Spotted Dick Ken ?

 It is the 65th anniversary of the iconic British cultural institution that is Coronation Street!

 

 

My better half has already posted this momentous event Clickhere to view and I thought it would be jolly to put my spin on it. 

 

Oh yes! it's the cookery book,

 

Oh my Gawd I love a hotpot when it is done properly. Lets see what was going on in the rest of the street

 

or we could pop over to Rita

 

Now we are off to visit Alf. He sells the best cuts and serves the other which is fine unless its Tripe or intestines

 

 

Well moving quickly on we will end our culinary fest by popping over the street to see Mike and Alma and get a bit of Southern Flavour.

 and Lets be honest; who doesn't like a bit of Spotted Dick !

Toodle Pip 

4 Photos - To my people in the dark

 Before we start I need to point out that then next item is a GIF. so does not count as a photo.

Thank you.

 

 NORMA
With one look I can break your heart
With one look I play every part
I can make your sad heart sing
With one look you'll know all you need to know.

 

 Gloria Swanson photographed by James Abbe

 

 

Gloria Swanson, 1922. Karl Struss

 

 Can you name the film. I can't.

 

 Miss Swanson in the rubble of the Roxy Theatre, New York.
 

 

 With one look they'll forgive the past
They'll rejoice I've returned at last
To my people in the dark
Still out there in the dark...

 

Toodle Pip 

 

 

 

 

The Delargo Gardens - November

 Well me Dears Winter has arrived and we have had our first frosts. The garden is looking rather scruffy but we still have some flowers, thanks mainly to the Salvias.

Salvia Salgoon Lake Blueberry
 

Salvia involucrata

Salvia Amistad 

Salvia 'Mirage Cherry Red' 

 Salvia Ember's Wish 

Salvia greggii Joy 

Salvia patens 'Patio Deep Blue' 

 Salvia Love and Wishes  

 

Salvia Uliginosa

Salvia Rockin Fuchsia

Salvia 'Day Glow' 

A cutting of Salvia Salgoon Lake Blueberry (I think, there is no Label)

 Salvia Love and Wishes in situ.  

 

There Tiz then me Darlins.  I hope you have your thermals on. It's time to climb up into the Land Rover and Tour the rest of our vast Estate.

 

How these little beauties came trough the frost is a mystery

Well I think we all deserve a Hot Toddy after that but before we head of to the Tea Rooms there is just enough time for a reminder of the up and coming Delargo Towers Fuchsia Fest

This is Quasar which is looking fabulous at the moment. 

That's it then me lovelies. Donny and I hope you enjoyed your visit and hope to see you in the garden next time when we will see what December is going to throw at us - Roll on Spring I say.

 

Till then It's Ttfn from Donny

and

Ttfn from me

Toodle Pip. 

If you show me yours, I'll show you ...

 He we are me dears as promised with a little rummage through my library of cookery books. Ms. First Nations was kind enough to show us hers. (click to see) It's well worth a look. Here are a few of my 336 cookery books.

 

 

Joy of Liberace - recipes from America's kitchiest kitchen; by Michael Feder & Karen Feder 2007. A fun book not meant to be taken seriously methinks.
 

Guide to Modern Cookery A. English translation of Le guide Culinaire by Auguste Escoffier. first published 1903 mine 1966.

This is the book I would recommend to anyone starting out on there own or setting up house for the first time. I have known and loved it all my life

The Penguin cookery book, by Bee Nilson; first published 1952 mine 1976. It has been so well loved and used that it is falling apart but No I do not want a new copy. 

My mother didn't have proper cookery books but booklets like this. This is not her copy but I bought it because it reminds me of being with her in the kitchen when I was little

 Trex Cookery - 1st edition, 3rd Impression 1954

The Food of Spain by Claudia Roden 2012. I adore Claudia Roden and this book is a masterpiece.

Modern cookery for private families by Eliza Acton, first published 1845 mine 1966. Far superior to Mrs Beaton.

I used to adore him as a nipper and he probably inspired me to be a chef

Graham Kerr cook book by The Galloping Gourmet. first published 1969 mine1972

Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book, first published 1978 mine 1980. A treasure trove of information and history

Le Repertoire de la Cuisine by Louis Saulnier, first published 1914 mine1960.

Before smart phones and the world wide web every chef had a copy of this in their bag. It was essential.

Fanny and Johnnie Cradock Cookery Programme- full set of 80 magazines in 5 Binders

and I am very proud of them. 

The Cooking of South West France by the American food writer Paula Wolfert 1987. I adore this book, just looking at the cover makes me want to pick it up cook something from it.

A dear departed friend bought this for me and got them both to sign it. It is treasured

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. First Nations posted her favourite Italian cookery book (The Art of Italian Cooking by  Maria Lo Pinto & Milo Miloradovich) which is now book 336 in my collection and I love it.

This is still my fave The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan first published 1992 mine 2011.

Just one more book to go and it is a cracker. It was written 1948 for the wives of the engineers working on the Panama Canal and living in the Jungle.

Tropical cooking in Panama by Gladys Graham. First published 1948 mine 1983

I would try the Raccoon recipe but I don't like Sweet Potato.

 

Ttfn

and Toodle loo