Eh?

I switched off listening to her strange vocabulary when she described a pud coming out of the oven as having 'inner thigh wibble!'

It's not you, it's her!

Is she pissed?

Usually...

Is my memory correct on this - the only cooking show there used to be, was Fanny Craddock and her permanently pissed husband?

Here in Oz I'm sick of cooking shows - there's hundreds of them, with the presenter going "yomm" or 'beaudiful"

And it's not as if they often cook something you could copy: they say stuff like: "you need to add a dash of outer mongolian bindweed"

I have fantasies about Nigel Slater adopting me; I don't usually watch cookery programmes but I watched him a few weeks ago and it was like being in a sort of dreamland [I was falling asleep on the sofa at the time].

I remember Philip Harben in the 50s/60s, but there were only one or two. Someone's bound to come up with another!

There was one who was billed as The Galloping Gourmet, and then there was The Naked Chef (he wasn't). There was Madhur Jaffrey (she had never cooked at home as they had Staff, but needed to make some dosh so wrote home for recipes and became a guru on Indian cooking)

Wasn't "advisement" some sort of legal terminology? I think I recognise it. However I can't see it being appropriate for meringues - tortuous or what?

I enjoy some cooking shows in Oz such as Good Chef Bad Chef, but irritating James Reeson who I thought was a Pom. He says things such as per gala instead of pergola, he can't be an Australian.

There's a story that at the end of one of Fanny Craddocks programmes , Johnny turned to the camera and said "I hope all your doughnuts look like Fanny's"

We used to love The Galloping Gourmet!

Marguerite Patten in the 1950s. I used to have one of her books which was most useful when I was first cooking for myself. It was good, basic cookery which actually worked.

Marguerite Patten in the 1950s. I used to have one of her books which was most useful when I was first cooking for myself. Hers were good basic recipes which really worked.

There's that echo again

To get back to the OP: I've only heard the term 'under advisement' used by rather pompous public servants when they didn't really want me to know what they meant. It apparently means that whatever it is will be given careful consideration.

I can't win tonight! Better get an early night.

Thanks, anno. I must remember to give the addition of white wine vinegar some careful consideration in future. I think Nigella is slowly going bonkers.

i lost count of the times she described her food as "voluptuous" but DH was drooling happily in the corner- whether at the food or Nigella- who cares? Whatever makes him happy!

Nigel Slater is very soothing. He says things like, 'Cheese and tomato go really well together' and doesn't make loud noises or use strange expression.

I think Nigel Slater is a bit creepy.

Does anyone else think some of the things that Nigel Slater throws together are a bit strange

No, I really rate Nigel Slater. He always happens to have leftovers that make somethbg special, rather than a bit of minging parmesan and some stale bread.

All those brown paper packages tied up with string are a bit strange as well.

Back in the seventies I used to love a lunchtime TV programme called Farmhouse Kitchen. Does anyone else remember it?

I know I have had a recipe for Pavlova meringue that involved some kind of vinegar and, I think, cornflour, to give it a marshmallow texture. Does anyone have any idea what I am talking about?