Support group for disgruntled fans of Delia

[downbutnotout]

I was brought up by an ardent fan of Delia who owns everything she has ever written and I learned most of my own (admittedly limited) cookery skills from her books (esp. the fabulous Complete Cookery Course). In fact, given the amount of Delia meals I've eaten in my lifetime, I am substantially her creation.

And what has she done to me in return? Spawned some ghastly book and TV series where she harps on about the delights of frozen and processed foods (presumably while pocketing a ton of cash from the maufacturers and the supermarkets). At the very time when I am trying my best to give my family the benefits of organic home-cooked food and reduce the amount of waste and packaging we produce. And to encourage my child to enjoy creating delicious food from scratch.

Doesn't she care about anything except her own bulging pockets?

Ecoworrier, that was a top rant!

have not read thread (and didnt' watch the prog TBH) BUT I like the fresh pesto from Tesco. the last time i bought it there was one of those farking 'Delia;s Cheats' stickers on it. AIBU to think twice about buying it again?? completely unreasonable i nkow, butd it kind of put me off...

My MIL phoned earlier and mentioned the Delia programme. I think she had bought me her new cook book.........

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icod, we could even make our own to stick over them.
That simply read

Boak

I have a some sticker paper for my printer, I may just do it.

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One look at delia and you can tell she lacks depth.

did you get the pattern pointy?

oh yes, thanks, bundle. I think I mentioned it on another non-knitting thread but maybe you didn't re-visit.

My mum is so fuddy duddy in her knitting tastes, she looked non-plussed. So I either ask nicely as a favour or I'll be taking up the needles again. \ /

There are posters at the railway stations saying 'Who makes pastry? Not Delia!' and I was tempted to make some stickers that go over them to say, 'Me! It's really easy, just two parts fat to one flour and a splash of water, you can do the rubbing in with a food processor.'

She must be stopped! Lock her up in her crockery shed, I say, before she ruins my childhood nostalgia entirely.

Kathy

I must admit I am surprisingly distressed about it all

I used to TRUST Delia

In fact I think this thread should be under Relationships...

Me too, I am disproportionately upset with her. I feel like my mum has taken a job in a strip joint frequented by my bin men.

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AND also

when questioned about all the excess rubbish that the processed ingredients are generating, she said something like "Ohhhhh I'm not really political"

I mean FFS really that is SOOOO lame, we KNOW you're not an IDIOT Delia, so don't pretend you are

disingenious

Have we already read Caitlin Moran on Delia's new show?

Morning Paper - I can't agree more!

I'm traumatised at tinned mince I tell you...!!

Maybe she's aiming the prog at people who give their kids turkey twizzlers so she reasons that frozen mash maybe the lesser of the two evils....but then, people who give their kids turkey twizzlers wouldn't be watching BBC 2 would they???

Yes, I am generalising a lot here

I am watching the tinned mince at the moment on iplayer.
Surely not! Delia! Even worse, I can't believe Nigel (God of the Kitchen) Slater is in cahoots with her over this.

Guardian Blog: "I think there is a bigger problem here. It's not just that the pre-prepared food Delia is flogging is an environmental nasty - in all its unnecessary processing, packaging and transport. Or that such stuff props up the "value-adding" idiocies of the food industry giants, which have brought them vast profit at the expense of farmers and traditional producers. It's more that just as the nation started to eat better, she's asking it to eat worse again. And that really is selling out."

Guardian telly review: "There's worse to come, in the shepherd's pie: tinned mince. Yuk. Now that really is wrong. When was the last time you opened a tin of mince? 1945? Look, Delia, your cat thinks it's for her! Why not sprinkle a bit of powdered egg on top while you're at it... Relax, the war's over."

With success comes responsibility and she has stuck her head in the sand re all the food issues just to make a few more quid and remember she is one of the wealthiest women in the UK. If she had just churned out another ordinary, well written book she still would have made a mint. She DOESN"T need the cash she is getting from the product placement.

As I said in an earlier thread today -I fundamentally object to her promoting industrially produced slop foods. Industrial food producers are responsible for many food related health issues(additives, trans fats ect) and all of the morally bankrupt intensive farming that goes on. I am disgusted with her.

It is like Alan Bennett delving into chicklitt