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Uni Student I picked up the original 1971 edition at a car boot sale a couple of years ago, and now it's a crummy, sticky, stained mess from hanging out in student kitchens. I should have treated it better as it enabled me and my friends to stay plump and happy through the first years of university. A fantastic book, with some real classics (although i must admit to being a little intimidated by the dish that asks for a whole cow's head)
Fab food for the frugal cook but bad indexing An excellent cookbook.Worth buying for the Onion,Bacon and Potato Hotpot alone which a previous reviewer mentioned.The dish of herring roes and peas is also delicious,as is Alsation Onion Tart and Keema Matar. It should be noted however, that this is not the original 1971 edition.Nor is it the 1992 edition The New Pauper's Cookbook.It is best described as an amalgam of the two books.I never saw the first book but I loved the second one and am even more delighted with this one, which seems to have all... more info
The Pauper's Cookbook This is the cookbook that my mother taught herself to cook with in the 1970s and that she gave to me when I left home. It is such a wonderful book--it teaches how to cook really good food without using any junk, tricky ingredients or waste. Everything I have ever made from it has been delicious and despite having a large collection of cookbooks, this is still my favourite. When I got my first Le Creuset pot its inaugural use was to make Flemish Beef Stew which was superb. And whilst the recipes are... more info
Who needs Delia? As a newly wed in the 70s this was my bible. My main entertaining dish was a beef casserole with wine vinegar (instead of wine)and olives that I served with pasta and green salad. My children loved sliced onions, potatoes and bacon cooked in a white sauce - was it with cheese? I lost my original,a very stained and battered copy, during life's upheavals and will certainly be ordering. Every recipe works!!
