Fistly I have just seen over on
KittyKittyWeaselFish's blog that next weekend the 20-21st April the National Trust are having a free weekend. Go to their site
here to download a voucher for up to 4 people; 2 of them adults, for a load of their special places all over the UK. I fancy going to
Killerton, which is only about 7 miles from us but we haven't seen it yet and as they have their regular farmers market on that saturday too it's a double bonus reason to go. :-)
Another freebie next - on Facebook Heinz currently have an offer
here where you can get a free packet of tomato seeds. Lord knows the last thing I need is
more seeds but hey - they're free! Sounds like a nice variety - the pack (which arrived in a super-fast-for-a-freebie 8 days) says they are San Marzano - 'a plum shaped Italian variety specifically bred for bottling, cooking or producing home-made sauce and puree.' I'll give them a go - if the rain lets up this year that is!
Lastly I wanted to share my frugal Delia bargain - chuffed to spot this in a local charity shop at £1.99. Considering full price it was £17.99 on the back I think that's a pretty good buy. It's about frugul food and although I don't generally go for Delia; finding her *OCD prep and didactic delivery somewhat irritating, I'm not arguing that her recipes are generally pretty good. (*I got gifted a copy of Delia's Christmas years back and find the entire planning everything hour by hour from 3 days in advance a
leetle bit too much.)
This is a reprint of a 70's book she did which immediately interested me with my love of old/vintage cook books and it's been issued in a lovely hard bound cloth covered edition with some beautiful photography. So it ticks my 'food porn' box too - I just need to find somewhere on the groaning shelf of cook books to wedge it in now...
(Excuse the curious easter chicks/egg tree still up - I
like decorations m'kay?)
thanks Ruth...I've "ordered" my freebie seeds too. I'm thinking Lacock Abbey for my day out :-) That's quite a cookbook stash you have there....do you find you use them much?..I have cookery books and recipes from supermarkets, magazines & clippings but if I want to know how to cook something I always google it nowadays so the cookery books have now become "coffee table" books for leafing through occaisionally and looking at the pictures
ReplyDeleteI tend to use them more as an inspiration source - the Chap is more likely to make a full recipe tbh although I do on occasion. Some of the really random old ones are just for the interest really - and the laughs! I use the net lots too - like to have as much info as poss so I can make my own version based on several others. They have become coffee table books though - I love the fab photography you get now. :-)
DeleteI used to have that very bad.
ReplyDeleteWhen I moved/downsized in 2010 I did something really radical. I chucked all my cook-books - just put them in a skip.
Now we just go online for all our recipes.
Was I mad? Probably. What's your view on that?
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book not bad!
ReplyDeleteNot mad if that's what worked for you - though I wish you'd taken them to the charity shop! I'm a book lover generally though so I like having books, although I do have a kindle too now!
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