Whatever happened to Keith Floyd?

Keith Floyd has his own inimitable style when it comes to communicating how to cook. Pour yourself a little drinkie, up here Clive, and enjoy this classic bit of Italian cookery.

This is why you are fat

Make sure that you’ve had your breakfast/lunch/dinner, before you take a look at this disgusting site: This is why you’re fat!

It’s a vile collection of grotesque deep fat fried dishes, disgusting menus and calorific calamities. Not for the faint-hearted.

Get a perfect Mother’s Day gift with MyDish

It might seem like it’s too early to start thinking about Mother’s Day on 22nd March but actually now’s a great time to get started on building your unique cookbook for mother dear. Rather than the usual flowers or chocolates, why not gather together your favourite family recipes, add some family photos and create a fabulous personalised cookbook? Find out all about out cookbook here.

Don’t worry if you don’t have lots of recipes, we can help. We’ve created some ready made books that you can tweak and amend or you can pick some other recipes from other people on MyDish to build your book.

To get your Mothering Sunday book ready in time, you need to have ordered it by the 4th March because they have to be printed individually. And if you need any help, don’t worry, the MyDish team are happy to help.

The 48 bird Christmas Roast

As you chomped on the turkey on Christmas day, did you think:  “Next year, it would be nice to be more adventurous?”

If you did, it’s time to start planning now and here’s the most adventurous choice of them all. Heal Farm have constructed and sell a 48 bird christmas roast that is everything but boring.

The roast has a bird for each of the 12 days of Christmas and eight different types of stuffing all inside a great big turkey.  It’s the meat of 48 birds in total including goose, duck, pheasant, partridge, quail, pigeon and chicken.

It takes 10hrs to cook 25kg roast that will feed about 125 people.  It’s not cheap, needless to say, but the £665 price ticket includes a roasting tin and delivery and if you’re having a REALLY big christmas dinner it could work out as pretty good value for money. You’ll need a huge oven though. And a second one for the roast spuds.

Beware Illegal Mince Pies

Did you know that when you’re cheerily munching those delicious mince pies, that you’re actually breaking the law? Albeit only technically.

Unlike most christmas traditions, mince pies date back further than the reign of Queen Victoria. They are recorded as a medieval tradition and some say they have older, pagan origins. Originally they did indeed contain minced meat (hence the name) as well as the fruit and spices we still consume today. They were often oblong in shape to reflect the manger Jesus lay in and cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg represented the gifts of the three wise men.

However, in 1644 Oliver Cromwell (who wasn’t known for his love of the frivolous) declared that Mince Pies were illegal. And that’s how they remain to this day: the law has never been repealed.

All the more reason to scoff as many of them as you possibly can this Christmas, says MyDish!

Cooking a Turkey with the West Wing

It’s that time of year again and even the finest minds are turning to how’s best to cook that turkey. Even President Josiah Bartlet wants to know what the best way to cook his bird is. What’s the right temperature? Should the stuffing be cooked inside or sperately? There should be a hotline!

Well, there is:

(Oh, OK so this is actually related to Thanksgiving but it’s a brilliant skit.)