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Rubbish cook books

Mummycat

I love to cook and have quite a few recipe books, only one of them had a recipe for either flakey or puff pastry and I could find no recipe for rough puff pastry. Several of the books had recipes needing puff pastry, but they all said "shop bought", I don't want to buy it ready made, it's mostly horrible and expensive too, especially in larger quantities, if you can buy it in large quantities, most packs would barely be enough for a couple of pasties.

I get really fed up of recipe books that don't tell you the basics, I might only make puff or flakey pastry once or twice a year so I don't remember the recipes, but why is it so difficult?

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  • If you can try and pick up a book called How To Cook Without A Book by Pam Anderson. The fun sounding title is what drew me to it originally but it's actually such a fun book and it does tell you the basics, gives step by step instructions and it's not overwhelming. Not for me anyway.

    It's got this sort handy basic info like on what you can put in the fridge, which I guess that's obvious for a lot of people but not for me. For me it's a lifesaver.

    But for me the winner is how it explains recipes in a simple way and in small text not just 5ml spoonful, it actually explains it as well which I find more useful. It might not be for everyone but this book is one I do highly recommend. Slight smile

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  • If you can try and pick up a book called How To Cook Without A Book by Pam Anderson. The fun sounding title is what drew me to it originally but it's actually such a fun book and it does tell you the basics, gives step by step instructions and it's not overwhelming. Not for me anyway.

    It's got this sort handy basic info like on what you can put in the fridge, which I guess that's obvious for a lot of people but not for me. For me it's a lifesaver.

    But for me the winner is how it explains recipes in a simple way and in small text not just 5ml spoonful, it actually explains it as well which I find more useful. It might not be for everyone but this book is one I do highly recommend. Slight smile

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