Neil Cooks Grigson

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

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Au Revior!

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See you later chaps and chapesses – I’m off to France for 2 weeks today on a field trip to St Auban, just a wee bit north of Nice in the Sou...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

#164 Sorrel with Eggs

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It’s always exciting trying a new food, and this one – sorrel – is completely new to me, even though it is a common part of many a British m...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

#163 Wild Apricot Fool or Ice Cream

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Seeing as we’d had a very un-summery meal of beef and dumplings, I thought I’d better do something nice and cool and refreshing for pudding....
Sunday, June 14, 2009

#162 Horseradish Sauce

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To accompany the salt beef, I made this classic accompaniment, though it goes very well with smoked fish such as trout. It’s very easy to ma...

#161 Boiled Salt Beef and Dumplings

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After the reasonable success of the ham I cured, I was keen to try something else so I went for salt beef. You can of course just buy your b...
Saturday, June 13, 2009

#160 Rice Cake

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Every Wednesday at work, one of us tries to make a cake and bring it in so we can all get together for a chat; something we rarely get to do...
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Friday, June 12, 2009

#159 Creamed Roe Loaves

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Here at Grigson Towers, we don’t like to let anything go to waste, and our tasty fishes are certainly something that should be at treated wi...
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Thursday, June 11, 2009

#158 Gooseberry Stuffing for Mackerel

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Apart from Britain and the Netherlands, gooseberries are not grown and eaten in large numbers. This is because they’re not a particularly po...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

#157 Gooseberry Fool

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Technically the first of the British soft summer fruits, the gooseberry is one of my all-time favourites. It seems to have gone out of favou...
Monday, June 8, 2009

#156 Cheshire Pork and Apple Pie

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I bought a nice new pie dish last week, so I thought I’d Christen it with a nice big pie for Sunday dinner. I decided upon this Cheshire Por...
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Sunday, June 7, 2009

#155 Welsh Rabbit (Rarebit)

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Apparently it is incorrect to call a Welsh rabbit a rarebit, it is a “false etymological refinement”. There are, in fact, three types of rab...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009

#154 Mrs Raffald's Bacon and Egg Pie

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I’ve cooked some recipes by Elizabeth Raffald before and they’ve come out well each time – there’s a potted history of her life in Salford i...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

#153 Mocha Cake

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This recipe contains absolutely no seasonal produce whatsoever. I’m not even sure it has any nutritional value either. This bizarre pudding ...
Monday, June 1, 2009

Flaming June

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Well May seemed to fly by in a hazy blur, I’m surprised I got so many recipes done and typed-up for the blog (though there is one pending, a...
Saturday, May 30, 2009

#152 Glazed Turnips

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To go with the glazed ham, Lady Grigson suggests glazed vegetables – glazed onions or turnips. I thought I’d do turnips as it has a recipe i...

#151 To Cook Salt Pork or Hams: Part 1 - To Eat Hot

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After a 5 day wait, the pork I had put in the brine tub was ready for cooking. Jane outlines three different ways to cook your salt pork or ...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

#150 How to Cure Meat in Brine

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Well here we are – 150 recipes in. I didn’t realise I was at this milestone until yesterday – unfortunately it’s not some magnificent feast,...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

#149 Broad Town Mince Pie

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This recipe is not seasonal at all, but I remembered it whilst having a look through my cupboards and came across the last half jar of mince...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

#148 Venison Sausages

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Contrary to what you may think; I am not a big meat eater – I’m just not picky! However, I’ve been having a hankering for meat recently, not...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

#147 Devilled Chicken Livers

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A cheap treat. I love chicken livers, yet so many people seem to turn their noses up at them – I suppose it’s because it’s offal and folks a...
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