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The Sterkarm Handshake - Susan Price Thanks to Theresa May and her cronies, there will soon be a great revival in cooking cheap and nutritious meals, possibly over open fires of hedgerow twigs and dried dung. So I present some useful recipes from the Sterkarm cook-book. Groats.     Take two and three quarter cups of sour cream, and simmer in a closed pan for about fifteen minutes. Maybe you have some sour cream because the electricity is off again. If you haven't, milk or half water and half milk will do. While your cream is simmering, take one and a quarter cups  of oat-flour.  This can be pin-head oatmeal, or porridge oats ground very fine.        Sieve about a third of the flour into the cream and continue simmering until the butter-fat begins to separate.  Skim off the fat, and save it in a bowl.          ...

We all know that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, well these hospital workers want more than just apples, they want the complete crumble – and any other delicious recipes you'd care to share with them. I thought you'd all be keen as mustard, and certainly not sour grapes if I passed on this culinary request to you. So don't get in a pickle, as what I'm about to ask you is as easy as pie. And if it's not your cup of tea well I'll eat my hat! Okay enough of the foodie cliches. A couple of days ago I was  contacted by a lady named Denise Cross, asking if I would like to contribute a favourite recipe to a cookery book that she and her team are putting together. She also asked if I knew of any other authors who would also like to contribute - hence this timely blog post! When I learned what this cookery book was in aid of, I  was only too pleased to help. Denise works at the Children's Hospital School in the Queen's Medical Centre...

This month I thought I would tempt you with something from the Authors Electric recipe book Cooking the Books . as you can see it's a mix of the ridiculous and the helpful. You may find a recipe to suit you within the pages, or you may prefer just to have a laugh with us as we tackle this alien enterprise. After all, we are writers, not celebrity cooks.! Excerpt from Cooking the Books Cooking – definition – an unpleasant occupation but something you have to do to ensure continued life. It requires a well stocked cupboard, fridge and freezer. An aptitude to combine any ingredients found into something palatable. And a burning desire to take part in Ready, Steady, Cook! Are you sitting comfortably? We shall begin. TAKE STOCK Contents of Detective Sergeant Bill Murphy’s fridge – a prehistoric egg, bacon with white wriggly things on it, cheese that is green and furry, and something indistinguishable (Bill can’t remember what it was!). Contents of Chris’...

Cooking the Books - cover art work by Andrew Price        Our regular blogger for today, Pam Howes, can't blog today - and while we all wish Pam well, it does give us a chance to announce the new Authors Electric anthology, Cooking the Books. Go into any bookshop - go to Amazon - and what do you find? - Nigella, Jamie, Nigel, Louise, Gordon, Delia… So, in self-defence, the Authors Electric decided to produce a cook book. Gathered together here, on these electronic pages, you will find tasty treats and unusual eats from seventeen of the Authors Electric - and Cally Phillips donated a photograph of her hot-plate for the cover. (and Susan Price bribed her brother with cake and cider so he would design the cover.) Valerie Laws wrote the words for the Amazon page: -               Eating your words, devouring a book, writing and food go together like fiction and chips. Here’...