Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #76859 in Books
• Published on: 2001-07-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

Customer Reviews

'Traditional Fare from Hearth and Home'
compiled by Johanna Mathie, is featured in this book of the Salmon Favourite Recipe series.

'Better wait on the cook than on the doctor' - Scottish proverb.

'Scottish country cooking has traditionally used the abundance of fresh local produce to create simple and hearty fare.
This book contains a varied collection of warming soups, broths, stews and other tasty dishes.'

Paperback format with 48 high quality pages, covering 34 recipes.

This charming little book opens with an alphabetical list of the recipes contained within.
Each recipe opens with the title, a note, the list of ingredients plus the method.
Metric Conversion tables are given on the last page before a complete list of the titles in the Salmon series on the inside back cover.

Interspersed with sepia photographs, my particular favourite being of 'Her Dochter's Bairn', alongside a truly nostalgic recipe for:-

'Mince and Tatties'.

Other recipes include:-

Ayrshire Bacon Dumplings
Apple & Bramble Crumble
Boiled Cake
Bread Patties
Butterscotch Shortbread
Claggum
Fife Bannocks
Granny McKie's Apple Chutney
Poacher's Soup
Porridge Oat Pastry
Roastit Bubbly-jock
Scots Tablet
Steak in Whisky Sauce
Stoved Chicken
Vegetable Broth

A great value range of recipe books
I own the whole series of these books and every single one of them contains a great selection of recipes.

If you are a basic cook like me, then these recipes are ideal. However, if you like to cook complex fancy dishes then these may disappoint you.

The ingredients used are everyday items that most of us will have in our kitchens and the layout is very simple to use. The majority of the recipes I have tried have turned out extremely well and my friends have all commented on the books and borrow them!

Each book has a paperback wipe clean cover which is very practical. The majority have around 48 pages and the recipes are in alphebetical order with an index at the back. Obviously these are budget books and you will not find any fancy photographs, however, the food is simple and easy to make and is very tasty!

If like me you become addicted to these fab little books then be careful as a number of recipes are repeated throughout a number of books, but at this price who cares!

One helpful thing to know is, that as Amazon only stock a limited number of these books, there are contact details in the back of each book so you can order directly from Salmon books directly.

Well worth 5 stars.