Putting it in my mouth

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

If it's meat, boil it til it falls off the bone. If it's veg, boil it til it loses its shape.

(Joking. I'm a dab hand in the kitchen, though I say it as shouldn't)

Boru

Not as funny as it sounds. Was once that way, still is for many. Wouldn't let you near my kitchen 

I have a a facsimile edition of Mr's Beeton's Cooker Book of 1912. (Mrs Beeton actually died in 1865) Among many other things it recommends boiling cabbage for 45 minutes.  It was the foundation of English (and Australian )stodge.  The book gives the cost of each recipe, which is helpful.  





The book best known as Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, also published as Mrs Beeton's Cookery Book, is an extensive guide to running a household in Victorian Britain, edited by Isabella Beeton and first published as a book in 1861. Previously published in parts, it initially and briefly bore the title Beeton's Book of Household Management, as one of the series of guide-books published by her husband, . The recipes were highly structured, in contrast to those in earlier cookbooks. It was illustrated with many monochrome and colour plates.

Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management - Wikipedia

I’m familiar with Mrs. Beeton, primarily through the Sherlock Holmes connection.

Boru