Delia Smith Quotes

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• Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.

  Delia Smith

  Beautiful, Thinking, Eating

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• A hen's egg is, quite simply, a work of art, a masterpiece of design and construction with, it has to be said, brilliant packaging!

  Delia Smith

  Art, Food, Eggs

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• Although a food processor is not an absolutely essential piece of equipment, because you can certainly chop, grate, slice, knead and mix everything by hand, it does do all these things very quickly and efficiently and saves you time and energy

  Delia Smith

  Hands, Energy, Essentials

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• A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not your fault - you need to have your oven checked.

  Delia Smith

  Cake, Tea, Needs

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• Hopefully people will be inspired to cook. It's my mission to persuade people not to be afraid of cooking.

  Delia Smith

  People, Cooking, Inspired

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• The thing I can't resist is a pork pie. That's my idea of a lovely treat.

  Delia Smith

  Ideas, Pie, Lovely

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say is they're not very fussy about what they eat. For me, cooking is an exact art and not some casual game.

  Delia Smith

  Art, Games, People

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• Good kitchen equipment is expensive, but most items last a lifetime and will pay for themselves over and over again

  Delia Smith

  Kitchen, Pay, Lasts

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• I sometimes think the chef end of cooking is not the real end of cooking. Cooking is all about homes and gardens, it doesn't happen in restaurants

  Delia Smith

  Real, Home, Garden

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• I found in my whole career the best thing that can happen to you is that you hear what people want.

  Delia Smith

  Careers, People, Want

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• I think Antony Worrall Thompson is dreadful, just repulsive.

  Delia Smith

  Thinking, Antony

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• Football is becoming all about money. I would like to be in a lift with Gordon Brown and say, 'Please do something about football.'

  Delia Smith

  Football, Becoming, Brown

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• I have tried all my life to look after my skin, so I never do things like go to bed with make-up on. I also always use moisturisers. But I certainly do not believe in Botox or anything like that. The thought of it just makes me think 'urgh'.

  Delia Smith

  Believe, Thinking, Skins

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• Memories are fallible and a timer can save a lot of hard work from going out of the window

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  Memories, Hard Work, Going Out

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• A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight

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  Cooking, Jugs, Weight

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• The chemicals in the dishwashing process tend not to be good for saucepans.

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  Chemicals, Process, Be Good

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• But quite honestly I can't help being a passionate football supporter. If that's my sin, I'm guilty

  Delia Smith

  Football, Passionate, Helping

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• In our house, some of our favourite recipes just happen to be vegetarian, but I still enjoy meat and I believe very much in meat.

  Delia Smith

  Believe, House, Meat

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• Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters.

  Delia Smith

  Sea, Numbers, Kitchen

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• I cheated at school. I remember on one occasion I wrote some history dates in pen on my leg. So when there was a question like 'What year did that happen?', I'd lift my skirt up and have a look.

  Delia Smith

  School, Years, Looks

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• If I was a Mayor, I would sort the traffic out and that includes public transport. The traffic jams really get on my nerves.

  Delia Smith

  Nerves, Jam, Mayors

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• I don't get insomnia, but I do get the odd night when I can't unwind.

  Delia Smith

  Night, Insomnia, Odd

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world

  Delia Smith

  Book, Magazines, World

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• My agent, Debbie, saying, 'Don't get involved in advertising.' She gets so many calls a day about me promoting a product, but I am really pleased I have never gone down that route. I don't want somebody else to make a saucepan with my name on it.

  Delia Smith

  Names, Want, Gone

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• I don't actually get recognised. I only have my hair done and make-up put on when I am on TV. The rest of the time, I go out without make-up on, so people don't recognise me.

  Delia Smith

  Hair, People, Done

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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