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In thinking Delia has a death wish for us all?

206 replies

mamhaf · 01/12/2009 22:25

Just watched the Delia Christmas cookery programme on BBC2.

I know she always does this, but I haven't seen her on the tv for a while - everything was crammed with heart-stopping cholesterol - either butter or cream/creme fraiche. And then liberal amounts of nuts, cheese, fatty bacon etc.

It made me feel ill watching it.

And, wearing loads of rings on her horrible liver-spotty hands while preparing food - I hope they chucked the stuff away afterwards.

Admittedly some of the recipes looked delicious in small quantities but AIBU in thinking a full Delia Christmas is a ticket for the morgue?

OP posts:
KurriKurri · 03/12/2009 14:17

Widdle in the garden??? how bizarre. And of course who can forget this immortal moment

MoChan · 03/12/2009 14:22

Agree with Christiana. The low fat obsession that dieticians et al have been promoting for god knows how long is, in my opinion, pretty damaging.

And even if it is bad for you, well, it's only for one day (or a few days..).

CitizenPrecious · 03/12/2009 14:24

STOP posting that link, people!

I haven't got any heating on and my fingers are blue but all it takes is half a second of that and I'm as warm as a Mafia chestnut on Oxford Street

GetOrfMoiLand · 03/12/2009 14:27

I think when Jamie was just a fat tongued twat on a scooter he was less disctatorial than he is now on his crusade to feed the masses. He is the food equivalent of Bono (another patronising twat, albeit less fat of tongue).

Lol at Kerry.

GetOrfMoiLand · 03/12/2009 14:29

I dread to think how much butter and goose fat goes into my Christmas dinner.

And that's before I think about the mince pies and clotted cream for breakfast on the day. And the general wealth of sweets 18 different (it seems) type of cheese.

Ah, sod it. Can you imagine having a low fat Christmas dinner?

Bucharest · 03/12/2009 14:32

It was her house (I think the How to Cook series) and she would't let the cameramen wee in her toilet. (bet she has those toilet roll dolly knitted things)
I think it was the same house in the tinned mince series, her aged and rather sweet mother kept popping in. Looked like the Vicar of Dibley's gaff. Lots of beams.

sazzerbear · 03/12/2009 14:44

That clip of Delia pissed...made me laugh so much great to see it again!

MamaGoblin · 03/12/2009 15:02

I thought that the story was that she'd brought a portaloo in for the plebs cameramen and as it was being winched into place in her garden, it squashed one of her cats. Sorry, it is sort of funny.

Syrupent · 03/12/2009 16:18

Only caught the end of it. DS2 asked 'why is she wrapping a dog poo in pastry?'Agree- v sickly!

pointydogg · 03/12/2009 17:40

did no one see that series of fly-on-the-wall style documentaries about The Life of Delia?

She is total nutz man

CitizenPrecious · 03/12/2009 18:32

well, I personally wouldn't want a camera crew defiling the shag pile in my bathroom for days on end, would you?

[prim]

Bucharest · 03/12/2009 19:08

It's not like camera crews shit on the shag pile though is it?

Bet she didn't want them finding her stash of empty sherry bottles.

StrawberryBeret · 03/12/2009 19:43

Hands off Delia - she's ace!

She's a fabulous cook and she likes football too.

Far rather to spend a convivial evening with Deals over a delicious meal packed with heart-stopping cholesterol than with some of the types on here who would bore you to tears with discussions about losing their baby weight, what they've ordered from Boden and their DH.

CitizenPrecious · 03/12/2009 19:59

I'm not alleging (sp?) that they would shit on Delia's shag pile, Bucharest...this is the BBC after all.

they might wee on it though, by accident. You can't be too careful with shag pile. And what if Delia has dodgy plumbing? you never know how many there's going to be in a camera crew (but if I was Delia and I heard the word "crew" I would start to fear the worst) and maybe she was worried about- well, you know . She probably didn't want to disrupt filming schedules by continually having to go off to the bog with a bucket and a wire coathanger.

She's a very busy lady!

Hulababy · 03/12/2009 20:02

It's Christmas.

If you can't indulge at Christmas when can you?!

Besides the cream and sugar makes the food that tastes so good!!!

Kerrymumbles · 03/12/2009 21:07

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tearinghairout · 03/12/2009 23:00

Yes, but that's mostly alcohol

tearinghairout · 03/12/2009 23:06

I've been to Ireland at Christmas. In & out of people's houses, a piece of cake & a drink in each one... Packed silly in the pub on Christmas Day in the evening, then everyone over the road to the church at 11.55pm for midnight mass, the alcohol fumes mingling with the incense. Was bizarre, but totally wonderful.

GetOrfMoiLand · 04/12/2009 08:07

Bucharest has made me lol on this thread.

7000 calories on Christmas day - sounds quite nice and normal to me (I am the type of person who detoxes in a BIG way in January).

Poohbearsmom · 04/12/2009 09:38

Id welcome you to my home any day Delia CitizenP your so funny 'blockages' lol

Bucharest · 04/12/2009 11:21

Yars, it looked like the kind of cottage with dodgy plumbing, so fair point well made about the crew widdling in the garden.

Email from Amazon this morning tells me there's 65% off almost all the people on this thread's cookbooks btw if anyone is interested. (will prob get the Delia one myself)

I also thought it was funny (as in, just a bit peculiar) in the tinned mince series when she went into the changing rooms after the match and the footy players were all really awkward and "wtf?"

neonLadybird · 04/12/2009 13:16

BTW Delia doesn't just think vegetarians are 'facile', in one of her books (Complete Cookery Course?) she points out helpfully that Hitler was a vegetarian. Gone off her a bit since reading that (even though I own 2 of her books

missorinoco · 04/12/2009 14:11

Poor Delia. She's been slated for her hands, the way she talks, for suggesting we indulge ourselves at Xmas.

Seems a tad harsh to me too.

aseriouslyblondemoment · 04/12/2009 15:12

aww.leave delia alone lol
IMO she's a national treasure
ok so alot of her recent stuff is a tad outdated and her tv programmes aren't the best BUT remember alot of us have learnt an awful lot from her over the years,
and alot of her recipes are foolproof classics.
i always use her xmas pudding and traditional xmas/wedding cake recipes as have yet to find others that come close.

lazyemma · 04/12/2009 16:08

"everything was crammed with heart-stopping cholesterol - either butter or cream/creme fraiche. And then liberal amounts of nuts, cheese, fatty bacon etc."

Quite right, any fool knows that Christmas is all about prudence and moderation. Pass the ryvita and the low-fat soya spread: I'm going to have myself a real festive feast.