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This might not sound like much to many of you, but it's the first time I've cooked for more people than me from recipes rather than heating stuff up out of packets.
Now there is a reason for this post, other than fishing for adulation. This meal cost £22.20 for four portions, which is too steep for having every day. And yet I want to improve my cooking (going to university in a month !) so does anyone have any good, cheap recipes, or recommendations for recipe books containing inexpensive recipes ?
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Iffen you goes out and cuts yerself a good chunk o' wood, you kin whittle yerself a good slingshot, 'n' once ye got that, the sky's the limit! Squirrel stew, squirrel toast, squirrel pancakes, squirrel tar tar, squirrel suprise.... 'N' once yer done, you can sow the hides into a good pair o' britches t' keep yer ass warm!
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Excellent advice and straight-forward recipes in two classics: Anne Rogers' A Cookbook for Poor Poets (and others) and Miriam Ungerer's Good Cheap Food. The former has a second edition, but both editions of Poor Poets are out of print. However, libraries/eBay/amazon.com all have them available for $10-20. Keep your eyes open at thrift stores and rummage sales, as well -- I've snagged a few good finds like these.
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Is it wrong for me to have a crush on Daniel based entirely on his having "cooked tea" and using the pound sign to indicate currency? Posts: 72 | Registered: Sep 2003
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Speaking of which, some 'net reviews and mentions of Poor Poets:
quote: I wasn't used to thinking about food this way. "Sliced tomatoes in summer need olive oil and basil; stewed tomatoes in winter need basil; and omelets and scrambled eggs need it." Notice that word "need." That isn't a cookbook word; there's something charged, even seductive, about it. ... Consequently, I'm glad I met up with Ann Rogers first. Learning about food from her was almost like learning about kissing from the young Lauren Bacall. Ann Rogers not only made bread and butter interesting and desirable, she showed me how to give that interest and desire style. Outlaw Cook
quote: Poets are often out of funds, says Louise Bogan, poet, in the forward to "A Cookbook for Poor Poets (and Others)," by Ann Rogers. ... Hence, the title of Rogers' cookbook hatched during the turbulent, and as many believe, poetic 1960s, an era in which intellectual powers and altruism reigned.
quote:The intent of the book was to offer wholesome recipes that could be cooked on a very limited budget for poets and artists and other people in dire straits financially to feed themselves a sit-down meal. Red Table
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can't go wrong with chicken. It can last several days, cost 6 bucks, lasts for a week and goes good with rice or potatoes. you can roast it, fry it or even boil it.
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Did anyone else think it funny that the thread title referred to the preparation of tea, but the poster's concern was that it was too steep? Or was that just me again? *sigh*
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Err, what's wrong with East Anglia? haven't heard any East Anglia jokes ...
I haven't been back in the UK for three years now so am not entirely sure about prices in general ... but for GBP22.50 (no pound sign on this keyboard, argh!), it sounds like you had a reasonably posh tea. Posts: 18 | Registered: May 2003
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Ralphie, no you're not allowed. However, you are allowed to have a crush on me if I say "made some tucker" or "chucked a barbie". Posts: 2945 | Registered: Apr 2000
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