Comments on: Blog all dog-eared pages: Cooking In A Bedsitter, by Katherine Whitehorn http://infovore.org/archives/2009/04/12/cooking-in-a-bedsitter/ a weblog by Tom Armitage Sun, 08 Apr 2012 09:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alex http://infovore.org/archives/2009/04/12/cooking-in-a-bedsitter/comment-page-1/#comment-144787 Alex Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:29:05 +0000 http://infovore.org/?p=2614#comment-144787 Wonderful. I've only momentarily perused this book in Heffers but it seems to be worthy of a more in-depth delve. Wonderful. I’ve only momentarily perused this book in Heffers but it seems to be worthy of a more in-depth delve.

]]> By: Meg http://infovore.org/archives/2009/04/12/cooking-in-a-bedsitter/comment-page-1/#comment-144335 Meg Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:46:39 +0000 http://infovore.org/?p=2614#comment-144335 I still have (and use!) this book - the original edition, very dog-eared and spattered, being a hand-me-down from my mum's student days. It was marvellous when I first moved away from home and had to contend with cooking (late teens). One-pot meals were (and still are) a great skill to have, even if I now live somewhere rather more spacious and can afford a second cooking receptacle.... I still have (and use!) this book – the original edition, very dog-eared and spattered, being a hand-me-down from my mum’s student days.

It was marvellous when I first moved away from home and had to contend with cooking (late teens). One-pot meals were (and still are) a great skill to have, even if I now live somewhere rather more spacious and can afford a second cooking receptacle….

]]> By: James Wallis http://infovore.org/archives/2009/04/12/cooking-in-a-bedsitter/comment-page-1/#comment-144228 James Wallis Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:18:01 +0000 http://infovore.org/?p=2614#comment-144228 Have you not read the sublime Superpig by Willie Rushton (1976)? Much the same, though written for young men living alone, by a middle-aged man who once was one. Very funny indeed, and I still use the advice on ironing shirts to this day. The recipe for Celery Heart Soup is a delight. ("Buy tin of celery hearts. Empty into blender. Blend. Heat. Woo hoo!") Have you not read the sublime Superpig by Willie Rushton (1976)? Much the same, though written for young men living alone, by a middle-aged man who once was one. Very funny indeed, and I still use the advice on ironing shirts to this day. The recipe for Celery Heart Soup is a delight. (“Buy tin of celery hearts. Empty into blender. Blend. Heat. Woo hoo!”)

]]> By: Tom http://infovore.org/archives/2009/04/12/cooking-in-a-bedsitter/comment-page-1/#comment-144194 Tom Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:37:20 +0000 http://infovore.org/?p=2614#comment-144194 Yes - I hadn't really though of that quite so explicitly, but it was in the back of my mind, and you're spot on. Yes – I hadn’t really though of that quite so explicitly, but it was in the back of my mind, and you’re spot on.

]]> By: C C Pugh http://infovore.org/archives/2009/04/12/cooking-in-a-bedsitter/comment-page-1/#comment-144181 C C Pugh Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:03:36 +0000 http://infovore.org/?p=2614#comment-144181 RE p. 13 - I like how "the wireless" means both something completely different, and something elementally the same, today. Modern communication technologies have apparently normalised themselves with their post-war counterparts, at the expense of embarrassing mid-period constructions about information "superhighways" (which apparently FF's dictionary things is a real word?). RE p. 13 – I like how “the wireless” means both something completely different, and something elementally the same, today. Modern communication technologies have apparently normalised themselves with their post-war counterparts, at the expense of embarrassing mid-period constructions about information “superhighways” (which apparently FF’s dictionary things is a real word?).

]]> By: James http://infovore.org/archives/2009/04/12/cooking-in-a-bedsitter/comment-page-1/#comment-144111 James Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:44:33 +0000 http://infovore.org/?p=2614#comment-144111 Sorry, but thought I'd add some bookhunting details for others interested. Original 1963 first editions now go for £35+ and are marked scarce by booksellers (1961 orig pub was as "Kitchen in the Corner", I think). Later editions are available for less than a quid on Abe. I'm going to try the 1970. Hope it looks good. Sorry, but thought I’d add some bookhunting details for others interested. Original 1963 first editions now go for £35+ and are marked scarce by booksellers (1961 orig pub was as “Kitchen in the Corner”, I think). Later editions are available for less than a quid on Abe. I’m going to try the 1970. Hope it looks good.

]]> By: James http://infovore.org/archives/2009/04/12/cooking-in-a-bedsitter/comment-page-1/#comment-144109 James Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:36:05 +0000 http://infovore.org/?p=2614#comment-144109 "NEVER ask ‘Is it all right?’" is the best, and hardest, lesson to learn about cooking with pleasure for others (and the rest). Ordered, thanks. “NEVER ask ‘Is it all right?’” is the best, and hardest, lesson to learn about cooking with pleasure for others (and the rest). Ordered, thanks.

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