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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\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\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 2021.\n#2000s #Food #Person TV #Funny #UK\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices