Here’s an idea for a Christmas stocking filler, not
published by Old Pond but by our friends at Camden Miniature Steam Services.
David Curwen, a prolific designer of miniature railway locomotives living deep in the countryside, faced changed circumstances in his eighties which meant that if he wanted to eat, he had to learn to cook. He thought, “I’m not a grumpy old codger, I’m a happy-go-lucky codger, and I’ll face up to this in a practical way.”
You can discover how he got on in his Old Codger’s Cookbook. Besides brief accounts of kitchen equipment, basic tools and recipes from tomato soup to beef stew with pigeon, David Curwen diverts to a wide range of topics such as cats and their behaviour, recalcitrant cookers and the joys of a good butcher. It makes delightful reading, beautifully illustrated by Wendy McCleave
The Old Codger’s Cookbook, paperback, 62 pages, costs only £6.75
and is available from Camden Miniature Steam Services, telephone 01373 830151.
More details and online ordering are on their website here.
Full of zest for living until the end, David Curwen died two years ago at the age of 97, just after handing his manuscript to Camden.
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