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The recipes are delicious and also stylish, and are less stuck in the British nursery food rut than Delia's. Well worth buying. (Irish Sunday Tribune )
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Jocasta Innes shows that delicious and stylish cooking does not have to rely on expensive ingredients and that budget food does not mean simply opening a tin or a packet. Thrifty tips on sensible shopping, using leftovers and creating home-made versions of store-bought favourites help to cut the costs at every stage.
More than 250 international recipes, including soups, puddings and vegetarian meals, ranging from quick snacks to impressive party dishes, will suit every occasion and guarantee the tastiest results at the cheapest cost.
First published in 1971, this well loved kitchen classic has been totally revised and updated to take into account the ever-increasing range of low-cost ingredients now available in local supermarkets.
More than 250 international recipes, including soups, puddings and vegetarian meals, ranging from quick snacks to impressive party dishes, will suit every occasion and guarantee the tastiest results at the cheapest cost.
First published in 1971, this well loved kitchen classic has been totally revised and updated to take into account the ever-increasing range of low-cost ingredients now available in local supermarkets.
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62 of 63 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book exemplifies the requriements of a non-cook and gives valuable advice on not only what to cook, how to cook it but with what to cook it and what is required to cook it in! A recent (ancient) review described it as the essential item for a 1st year Uni student, existing on minimal means, who needs to eat to survive. Stuff the 1st year Uni person - it's real life!!
From my own experience I can reccomend the curried lentil soup and the most amazing 'padding' of toad in the hole et al.
A must for all who need to survive on a shoestring although, sadly, there is no advice on how to cook that item!!
Together with Hamlins All Colour Cook Book you need noting else to eat, give great dinner parties and live on a limited budget.
From my own experience I can reccomend the curried lentil soup and the most amazing 'padding' of toad in the hole et al.
A must for all who need to survive on a shoestring although, sadly, there is no advice on how to cook that item!!
Together with Hamlins All Colour Cook Book you need noting else to eat, give great dinner parties and live on a limited budget.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My mother in law has a very old copy of this book and my husband raved on and on and on and on...... about it. After finally finding our own copy I gave it a look and fell in love with it's simplicity. We are now the proud owners of three!!!! copies, and the newest is an amalgam of the previous two. However, there are some notable abscences eg Irish Tea Brack and Ginger Bread Men. It's the kind of book which although it gives you a recipe to follow gives you the confidence to alter the ingredients to fit what you have in the cupboards. Thank you Jocasta Innes.
48 of 49 people found the following review helpful
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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 the recipes from the second book plus some wonderful offaly dishes from the original book.
I couldn't find the recipe for Flemish beef mentioned by another reviewer. This may be because it was in the earlier edition or it may be due to the book's one flaw - the index. I have never come across such an unhelpful index. I turned to it to look up an apple recipe to find that there were no entries listed for 'a' at all. I had to trawl through 'puddings' instead, and that wasn't very helpful, only listing recipes alphabetically by title not ingredient as well. Good indexes are vital in cookbooks.
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 the recipes from the second book plus some wonderful offaly dishes from the original book.
I couldn't find the recipe for Flemish beef mentioned by another reviewer. This may be because it was in the earlier edition or it may be due to the book's one flaw - the index. I have never come across such an unhelpful index. I turned to it to look up an apple recipe to find that there were no entries listed for 'a' at all. I had to trawl through 'puddings' instead, and that wasn't very helpful, only listing recipes alphabetically by title not ingredient as well. Good indexes are vital in cookbooks.
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Great strengths but also weaknesses
Lets get one thing clear; this isn't a book on how to live on next to nothing. It doesn't have 143 clever things to do with budget mince. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Peasant
Still a standard
My copy (circa 1972) is in pieces , literally. I used it when I was a student, then a broke young mum and still referring to it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Janbee
Not Impressed
With all these rave reviews I thought this must be an amazing book, I feel sadly let down. I brought it as a credit crunch book to help me provide cheaper everyday meals that still... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Ms. K. M. Lewin
Wonderful!
This is the first time I have actually felt moved to review a book on Amazon - that is some measure of how much I love this book. Read more
Published 12 months ago by A frugal food lover
Bacon and potato hotpot to die for!!!!!
This is a great cookbook with lots of ideas for how to use up the things in your cupboard before payday! Read more
Published 16 months ago by maddyeddie
Everybody starting out should have a copy!
I bought my original copy back in the seventies and it became more or less my kitchen bible. It lost its front cover some time ago, several pages are liberally splattered with some... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Elaine
Jolly Good
This is really a very useful book and I strongly recommend it. I've bought several copies and given them away as presents to friends and relations
Published 20 months ago by Pauper
A carnival of culinary creations! Excellent.
This book is great. Although the book is aimed at providing top-notch tasting nosh that costs suprisingly little, it goes beyond some of these credit crunch style cookbooks. Read more
Published on 15 April 2010 by Mr. P. Holmes
An excellent cookbook to beg, borrow or buy!
I am so glad that I bought this cookbook because it has helped me to refine the way I organise my weekly food shopping menu and subsequent shopping list. Read more
Published on 7 April 2010 by KNITTERNATTERER
Flemish Beef Stew
How many people will have noticed that the the wonderful recipe for Boeuf a la Flammande from the first book is missing, I wonder? Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2010 by S. E. Blake
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