Nigel Slater

[Ally]

Oooooh.

Just seen a trailer for the lovely Nigel Slater's new series starting June 1st.

And he has a beard.

[Workingman]

He's good. No fuss, just easy to do stuff.

[Ally]

He's good. No fuss, just easy to do stuff.

I agree - he is so watchable and seems like a really nice bloke.

[Workingman]

He's not such a slave to modern fads as some of them.

[rant]I watched Mary Berry last night and it was all sea salt this, or Kosher salt that and Japanese Panko breadcrumbs - for a Scotch egg! Have you seen the price of them?! They're breadcrumbs Mary, make yer own. [/rant]

[debih]

I enjoyed Mary Berry last night - though I missed the scotch egg bit.

I'd make everything I saw her do - especially the pheasant, the mushrooms and the lasagne.

Didn't know Nigel was back. He's my favourite - will definitely be watching that.

[Workingman]

He does a column for the Guardian and most of his recipes are bish-bosh, bung it in the pan. Just the minimum of ingredients and the simplest of ways of cooking them.

[debih]

Have you ever read The Kitchen Diaries?

They are my regular bed time reading.

[Diflower]

Thanks Ally didn't know the lovely Nigel was back
His Kitchen diaries are my permanent favourite books, he cooks the way I cook

I didn't watch Mary but btw Lidl do a big box of really good breadcrumbs for 99p - and Wm we don't often have white bread, which is definitely best for breadcrumbs

[Workingman]

Wm we don't often have white bread, which is definitely best for breadcrumbs

Then buy a loaf and crumb up. Much cheaper than Japanese Panko breadcrumbs. Freeze them and defrost when you need them. 'T ain't rocket science.

[Osc]

Have any of you come across Donal Skehan, a young Irish cook? Look for him on Youtube, he is very cute, the girls will want to mother him He cooks simply, I've done quite a few of his recipes and they work very well.