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RERUN: TV chef Delia Smith built a stellar career on the success spawned from her first book, \u2018How To Cheat At Cooking\u2019 in 1971. So, when she published a reboot on 15th February, 2008, it seemed a shoo-in to sell bucketloads (which it did) - but not, perhaps, attract controversy (which it REALLY did).\nBy seemingly encouraging the chattering classes to buy ready-mixed and frozen food, she was accused of having betrayed her audience of foodies. And that was BEFORE she turned up on telly pouring tinned mince into a Shepherd\u2019s Pie\u2026\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly test out Delia\u2019s \u2018cheat\u2019 Moroccan chicken; unpick whether the backlash was classist in nature; and reveal just how much culinary \u2018cheating\u2019 has changed since the first book in the \u201870s\u2026\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018The demonising of St Delia: How her cheat recipes provoked an extraordinary backlash\u2019 (Mail Online, 2008): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-533565/The-demonising-St-Delia-How-cheat-recipes-provoked-extraordinary-backlash.html\n\u2022 \u2018Happy 80th birthday, Delia Smith! 10 lessons she has taught us \u2013 from eggs to lemon zesters\u2019 (The Guardian, 2021): https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/jun/18/happy-80th-birthday-delia-smith-10-lessons-she-has-taught-us-from-eggs-to-lemon-zesters\n\u2022 \u2018Delia\u2019s How To Cheat: Shepherd\u2019s Pie\u2019 (BBC, 2008): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIoeEJTPpQA\n\u2018Why am I hearing a rerun?\u2019 Every Thursday is 'Throwback Thursday' on Today in History with the Retrospectors: running one repeat per week means we can keep up the quality of our independent podcast. Daily shows like this require a lot of work! But as ever we'll have something new for you tomorrow, so follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nLove the show? Join\xa0 \U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\nPlus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.\nJoin now via Apple Podcasts or Patreon. Thanks!\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\n\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices