Comments on: About Me http://101things.wordpress.com British food is bad? Not here. You won't see chicken tikka masala upside down cake or boiled pizza; you will instead enjoy 101 classic recipes and ingredients ranging from simple to advanced and from traditional to exotic. Entertaining recipes from an enthusiastic cook in Britain that every good cook should know, all interspersed with the blather of a food obsessive. Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:57:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: urchin http://101things.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4954 urchin Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:39:34 +0000 #comment-4954 * I’m 5ft4. and only need a stool to reach the top of my kitchen cupboards where the jam kettle lives. * If it’s on the menu, I will always choose lamb * I am fluent in English only. * I very rarely use cookbooks, i'm a throw it in the pan kinda cook .... that said, I do use my Bero book a fair amount * I am 40 * I have no A levels, but I do have an MA in textiles design * I have cooked since I was old enough to hold a wooden spoon - and have been able to cook a full meal since I was about 10 * I am fantastic at hollandaise sauce. * But I am also very good at pastry. * I dream of owning 10 acres where I could grow my own veg and raise rare breeds * I am curious. * I’m 5ft4. and only need a stool to reach the top of my kitchen cupboards where the jam kettle lives.
* If it’s on the menu, I will always choose lamb
* I am fluent in English only.
* I very rarely use cookbooks, i’m a throw it in the pan kinda cook …. that said, I do use my Bero book a fair amount
* I am 40
* I have no A levels, but I do have an MA in textiles design
* I have cooked since I was old enough to hold a wooden spoon – and have been able to cook a full meal since I was about 10
* I am fantastic at hollandaise sauce.
* But I am also very good at pastry.
* I dream of owning 10 acres where I could grow my own veg and raise rare breeds
* I am curious.

]]> By: Keefieboy http://101things.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4953 Keefieboy Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:25:40 +0000 #comment-4953 I am not Keefieboy. I am merely Mrs Keefieboy. I am 5ft 2, and therefore also need a kitchen stool (WHO do they design kitchens FOR?!?! I don't know the first thing about British Sign Language, and am careful to ignore what almost-FIL teaches small grandson in Meet the Fockers (though I wouldn't mind going to one of Mrs Focker's yoga sessions) so American Sign Language is also a complete mystery. I did Latin for a year at school, and am therefore familiar with handsome urns and miserable Trojans. In addition to my little Latin, I have less Greek - though I can tell you that all Spanish words ending in 'ma' and derived from Greek are feminine, whereas all the other 'mas' are masculine...... sigh. Howsoever, I digress. (Digression is one of my special skills.) Cooking is also a bit of a mystery to me, but, as I mentioned before, I am married to Keefieboy, to whom cooking is a way of life. As eating is to me. So, when you start your London Pie Festival, whatever you produce pour encourager les autres (Skate and Squiggly, Chicken and ...... oh, anything that makes chicken more interesting than - CHICKEN - or summats with beautiful coloured vegetables falling out of a translucent sauce, or seafood in some creamy vegetably saffrony lemony ........ oh - er - sorry - or short, rich, flaky, puff, millefeuille, suet crust....... nyaarghhh!) .... um, yeah, whatever you produce, if it's as downright irresistible as the moules marinieres which my beloved made from your recipe tonight............... then I want to know about it! I'll even wash up.......... Cor! I am not Keefieboy. I am merely Mrs Keefieboy. I am 5ft 2, and therefore also need a kitchen stool (WHO do they design kitchens FOR?!?! I don’t know the first thing about British Sign Language, and am careful to ignore what almost-FIL teaches small grandson in Meet the Fockers (though I wouldn’t mind going to one of Mrs Focker’s yoga sessions) so American Sign Language is also a complete mystery. I did Latin for a year at school, and am therefore familiar with handsome urns and miserable Trojans. In addition to my little Latin, I have less Greek – though I can tell you that all Spanish words ending in ‘ma’ and derived from Greek are feminine, whereas all the other ‘mas’ are masculine…… sigh.

Howsoever, I digress. (Digression is one of my special skills.) Cooking is also a bit of a mystery to me, but, as I mentioned before, I am married to Keefieboy, to whom cooking is a way of life. As eating is to me. So, when you start your London Pie Festival, whatever you produce pour encourager les autres (Skate and Squiggly, Chicken and …… oh, anything that makes chicken more interesting than – CHICKEN – or summats with beautiful coloured vegetables falling out of a translucent sauce, or seafood in some creamy vegetably saffrony lemony …….. oh – er – sorry – or short, rich, flaky, puff, millefeuille, suet crust……. nyaarghhh!) …. um, yeah, whatever you produce, if it’s as downright irresistible as the moules marinieres which my beloved made from your recipe tonight…………… then I want to know about it! I’ll even wash up………. Cor!

]]> By: 2heelersinmykitchen http://101things.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4938 2heelersinmykitchen Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:55:20 +0000 #comment-4938 Dear Barnaby, what are Cornish Devon Ray Wings? Dear Barnaby,
what are Cornish Devon Ray Wings?

]]> By: 2heelersinmykitchen http://101things.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4937 2heelersinmykitchen Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:52:44 +0000 #comment-4937 * I’m 5'6" and I can reach all my shelves in my kitchen, minus the top of the cupboards (I get my boyfriend to jump up and get the roaster pan!) * I used to order the beef dip when out for lunch,... unless there is a good oyster poor boy on the menu... if no seafood,... then a reuben sandwich... * I speak english * The cookbooks I use the most is Joy, Betty Crocker, Katzen's assorted vegetarians, Nigella, Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, James Beard, Mark Bittman ((all at once!!)) * I am in my late 30's!!! WHOA! * I did A's in Biology, Physics, Chemistry, English, and Calculus in highschool. I have a BSc in Animal Biology and a MSc in Forest Ecology. I dropped out of PhD school. * I cooked in highschool... dinners, lunches for my aunt, and lots of special coffees... * I have successfully made a hollandaise sauce. * I am still learning pastry. Lard is our friend. I never do vegetable shortening. Yeeuck! A food processor is my friend. Whizz whizz. * I dream of cooking all day long in a restaurant. Cutting, prepping, cooking, cleaning,... * I’m 5′6″ and I can reach all my shelves in my kitchen, minus the top of the cupboards (I get my boyfriend to jump up and get the roaster pan!)
* I used to order the beef dip when out for lunch,… unless there is a good oyster poor boy on the menu… if no seafood,… then a reuben sandwich…
* I speak english
* The cookbooks I use the most is Joy, Betty Crocker, Katzen’s assorted vegetarians, Nigella, Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, James Beard, Mark Bittman ((all at once!!))
* I am in my late 30’s!!! WHOA!
* I did A’s in Biology, Physics, Chemistry, English, and Calculus in highschool. I have a BSc in Animal Biology and a MSc in Forest Ecology. I dropped out of PhD school.
* I cooked in highschool… dinners, lunches for my aunt, and lots of special coffees…
* I have successfully made a hollandaise sauce.
* I am still learning pastry. Lard is our friend. I never do vegetable shortening. Yeeuck! A food processor is my friend. Whizz whizz.
* I dream of cooking all day long in a restaurant. Cutting, prepping, cooking, cleaning,…

]]> By: Barnaby http://101things.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4935 Barnaby Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:18:16 +0000 #comment-4935 I live in Cornwall. I am 5' 8" so I don't need a stool though I sometimes wish I had one as my kitchen floor gets very slippery ... probably because I am a messy cook... I'm in my mid 50's. (sob) I have an Hons Degree in Art History. I found this site because I was looking for some inspiration for cooking sausages. I live near a farm shop and have bought have some very nice fresh ones from the shop that taste great when cooked on their own. Wanting to broaden my horizons I typed 'things to do with sausges' in to my search engine. Some of the listings had nothing to with sausages! Then this site came up which looks interesting. I have only been cooking for about one year now. I lived on unmentionables before that. My daughter started complaining after I became a single parent. In sympathy I bought Ministry of Food by Jamie Oliver which is absolutely brilliant and has inspired me to look further afield. I love simple recipes with good quality ingredients. I am lucky as I live near a farm that sells home grown vegetables. I have never cooked soups before and I cooked Leak and Potatoe soup the other day and it was wonderful. So easy. I avoid supermarkets whenever possible and I am becoming interested in fresh fish. I have Cornish Devon Ray Wings in the fridge which are making me nervous as i am not sure what to do with them. Keep up the good work. In sympathy with 'Terry' above cooking is a great stress buster, and good for the soul. Pies ... mmm ... sounds good. I live in Cornwall.
I am 5′ 8″ so I don’t need a stool though I sometimes wish I had one as my kitchen floor gets very slippery … probably because I am a messy cook…
I’m in my mid 50’s. (sob)
I have an Hons Degree in Art History.
I found this site because I was looking for some inspiration for cooking sausages. I live near a farm shop and have bought have some very nice fresh ones from the shop that taste great when cooked on their own. Wanting to broaden my horizons I typed ‘things to do with sausges’ in to my search engine. Some of the listings had nothing to with sausages! Then this site came up which looks interesting.
I have only been cooking for about one year now. I lived on unmentionables before that.
My daughter started complaining after I became a single parent. In sympathy I bought Ministry of Food by Jamie Oliver which is absolutely brilliant and has inspired me to look further afield.
I love simple recipes with good quality ingredients. I am lucky as I live near a farm that sells home grown vegetables.
I have never cooked soups before and I cooked Leak and Potatoe soup the other day and it was wonderful. So easy.
I avoid supermarkets whenever possible and I am becoming interested in fresh fish. I have Cornish Devon Ray Wings in
the fridge which are making me nervous as i am not sure what to do with them.
Keep up the good work. In sympathy with ‘Terry’ above cooking is a great stress buster, and good for the soul.
Pies … mmm … sounds good.

]]> By: Terry http://101things.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4907 Terry Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:11:12 +0000 #comment-4907 What a terrific bunch of people! I was just looking for a butter recipe! I am from San Pedro, California, a beach town south west of LA. I have a masters degree in clinical psych, masters in renaissance architecture and art history, and I'm a Phd candidate in clinical psych. I work as a family therapist, but primarily as a school psychologist. Cooking is my creative stress release. Love the blog and all the comments...will continue to visit! What a terrific bunch of people! I was just looking for a butter recipe!
I am from San Pedro, California, a beach town south west of LA. I have a masters degree in clinical psych, masters in renaissance architecture and art history, and I’m a Phd candidate in clinical psych. I work as a family therapist, but primarily as a school psychologist. Cooking is my creative stress release.
Love the blog and all the comments…will continue to visit!

]]> By: Ananda http://101things.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4906 Ananda Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:33:49 +0000 #comment-4906 Ciao tutti, I am from the UK but now live in Italy. I am quite tall for my height so don't need a stool. I love cooking and believe its the way to feed the soul. For many reasons the microwave should be banished. Every time I make a roux sauce I still think of my cookery teacher and her words echo in my head "stir in a figure of 8 girls" that mantra has been going on for more than 25 years. So yes a bit older than my 20's I found your website whilst doing a search for chocolate profiteroles. I used to make regularly for dinner parties but not for several years so needed a re-fresh. I now have an Italian boyfriend who is a fab cook and he does all the cooking but this week we have friends for dinner (about 15 people) and I said I would make the 'dolce' For him 15 people is nothing, he is a Napolitan. We just came back from seeing his family, one night we went to his brothers for dinner, there were 35 of us! I said "why didn't you tell me it was a party?" " "That's not a party, that was just my family having dinner!" Tonino replied. Here in Italy, food is about bringing people together. It doesn't have to be complicated, most dishes are quite simple. Fresh good quality indredients are paramount, always with what is in season. Staying with the rhythm of nature I believe is a valuable lesson for us all. The only problem with Italian food is that 5 days later you are hungry again! Buon appetito tutti! Ciao tutti,

I am from the UK but now live in Italy.
I am quite tall for my height so don’t need a stool.

I love cooking and believe its the way to feed the soul.

For many reasons the microwave should be banished.

Every time I make a roux sauce I still think of my cookery teacher and her words echo in my head “stir in a figure of 8 girls” that mantra has been going on for more than 25 years. So yes a bit older than my 20’s
I found your website whilst doing a search for chocolate profiteroles. I used to make regularly for dinner parties but not for several years so needed a re-fresh.
I now have an Italian boyfriend who is a fab cook and he does all the cooking but this week we have friends for dinner (about 15 people) and I said I would make the ‘dolce’ For him 15 people is nothing, he is a Napolitan.

We just came back from seeing his family, one night we went to his brothers for dinner, there were 35 of us! I said “why didn’t you tell me it was a party?” ” “That’s not a party, that was just my family having dinner!” Tonino replied.

Here in Italy, food is about bringing people together. It doesn’t have to be complicated, most dishes are quite simple. Fresh good quality indredients are paramount, always with what is in season. Staying with the rhythm of nature I believe is a valuable lesson for us all.

The only problem with Italian food is that 5 days later you are hungry again!

Buon appetito tutti!

]]> By: Sandra http://101things.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4881 Sandra Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:50:35 +0000 #comment-4881 What special stool do you use to stand on? I am barely 5' and I need one too but it seems dangerous to be standing on a stool while cooking. What special stool do you use to stand on?

I am barely 5′ and I need one too but it seems dangerous to be standing on a stool while cooking.

]]> By: Hulda http://101things.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4873 Hulda Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:06:16 +0000 #comment-4873 Hello There Just bumped into your wonderful website and love your "about me" so I will share aswell -I am 5'3 but never use a stool just wear high heels while cooking. - My choise used to always be a fine rare fillet stake but have not eaten meat for a year now due to stomach ulser so now its the seafood. - I am Icelandic but fluent in English as I live in the UK also speak Swedish and Norwegian - I'm addictied to cookbooks and spend lazy Sunday mornings studying them for inspiration. Rick Stein is in favorite now. - I currently work as a manager for a shipping line whilst studying for my MBA but I love everything about food and cooking. - I'm in my mid-thirties - I've been cooking from a young age but only grew so enthusiatic a few years ago. - I promised my hubby eggs Benedict for breakfast one morning but bought the Hollandaise ready in a jar as it was on offer (still have not cooked this yet :) ) - I've never made pastry but plan to one day. - Love London, Love pies, I'll be there. Hello There
Just bumped into your wonderful website and love your “about me” so I will share aswell
-I am 5′3 but never use a stool just wear high heels while cooking.
- My choise used to always be a fine rare fillet stake but have not eaten meat for a year now due to stomach ulser so now its the seafood.
- I am Icelandic but fluent in English as I live in the UK also speak Swedish and Norwegian
- I’m addictied to cookbooks and spend lazy Sunday mornings studying them for inspiration. Rick Stein is in favorite now.
- I currently work as a manager for a shipping line whilst studying for my MBA but I love everything about food and cooking.
- I’m in my mid-thirties
- I’ve been cooking from a young age but only grew so enthusiatic a few years ago.
- I promised my hubby eggs Benedict for breakfast one morning but bought the Hollandaise ready in a jar as it was on offer (still have not cooked this yet :) )
- I’ve never made pastry but plan to one day.
- Love London, Love pies, I’ll be there.

]]> By: Sasha http://101things.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4829 Sasha Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:49:29 +0000 #comment-4829 I am from Ukraine and now live in New York. I never use cookbooks and taught myself to cook by watching the FoodNetwork (not sure if you guys have it over there, probably not : /) I am charmed by your blog and will certainly try out your recipes. Lots of love, Sasha I am from Ukraine and now live in New York. I never use cookbooks and taught myself to cook by watching the FoodNetwork (not sure if you guys have it over there, probably not : /)
I am charmed by your blog and will certainly try out your recipes.

Lots of love,
Sasha

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