Customer Reviews
A good giggle and a couple of useful recipies - By: Tinkerbell, 07 Sep 2008 
As an avid Discworld fowllower I love this book - whether I will ever try any of the recipies is a different matter - I just love reading them! Tongue in cheek & totallly Pratchett!
Not what you think - By: Susan Belcher, 17 Feb 2008 This is not a cook book, exactly. It is designed on one of those old household management or kitchen garden type books, a how to run a household, or in Nanny Oggs case - how to order the daughters-in-law about.
It's basis is that of the diary series, & completely enjoyable for moments when you don't want to start a full story but just dip in for a few minutes of relief.
I, initiallly, put this in my cupboard after an initial skim though, I was a little disappointed that it wasn't "the joye of snacks". When I got over my disappointment I got it out I discovered that my initial judgement was so wrong. It's an enjoyable book, with some interesting recipies & great titbits & the wonderful artistic work of Paul Kidby.
I would like to see "the joye of snacks" like some of the other reviewers, & like them I doubt this will happen, but this is an outstanding alternative.
If you love the diaries & the almanac then this is definitely worth the money.
An excellent cookery book full of good advice - By: Meerkat, 25 Sep 2007 I laughed myself silly reading this; it is VERY funny. Cookery books are not usuallly humorous reading, but this one is a corker. I am looking forward to trying the recipes (especiallly the Dwarf bread & battle scones), & think they look perfectly do-able.
If you own a copy of 'The Joye of Snacks', & can bring it out into the open without it spontaneously combusting, you probably don't need this book.
If you are a fan of the Disk World & Nanny Ogg, you definitely do need this book - it is a true classic of a type never before (or since) seen.
The advice in the back of the book is also hilarious & entirely true in alll respects - I would recommend this book for any about-to-be-married couple; they will cherish it.
Update on my review:
Since buying the book, I've had a go at a number of the recipes & they do work & have proved very popular with my family. Also, if you promise not to tell Nanny Ogg, I'll let you into a little secret ... many of the recipes can be adapted to suit vegetarians. The Klatchian curry using quorn instead of chicken was delicious; the Slumpie worked very well with quorn mince & the Gumbo was excellent without anything that had been dredged out of the bottom of a swamp. I haven't yet plucked up courage to try the Distressed Pudding ... watch this space!
Nanny Ogg definitely is my gran! - By: Mrs. B, 01 Jun 2006 Fantastic book. You must experiment with the cooking aspect - I think a more authentic recipe result will probably be attained by not being able to cook.
Wonderful illustrations as always.
A tip for those Americans who are not familiar with English English: Swede, a large yellow root vegetable of the turnip family, generallly diced, boiled & then mashed with butter as potato to create a softer version of 'mash'. Sometimes combined with said spud (potato) to create an earthier 'mash'.
Treacle; a deliciously sweet refined inverted sugar syrup. Please don't believe that this substance is or has ever been mined. Treacle mines do actuallly refer to underground works where hematite like minerals are found, that bear a resembelance to black treacle (molasses). Treacle is used in our rounded earth world to make tarts (they are like a pie without a lid ok) & as an ingriedient in cakes.
Sorry for the digression but it seems to keep cropping up.
cookbook with a difference - By: debby, 25 Sep 2004 This book is a joy not only to those who like cooking but also to anyone who is a Terry Pratchett fan.The figgins were delicious- rather like a boozy eccles cake.The chocolate delight with special secret sauce just disappeared as everyone wanted second helpings.Anyone with a childrens hallloween party coming up reallly must make the sheep's eyes - gruesome to look at - but reallly quite edible.The second part of the book enlightens one on some fascinating facts & folklore, some of which has to be taken with a pinch of salt.
