tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post6874051412138673352..comments2024-03-28T17:38:36.224+00:00Comments on My Quiet Life in Suffolk: Cooking on GasSue in Suffolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-29317525288890762622018-01-25T21:50:38.724+00:002018-01-25T21:50:38.724+00:00Meals in a mug.....
I want to read that book!
Rose...Meals in a mug.....<br />I want to read that book!<br />Rose xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-44292559844125902212018-01-25T19:15:55.634+00:002018-01-25T19:15:55.634+00:00Love my Kitchen in the Hills book, always on the l...Love my Kitchen in the Hills book, always on the look out for common sense books and you have helped fill my shelves through similar posts. My nan was aged 14 when World War One broke out and so very practised at making ends meet. Among many things I remember her doing was using the cabbage water for making gravy and if there was any gravy left on our plates at the end of the meal she would tell us to fetch a spoon and eat it up.<br />Nothing was wasted and to this day if I there is something I can't use up I feel terribly guilty - TamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-4048010399958880672018-01-25T18:57:51.927+00:002018-01-25T18:57:51.927+00:00Just when I was starting to think, it might be tim...Just when I was starting to think, it might be time to get rid of my old cookbooks...There's something so cozy when you can sit down and look through a cookbook - the internet is nice but does not compare.<br /><br />Debby https://www.blogger.com/profile/02574297621214864538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-10946449011967904822018-01-25T18:26:59.344+00:002018-01-25T18:26:59.344+00:00Good tips from your mumGood tips from your mumSue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-49606635959372980432018-01-25T18:26:07.315+00:002018-01-25T18:26:07.315+00:00It's an electric hob I don't like, so seem...It's an electric hob I don't like, so seems so slow compared to gas.Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-48087949705397825912018-01-25T18:24:11.036+00:002018-01-25T18:24:11.036+00:00I wonder if anyone heeded that leaflet about not t...I wonder if anyone heeded that leaflet about not toasting when toast is comforting and bread was a stapleSue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-19611629346563061492018-01-25T18:23:07.493+00:002018-01-25T18:23:07.493+00:00I use our microwave a lot as it uses less electric...I use our microwave a lot as it uses less electric, things like scrambled eggs and reheatingSue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-27875878510438362292018-01-25T18:21:32.308+00:002018-01-25T18:21:32.308+00:00Yes, that's my fail tooYes, that's my fail tooSue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-30825108632390959562018-01-25T17:48:58.116+00:002018-01-25T17:48:58.116+00:00We used to get through two wheelbarrow loads of wo...We used to get through two wheelbarrow loads of wood a day at the smallholding with Rayburn and wood-burner and used to have to collect and cut wood every week except for summer weeks. It was Very hard work, but so cheap! Oil is easier but more worrying because I don't really know how it worksSue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-52901419395616126392018-01-25T17:22:31.309+00:002018-01-25T17:22:31.309+00:00I loved reading along your book shelf. Some very...I loved reading along your book shelf. Some very familiar ones in there, Shirley Goode's (I used to love her blog, too) the Elizabeth West's and Rose Elliot, but plenty more for me to keep an eye open for.<br />We have just reached the point where we have to admit that keeping the solid fuel Rayburn going is getting a bit too much work for us - felling the trees, sawing, chopping, stacking and then feeding the Rayburn and cleaning out the flues. It's a big decision because besides cooking it also provides all the hot water and the central heating, too. Lots of thought and number-crunching ahead. Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-50603576236816025952018-01-25T15:59:55.522+00:002018-01-25T15:59:55.522+00:00My downfall is not filling the oven. I like to coo...My downfall is not filling the oven. I like to cook in bulk and obviously fill it with more then, but on a day to day basis I just don't have enough to cook to fill it. It is easier when you have a family at home. Eloise thisissixty.bloghttp://thisissixty.blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-19666213428678244982018-01-25T15:32:05.214+00:002018-01-25T15:32:05.214+00:00Thanks for sharing the book shelf. I don't re...Thanks for sharing the book shelf. I don't recognise any. Mine has my mum's 1935 edition of Mrs Beetons. my 1987 Christmas present from Mum of Delia's Complete Cookery Course, Marguerite Pattens Every Day Cook Book, Floyd on France (which I like as a good read) and a Czech and Slovak cook book because they cook with lard and many of the recipes are similar to my childhood food which I still prefer. I consult all of these books from time to time. I have never had gas in any shape or form. I also don't have a microwave and have never had one. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-65140776826343044782018-01-25T15:03:23.032+00:002018-01-25T15:03:23.032+00:00Think my Nanna must have had that book during the ...Think my Nanna must have had that book during the war, the tips you've listed have definitely been passed down - apart from the toast eating one. xxEveryday life at Number 38https://www.blogger.com/profile/12945846951398052455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-40651816488222238262018-01-25T11:24:16.295+00:002018-01-25T11:24:16.295+00:00I haven't had a gas cooker for over twenty yea...I haven't had a gas cooker for over twenty years and I still miss cooking on gas.<br />Hugs-x-Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-73505242649216703932018-01-25T10:49:05.939+00:002018-01-25T10:49:05.939+00:00Like you I've only had to use an electric stov...Like you I've only had to use an electric stove for one out of my (56) years of marriage (makes me sound old lol) and it was not a pleasure at all.<br />Stop opening the oven door and put the lid back on - one of the first things my mother (she with no cooking skills at all) taught me.Cathyhttp://cranethie.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-15486267428233577052018-01-25T09:48:09.022+00:002018-01-25T09:48:09.022+00:00Nearly 40 years of picking up copies of old books ...Nearly 40 years of picking up copies of old books from charity shops and boot salesSue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-62741701771778381102018-01-25T09:47:13.647+00:002018-01-25T09:47:13.647+00:00Our Hybrid chickens were skinny things when they g...Our Hybrid chickens were skinny things when they got to the end of laying, hardly a scrap of meat on them.<br />Your ideas are very creative.Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-26202646995318399742018-01-25T09:45:43.360+00:002018-01-25T09:45:43.360+00:00Before Amazon it took me 20 years of looking to fi...Before Amazon it took me 20 years of looking to find the Kitchen in the Hills book. I wrote to Elizabeth West and she replied saying she wasn't happy with that book as her original recipes were for 2 people and she had to redo them for 4 and the publishers didn't give her enough time to do them oroperlySue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-3978578079097150022018-01-25T09:43:12.396+00:002018-01-25T09:43:12.396+00:00That's a good plan too - not in the wartime bo...That's a good plan too - not in the wartime book but I guess pasta wasn't around much back thenSue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-45794085742828031012018-01-25T09:41:40.840+00:002018-01-25T09:41:40.840+00:00I've used gas for almost all of my 43 (OMG) ye...I've used gas for almost all of my 43 (OMG) years of cooking and the year of electric hob in Ipswich made me determined to have LPG here.<br /><br />The wartime thing.......I feel as if I'm copying you but honestly had some of my post ideas earlier. And have NO intention on living on rations anytime soon! :-)Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-20841304983672123762018-01-25T09:17:34.561+00:002018-01-25T09:17:34.561+00:00I miss cooking on gas.
We have so many of the sam...I miss cooking on gas.<br /><br />We have so many of the same books ... I could almost replicate your photos on my blog.<br /><br />I think we all have a bit of a wartime slant going on at the moment, haven't we. There was a lot of commonsense used in those days even if times were hard 😊Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-1146383490801017402018-01-25T08:59:22.779+00:002018-01-25T08:59:22.779+00:00Bring your pasta to the boil and then switch off t...Bring your pasta to the boil and then switch off the heat leaving the lid on is one of my favourites.<br />ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-87159983672224247782018-01-25T08:28:17.537+00:002018-01-25T08:28:17.537+00:00Some lovely books, I do want to get Kitchen in the...Some lovely books, I do want to get Kitchen in the Hills next. I don't have many cookery books apart from Mary Berry, Nigella and Nigel Slater, I have five folders for recipes.Simple Livinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00884864661226371141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-5098215941879082442018-01-25T08:19:59.560+00:002018-01-25T08:19:59.560+00:00I remember stories told by my grandma during that ...I remember stories told by my grandma during that time when they had so little. They always kept chickens, as many did, but when they stopped laying and were needed for the pot she couldn't do it so used to swap with the man next door. Trouble was she said his were scrawny unlike hers, so he had the better deal. I like to repurpose things too, cutting down an 8L water bottle, yarn bombing it and using it as a plant holder, thinking outside the box and being creative is the key xcxChrissiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13613570629230619992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-49275018030832228922018-01-25T06:18:36.240+00:002018-01-25T06:18:36.240+00:00That's a wonderful collection of books you hav...That's a wonderful collection of books you have there!<br />J xJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116524003944939298noreply@blogger.com