Pauper's Cookbook
Pauper's Cookbook
Years ago my friend and I had a job share - we alternated 3 days one week with 2 days the next - on the 'days off' we minded our combined kids - 6 in all and cleaned each others houses. We were still broke and it lasted for a year before our husbands had had enough!!
Anyway, I digress. Our favourite cookbook - given we were still poor - was The Pauper's Cookbook by Jocasta Innes. In fact we liked it so much that once we had both finished the job share, we used to do a weekly challenge of shopping together and seeing how little each of us could spend on the week's shop. Great fun and very, very useful - that way the kids got shoes.
This book has some great recipes.
Sue
Anyway, I digress. Our favourite cookbook - given we were still poor - was The Pauper's Cookbook by Jocasta Innes. In fact we liked it so much that once we had both finished the job share, we used to do a weekly challenge of shopping together and seeing how little each of us could spend on the week's shop. Great fun and very, very useful - that way the kids got shoes.
This book has some great recipes.
Sue
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Yep, got that one, in a similay vein -
The Thrifty Gormet or Feeding a Family on a Budget - Ann Marshall - Angus and Robertson - 1974 (Aus)
Penny Pincher's Cookbook - Sophie Leavitt - Tempo Books - 1973 - (US book but my copy published in Aus)
The Money Savers Cook Book - Geri Tully - Tower Publications - 1970 (US)
Eating Better for Less, A guide to Managing your Personal Food Supply - Ray Wolf (Editor) - Rodale Press - 1978 (US)
Inflation Cookbook, good Food for Hard Times - Lena E. Sturges - Omoor House Inc. - 1973 (US).
All bought second hand at one time or another.
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The Thrifty Gormet or Feeding a Family on a Budget - Ann Marshall - Angus and Robertson - 1974 (Aus)
Penny Pincher's Cookbook - Sophie Leavitt - Tempo Books - 1973 - (US book but my copy published in Aus)
The Money Savers Cook Book - Geri Tully - Tower Publications - 1970 (US)
Eating Better for Less, A guide to Managing your Personal Food Supply - Ray Wolf (Editor) - Rodale Press - 1978 (US)
Inflation Cookbook, good Food for Hard Times - Lena E. Sturges - Omoor House Inc. - 1973 (US).
All bought second hand at one time or another.
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Alternatively - just eat the Scottish staple foods: Porridge; tatties and neeps; offal. All cheap and nourishing! Oh yes, and black pudding - that used to be made when money was scarce and they wanted something rather more fulfilling than porridge: They did a bit of bloodletting - didn't kill the cow - and mixed the blood with oatmeal.
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I have to say that having looked at this book I just can't find any recipe that inspires me enough to cook it. There is an offal lot of offal!!!! The food is just not the sort that we eat, and I find it is set out really oddly, making it difficult to find certain sorts of recipes.
Also, some of the ingredients aren't what I would consider that cheap. Spaghetti with lumpfish caviar and creme fraiche? She uses a lot of meat and fish; I don't eat much meat and find fish quite expensive, so would have liked a few more interesting looking veggie dishes.
I suppose I might change my mind when I get round to actually cooking from it!!
Also, some of the ingredients aren't what I would consider that cheap. Spaghetti with lumpfish caviar and creme fraiche? She uses a lot of meat and fish; I don't eat much meat and find fish quite expensive, so would have liked a few more interesting looking veggie dishes.
I suppose I might change my mind when I get round to actually cooking from it!!
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