Neil Cooks Grigson

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

Thursday, August 21, 2008

A Trip to Anglesey

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Off we went: me, Greg, Joff, Charlotte, Kate and Pete to Newborough in Anglesey, Wales. I’d never been and was looking forward to it; Charl...
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#74 Vanilla Ice Cream with Plum Sauce and Lace Biscuits

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Real vanilla ice-cream, a port-spiked plum sauce and a crunchy caramel oat biscuit; this is a dessert to impress. You could, of course, make...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

#73 Lady Shaftesbury's Toasted Cheese

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I thought that I’d completely run out of vegetarian recipes until I spotted a whole section in the ‘ Cheese and Egg Dishes’ chapter of Engl...
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Saturday, August 16, 2008

#72 Madeira Cake

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I made a Madeira cake because it seemed refined – one should drink a glass of Madeira wine with it as one reclines for a mid-morning treat,...

#71 Rolls Filled with Cheese and Tomato Paste

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Next up for the picnic – Rolls Filled with Cheese and Tomato Paste . A perfect thing to take out on trips etc., reckons the Grigson ; and sh...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

#70 Cornish Pasties

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When we all thought about going out for the day picnicking, the first thing I thought of making was a Cornish pasty; easy to make and easy ...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

A Trip to the Sticks

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Off me and Greg went along with Joff to see Sarah, Jono and the Georgeling, plus Ben and Katy in Barnton . The idea being that Jono, Joff an...
Thursday, August 7, 2008

#69 Watercress Soup

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The third and final soup I made for my recovery. I love the peppery taste of watercress and certainly don’t eat it enough. I thought that wa...
Wednesday, August 6, 2008

#68 Carrot and Tomato Soup

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This one is very similar to the tomato soup I made last month, and has almost the same ingredients. I used beef stock rather than vegetable ...
Tuesday, August 5, 2008

#67 Green Pea Soup

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This one’s a cracker. It’s basically pea and ham soup as it uses ham stock. Grigson gives the option of using chicken stock, and I suppose y...

The Agony and the Ecstasy

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By ecstasy, I actually mean agony. I have returned from the hell that is multiple wisdom tooth extraction. I have been doing some Grigsons b...
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...
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