Retro Recipes
It was Boxing Day morning, we were awake early with yet another hangover in one of my cousin’s old bedrooms in Birmingham. All her old books and toys are still in the bedroom, so we had a little nose through the books.
We found the loveliest cookery book, called My learn to cook book by Ursula Sedgwick, illustrations by Martin Mayhew.
Excuse the stains
We decided to make use of my photographer dad, and asked him to take the following photos of our favourite recipes.
Amazing
And here’s our version of Ox-Eye eggs. With a few added sausages in maple bacon on the side.
Our attempt at Ox-Eye eggs
I was surprised by the amount of attention my tweets regarding this book and my eggs got on Twitter, I ended up in discussions with @DomesticJules, @mydaddycooks, and @schooldinners, who had another book in the series. @thetablecafe might include it in his breakfast/brunch menu, although to him it was known as Egg in a Hole. I think his version will be better than mine.
And here’s a recipe for Apple Snow, we’ve yet to make this, it was my cousin’s favourites.
Apple Snow
In case you don't know how to boil an egg (I've only just perfected this)
There are eight copies for sale on Amazon, the cheapest is £15, and the most expensive, £67.56! Eek.
Thank you for posting some of the pages. I’m still determined to get myself a copy somehow! The Ox-eye eggs bring back memories of making thme when I was a child.
Maybe you should treat yourself! Go for the £15 copy.
Oh! I had this book and the memories have just come flooding back! I wonder if my Mum still has my copy! The Apple Snow was one of my favs ….just the name alone caught my imagination as a kid.
This is just brilliant! Do they still make these types of books for children? We don’t have kids but I have seen a couple of cookery shows for children on TV but you can’t beat a proper book can you? I’m quite tempted by the apple snow myself. Lovely!
Hooray! Thanks for the pictures. I have had this book (but not the proper title) in mind for decades and finally tracked it down today. Lucky you to have access to the best ever recipe for no-bake chocolate cake – I can’t remember the proportions but I know it had Smarties on top! The Poor Knights of Windsor page has stuck in the mind too … happy days …
I had this book too. Remember the recipe for croque Monsieur