The Ducks Guts

2012 Challenges
I vote Moroccan, esp Paula's original book and later book, if we can do both. It would be interesting to compare the two versions. Other than that, any cuisine from Asia or Africa would be good.

Comment by The Ducks Guts January 2012 permalink
Holiday gifts
Hi all, Well, I didn't get any cookbooks, probably because, like Andrew, nobody is game. I did get a new spice grinder, thank goodness, as sometimes the mortar and pestle can be hard work. The best part about it, is that it is the same model as…

Comment by The Ducks Guts January 2012 permalink
Kitchen Disasters
My first attempt at hosting the family Christmas lunch, and discovering how long a turkey REALLY takes to cook. It was ready at 3 in the afternoon, way past the planned time. Fortunately there was plenty of ham, devils on horsebacks, pudding pav etc…

Comment by The Ducks Guts December 2011 permalink
New Feature: Cover Uploads
Thanks Andrew and Queezle Sister! Yes, it works copying it in, although as it was via an iPad, the right click business WAS a bit baffling. It didn't work using "save as image" but "copy" did, as long as I was careful as per…

Comment by The Ducks Guts July 2011 permalink
New Feature: Cover Uploads
Hi Andrew, I cannot get the cover download from LibraryThing to work, for books that I have already entered into Cookbooker. I have gone into the titlepage of two books, but nothing happens. Do I need to be a member of LibraryThing? The books that I…

Comment by The Ducks Guts July 2011 permalink
User name
"The ducks guts" is old slang (Australian, I suspect) for ,er, "the best". Not a very modest moniker, but it is used in the movie Mad Max which was filmed near Melbourne, many many years ago, and I like, not for the violence (fai…

Comment by The Ducks Guts February 2011 permalink
How do you organize your cookbooks?
Well, I am thrilled as the other half has finally made me a double bed which is basically a large box with bedhead, and slats on top to keep air circulated under the matress. He made it out of nearly all recycled wood scrounged from the council har…

Comment by The Ducks Guts February 2011 permalink
How do you organize your cookbooks?
I have two large bookcases in the bedroom, for the favorites, organized by region or speciality, ie baking, with everything that doesn't quite fit going into a general area. All the other books are in boxes in the back room, but unsorted, so i…

Comment by The Ducks Guts September 2010 permalink
Essential Cookbook
"Cookery The Australian Way". Not the (I think) Periplus version, but the daggy, plain, version that is the high-school text book. Yes, everybody mocks it as unfashionable and Westernised, but try leaving home with it and you will find it…

Comment by The Ducks Guts September 2010 permalink

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