[Wikipedia-l] Re: Recipe

Fri Jan 21 10:57:33 UTC 2005

Michael Snow (wikipedia at earthlink.net) [050121 18:09]:
> David Gerard wrote:

> >I think I am about to go wild with my (precioussssss) Bee Nilson.

> Who in the world is Bee Nilson, and why isn't there a Wikipedia article 
> about her when I want to look her up?

The book I'm referring to is 'The Penguin Cookery Book', 1952, some 1970s
updates. Nilson died some time ago and Penguin has done a recent edition,
but it's crap. The book synopsises basic British cooking (of the old-school
lard is good, boil until the stone goes soft sort). It 's the sort of book
people keep in their kitches forever. My wife's copy was given to her as a
girl; we still use it. I can't say how annoyed I am at Penguin doing a new
crap edition rather than just reprinting the old. If there could be a high
standard reference for British cooking, Bee Nilson is the one.

>  I think a lot of the 
> visceral objection to recipes is based on the fact that they frequently 
> overwhelm the remaining content of the article, especially if the 
> instructions are given in significant detail.

I like the Spanish solution a whole lot. Andre, Anthere, what do you think?

- d.