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Comment on Delia Smith says ready meals are “sad” by Not Delia

Not Delia — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:01:47 +0000

Great stuff!

Which football club would you buy?

Comment on 50 Great Curries of India by Not Delia

Not Delia — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:33:50 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, Mike. Kris Dhillon is a woman not a man! I earlier made the same mistake too. I like the KD book mainly because it gives an insider’s guide to Indian restaurant curries.

http://www.krisdhillon.com/

Comment on Gordon Ramsay loses Michelin star by Not Delia

Not Delia — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:05:55 +0000

I also think he’s a bit false – always promoting the family man image. As I said in my review of his book “Gordon Ramsay Makes It Easy”, I would have preferred more photos of food and a lot fewer of his kids.

Of course his wife Tana now has a successful career as an author of family-style cookbooks. Easy for some ain’t it? OK, so that comment was a bit of sour grapes, but what qualification does she have for it other than than being married to a famous chef? Bah!

Comment on Delia Smith says ready meals are “sad” by Mike the curry fiend

Mike the curry fiend — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:19:02 +0000

Even better, I’ll start a TV series on it.

And buy a football club.

Comment on Gordon Ramsay loses Michelin star by kal

kal — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:19:35 +0000

He is too full of himself, if you dish it out, you have to be able to take it too!

Comment on 50 Great Curries of India by Mike the curry fiend

Mike the curry fiend — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:20:43 +0000

I have now tried out curries from Kris Dhillon and Pat Chapman so thought I would give some feedback.

The KD one was nice but I found I ended up with far too great a quantity of sauce – maybe I should have simmered it more fiercely or possibly just added less water. That might be why I found his two-teaspoons of curry powder “vindaloo” very mild. I’ll try out some of his other curries and hopefully a more concentrated sauce could be the solution.

On the other hand, the Pat Chapman “mild” chicken curry was spot on! I like my chillies and I found this curry to have a really nice level of heat (might also be because I went for two very “generous” teaspoons of chilli powder).

Comment on Delia Smith says ready meals are “sad” by Not Delia

Not Delia — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:16:40 +0000

Gosh! Such a complex procedure. It sounds almost as difficult as boiling an egg. I don’t know if we’ll all be able to cope with such things.

I don’t suppose you could write a book about it?

Comment on Delia Smith says ready meals are “sad” by Mike the curry fiend

Mike the curry fiend — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:32:24 +0000

@ Mike no.3 – Pickle out of a jar with your popadoms? Never mind Delia, *I’m* impressed! lol

It’s a complex procedure balancing the pickle on the teaspoon as you transfer it to the plate

Comment on Indian Pickled Onions by Mr Not Delia

Mr Not Delia — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:20:03 +0000

Cut a deep cross from the top to the bottom of the onion but leave them attached to the base. [I didn't really "get" this as I'd already cut off the tip and the base. I didn't make any crosses.]

I don't get this either. I've never seen onions prepared like this in any Indian restaurant I've ever been in, whether in India, the UK or anywhere else in the world. They've always been left peeled, topped and tailed, but otherwise whole. It sounds a bit like the palaver that you're supposed to go through with Brussels sprouts. Weird.

Comment on Delia Smith says ready meals are “sad” by Ted

Ted — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:46:48 +0000

@ Mike no.3 – Pickle out of a jar with your popadoms? Never mind Delia, *I’m* impressed! lol