyone was dissapointed when BBC 2 coffee bar closed, and found new homes to chat in so i would like to recommend if you don,t know about it,th BBC food messages baords,they are friendly and imformative. so maybe read some of your messages there

having watched a some of the programes to give it a try, i find its posh people in a posh setting. It,s missing Jeni's sense of humour and fun.

I have watched a couple of programes this week, i must say i do miss Jenny,s professionalism with a sense of humour, i think its also a little posh with posh talking chefs and presenters and the setting in a hooray Henry cafe which looks like it caters for the yuppe type folks and like all tv food people Tana says delicious and even a wow while looking and tasting the project for the day. Still i,ll give it a good try.

please either save of revamp GFL and keep Jeni on the TV even Andy Peters thinks its a shame its finishing, Jeni is great, and fun.can,t we keep GFL and this new show?

hope Jenny continues on tv though i like her sense of humour and her natural way of interviewing people, unlike Charlotte Church!

on BBC 3 10.30pm, last night they showed the begining of the product of lamb running around a field and then being selected for slaughter,then in the slaughter house the had set up a adjourning resturant with invited memebers of the public to watch the slaughter and butchery and then experience the cooking and eating of the animals,the program series is trying to show people the link of meat production and eating.tonight they are doing pigs

Well since the title of the book is to be the Peoples Cookbook, and does not suggest traditional British food,then why should it not include food from people of all cultures who are now part of British life.

Its back,brand new series, nice to see how the contestants have got on. In my opinion the best reality program on tv.