#roald dahl's revolting recipes

[sophiaphile]

Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes

[cdchyld]

Just added to the Vintage shop!

~ “Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes” (1994)

[kingsbridgelibraryteens]

Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes?

Hmmmmm.

I wonder how revolting they might be …

Mr. Twit’s Beard Food???????

UGH. Okay. Never mind. Two things I never want to think about together are BEARDS and FOOD.

🤢

[uchidachi]

When I was very little, I adored Roald Dahl. So when I saw there was a book of recipes based on his stories, I had to get it. I poured over the recipes, thinking they all sounded amazing and delicious.

I never made any of them. As a child, I did not have the permission or ability to make my own food choices. Part of why I’ve been making fancy breakfasts lately and posting them here is me trying to finally find the joy in cooking.

Yesterday, my wonderful neighbor gifted me giant cucumbers and tomatoes from her friend’s garden. With this abundance of vegetable, my mind turned to Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes. The book I bought 20 years ago was on my new shelf in my new apartment.

I was once enraptured by the description of real-life Snozzcumbers, from The BFG. I had (almost) everything needed for the recipe in my kitchen, why shouldn’t I try and make it?

So my inner child & I had Snozzcumbers for dinner tonight.

They were just alright 😅 but I’m glad I made them. I’m glad i fulfilled that one childhood wish, eventually.

Next I think I will try making the chocolate cake from Matilda.

(Transcript of recipe below the cut)

SNOZZCUMBERS FROM THE BFG

SERVES 8

YOU WILL NEED:

vegetable peeler

melon scoop (optional) or teaspoon

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2 large cucumbers

1 can (3 ¼ ounces) tuna

1 to 2 tomatoes, deseeded and chopped

3 cocktail gherkins, finely chopped

3 tablespoons mayonnaise

2 teaspoons poppy seeds

salt and pepper

COATING:

a little extra mayonnaise popcorn (cheese-flavored popcorn tastes best)

extra poppy seeds

1. Peel the cucumbers.

2. With the pointed end on the vegetable peeler, cut several grooves down the length of cach cucumber and carefully scoop out little holes at random between the grooves.

3. Cut off the ends of the cucumbers about 1½ inches from each end.

4. Hollow out the seeds from the body of the cucumbers using a melon scoop or a teaspoon.

5. Stand each cucumber in a tall glass and allow the excess liquids to drain (about 30 minutes).

6. Thoroughly drain the tuna and mix in the chopped tomatoes, gherkins, mayonnaise, and poppy seeds.

Season to taste with salt and pepper.

7. Using a teaspoon, fill the cucumbers with the tuna mixture, packing it down with the handle of the spoon.

8. Paint a little mayonnaise in the grooves on the outside of the cucumbers and carefully fill the grooves with poppy seeds. (A steady hand is useful!)

9. Place a small piece of popcorn in each hole between the grooves, putting a little mayonnaise in first to secure the popcorn. These can also be coated in poppy seeds if you wish.

10. Replace the cucumber ends.

Sophie said the original Snozzcumber tasted of frogskin and rotten fish. The BFG said it tasted like cockroaches and slime wanglers. What do you think?

[gameofboards]

Just got me books from thriftbooks! So excited to read these - I'll probably be digging my claws into Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes first 'cause he's my favorite person ever ☺

[doug-lewars]

Recipe Books - Part 3

Go to Goodreads or an online library, search for ‘recipes’ and skim quickly down the list. Look for covers that quickly catch your eye. Generally these sites use thumbnails so if something stands out it has to have eye-catching value. Pay attention to those that interest you and that will give you a pretty good idea as to what photography on the cover is likely to draw in others. Then repeat the scan this time glancing at titles. Once again, make a note of anything that you find interesting because there’s a good chance that others will be interested as well. Then try and look behind the pictures and the titles. What is it about these particular books that drew you in? For example, when I scanned titles one that caused me to stop and take a second look was ‘Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes’.  I liked the juxtaposition between whimsy and food and, yes, this is a legitimate recipe book. Of course you don’t see too many recipe books with ‘Revolting’ in the title but that suggests that selecting something beyond the pale might have marketing value.

[abibakingfmp]

food blog scandy bars - i like how they’ve got rid of all the background and just left the actual chocolate. If i was gonna do something like this I’d mix this and the roald dahl’s revolting recipes to have little illustrations interacting with the foods, maybe opening them and seeing whats inside etc. 

Posted 25.03.19

[tastyrecipesvideos-blog]

FROBSCOTTLE Recipe | The BFG - Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes

FROBSCOTTLE Recipe | The BFG – Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes

FROBSCOTTLE Recipe | The BFG – Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes , See video below:

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[bellamillon]

Families workshop at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

In December 2016 I designed and delivered a families drop in workshop on the theme of ‘Revolting recipes’. Using storytelling and different art techniques we explore the use of food in Roald Dahl’s books.

[abibakingfmp]

Roald Dahls revolting recipes.

I absolutely love the mix between illustration and real pictures of food. Similar to my favourite brief “there’s a word for that” because in that i turned pictures of food into illustrations by giving them some cute cheeks and a face. I would like to experiment with a more Quentin Blake approach and instead on drawing things onto the food, drawing images around the food.

Posted 25.03.19

[bellamillon]

Revolting recipes workshop at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, December 2016. Stinkbugs eggs from James and the Giant Peach made by mottling eggs.

[bellamillon]

Revolting recipes workshop at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, December 2016. Lickable wallpaper polytile printing from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.