🚀 go-pugleaf

prussell wrote:
> 
> Meg Worley wrote:
> >
> > Dave writes:
> > >You shouldn't have skipped the Two Fat Ladies. They were
> > >pretty amusing and obviously loved good food.
> >
> > By their girth, yes, perhaps.  But by their cooking and
> > recipes, it's clear that they weren't exactly the flower
> > of English cuisine.  (That golden apple can be fought
> > over between Delia Smith and the Grigson mere et fille.)
> > A friend actually bought the Two Fat cookbook, and there
> > wasn't a palatable dish in the whole thing.
> >
> > Rage away,
> >
> 
> Delia Smith is a humourless, opportunistic, grasping, and above all
> uninspired cook, with no real passion for food. She produces bland
> recipes for the masses and makes lots of money out of co-marketing with
> supermarket chains et al. Give me the Two Fat Ladies any day - at least
> they had a good sense of humour and enjoyed their food - I'm a vegan and
> I still enjoyed watching their shows, while Delia makes me want to throw
> something large and destructive at the TV set. The only time I've ever
> called the BBC to complain about a TV program was when she did a show
> featuring "vegetarian" dishes, one of which she gleefully added
> anchovies to, FFS.
> 
> //Paul

P.S. Just about the only British TV cook worth watching these days is
Nigel Slater. Do they show his "Real Cooking" show on the cable channel
by any chance ?