Tag: Cooking

  • How to make self-raising flour

    Self-raising flour isn’t always readily available in some countries, or it’s very expensive because it’s imported. Maybe it’s better to DIY, but how? Actually, it’s not all that difficult. At its most basic, all you need is plain (all-purpose) flour and baking powder. Most of the various TV chefs have their own recommended proportions of…

  • Not Greek Salad

    Not Delia fancied a Greek salad but didn’t have the correct ingredients. Here’s an alternative version.

  • Quick Foodie Quiz 19

    Test your foodie knowledge with our quick quiz. Only five questions but quite difficult, we think. Have fun! Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management was first published in monthly supplements to her husband’s The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine. It was subsequently first published as one volume entitled The Book of Household Management. When? 1859 1860 1861…

  • FSA Goes for Goal

    Two Premiership football teams join the FSA in an initiative to get kids eating healthy food.

  • Quick Foodie Quiz 18

    Test your foodie knowledge with our quick quiz. Only five questions but quite difficult, we think. Have fun! What is (a) makisu? A type of rice wine, like sake A small Japanese vegetable knife with a curved blade A bamboo mat used in food preparation, particularly sushi A tea said to have health-giving properties Along…

  • Goulash Soup (Gulaschsuppe)

    A Not Delia reader, Mike K-H of NewFreebooters.com, asked me for a recipe for goulash soup (Gulaschsuppe) – so here it is! Ingredients 1lb (500g) stewing steak (There’s actually 1 kg of meat in this photo – you don’t need so much for a goulash soup, but I’m making beef stew and meat pasties too.…