Neil Cooks Grigson

Neil attempts to cook the whole of Jane Grigson's 'English Food', and adds his own recipes on the way...

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

The time has come...

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This morning I am off for my wisdom teeth out. I haven’t quite managed to make the shed-load of ice-cream that I’d planned to. I am trying t...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

#66 Shortbread

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I made these shortcakes to go with the Mangoes of the Sun dish, but make them any time you want. Greg, Lee and I polished the remaining one...
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#65 Mangoes of the Sun

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I need to catch up on the old recipes… At the weekend Lee came over – I’m glad to see that he’s enthused by the whole Grigson thing – so I m...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008

#64 Soyer's Orange Salad

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All is going well thus far re: fitness. I’ ve been to the gym every morning so far this week and I’m determined not to eat to much fatty gr...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

I know what you are thinking, but it's a glandular problem.

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I can see you there, judging me. I my have piled on the pounds but it's my glands, you see, my glands. There's nothing I can do. It ...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

#63 Fruit Tea Loaf

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The third bit of stodge I made for the little gathering at mine for my birthday. Tea loaves are great and very Yorkshire, but I’d not made o...
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Monday, July 21, 2008

#62 Mrs Sleightholme's Seed Cake

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Seed cake, it seems, goes way way way back. Jane mentions books from the 1700 with several recipes. A classic English cake if ever there was...
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Friday, July 18, 2008

#61 Melon Water Ice

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Melons are on tip-top form in late Spring and early Summer so I thought I’d better do the only (I think) melon-related recipe in the book. I...
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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Another year closer to the grave...

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It’s my birthday today. Thirty-one years old. I don’t worry about age and all that nonsense these days – I got over that one on my 28th. I f...
Monday, July 14, 2008

#60 Tomato Soup

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I still haven’t make anything since I got back, however I did do (#60) Tomato Soup before I left for France. I think it’s important to use ...
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Saturday, July 12, 2008

Manchester, so much to answer for

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Sorry for not adding an entry for a while… I got back from the beautiful St Auban last Saturday evening and haven’t quite got back into my r...
Saturday, June 21, 2008

Bon Voyage!

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Well, I'm going to sign off now for a couple of weeks; off to France on a field course with the University of Manchester. It means, of c...
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Friday, June 20, 2008

#59 Electric Dough Hook Bread

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Since as there’s about a million different bread recipes in this Goddam book, I thought I’d better have a crack at some bread-making; I’m al...
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

#58 Apricot and Almond Crumble

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Other than asparagus, the fruit and veg stall had some lovely ripe apricots, at only a quid for 6. So It thought I had to make use of them. ...

#57 Asparagus Omelette

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Another asparagus recipe; there’s two more, but I don’t think I’ll get them done before I go to France at the end of next week. (I’m going o...

#56 Stuffed Monkey

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Well I do have some catching up to do! I’ ve been cooking loads – not all Grigson dishes, but a few. Trouble is, life keeps getting in the...
Thursday, June 5, 2008

#55 Asparagus and Eggs

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It is said that the English Springtime officially commenced with the start of the asparagus season. It is a shame that everything we do so f...
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#54 Yorkshire Almond Tart

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They say that you are what you eat, and being from Pudsey in Leeds , I suppose that makes me a Yorkshire tart, or something. One of my favo...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Can't Cook...Won't Cook...

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There are several ingredients in English Food that I have assumed that I won’t be able to cook, at least not in England. But watching telev...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

High Tea, #52, 53

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I got me mates Kirsty, Keith and Thom over for a quintessentially English high tea for Bank Holiday Monday, and made some nice cakes. I did ...
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