Your broth could easily be a starter or a meal depending on bowl size each look very tasty.

Plate of soup , never a bowl !

Soup is a meal for me, im always too full to even think about eating anything else afterward

I wouldn't be eating that soup not on e vegetables washed broth mix not washed

Absolutely brilliant! Also, where did you get that candle?

Never heard of scotch broth made with out shank and oil in the pan cooking vej the broth was not left stepping strat in pan with veg no for me

FAR TOO MUCH TALKING BS and why is the camera woman trying to bait the "cook"? I keep thinking she's going to attack !!!😮😂😂😂

I can see why no one eats it anymore , it looks very boring fish onion and spuds... not for me thanks 🙏

Ich liebe Karen Pirie ❤😊 und vielen Dank für das funny video

Naw

Will Miss Val be cooking for us this year? Thinking of you as I watch series two of Julia. Have a lovely Christmas.

What is on the menu for this years cooking the books? 😆

Christmas 2023 , hoping to see you both , and get a fabulous new recipe. ❤

Just finished reading Still Life, and this is the cherry on top 🙂

It’s a plate of soup and it’s a meal.

I've never seen the broth mix going in without washing or soaking overnight, I've often struggled when I've even just cold soaked for 24hrs. I clean until water is clear then boil and soak in salted water. Over night then rinse before adding to broth. Have you always used straight out of jar?

I am definitely too late to wish you both Merry Christmas, not sure if you celebrate Easter, so I will stick to a safe 'thank you so much for doing it again' :)))))))))))))))))) I thoroughly enjoy your videos :)

I say soup can be a starter or a meal, depends on the kind of soup you made. For instance I made posole and corn bread for dinner, posole is a Mexican soup and is very hearty made with hominy, pork and lots of peppers!

i heard “what could possibly go wrong” immediately followed by “THAT’S NOT THE MILK!!” and i’m already grinning

you two are a freaking delight!🎉❤ i realised at the end that i was expecting you to paint the scones in treacle. why? bc my brain is like that, i sppose. the faces are adorabler tho (is too a word) 🧛‍♀️🧛🧛‍♂️ so very glad i found your channel tonight!

I have just read that page and put my book down to Google lentil stovies. Can't believe I found Val making them 😂 Will be making a vegan version soon 😃

You should soak over night tge borth mix in cold water

Oh please place a wet cloth etc under your chopping broad reduces it slipping. Plus have tub or bowl for your waste .

"fish dont have knuckles " ? what do their fingers attatch to then ?

Always a joy to watch. In the mood for mince now... Happy 2023 to you both!

Merry Christmas and a very Happy Hogmanay to you both. xxxxxxx

Merry Christmas! A Tale of Two Minces

Happy Christmas too you all 🎅⛄🍾

Very merry christmas to you too, glad to see you again. I've reached a ripe old age now and have never had mince on toast. That grave error will be corrected very quickly.

Merry Christmas Jo and Val. I hope you have a wonderful day. Love from back home in Edinburgh xx

Merry Christmas folks Cat on a hot mince roof

Of Mice and Mince.

Happy happy joy joy! I was thinking about you the other day and hoping you would cook for us again this year. It's 2 am and I can't sleep after drinking espresso adult beverages. Weeeee. Merry Christmas! The photos from your trip are beautiful.

I use parsnips instead of potatoes and add a clove of garlic with the onions at start… use chicken drumsticks for stock and cornflour to thicken a little grate all carrots and parsnips.. beautiful scotch broth

Random coincidence, I was looking for a scotch broth recipe and realised that this is the writer of Karen Pirie. I worked on a couple of episodes of that last year.

I searched for Scotch Broth recipe and clicked on this because it looked like Val McDermid... then the title happened, it was rather surreal. Thankfully found her work through my incredible English teacher in secondary school.

Is there going to be a Halloween Special this year, please😊?

I would have been so much more amusing if the egg whites mix was NOT stiff enough 🤣 I am enjoying your cooking the books videos tremendously, thank you both 😊

Karen Pirie: Set in St. Andrews in Fife ..... and not one authentic local accent can be heard. Its like casting a drama set in Atlanta with all Massachusetts actors delivering their lines in Boston accents. Even in almost angelified St. Andrews many residents have true Fife accents. Come on actors at least have a go at sounding authentic. We have all recovered from the neck wrenching Mel Gibson attempt at sounding Scottish. But I guess the fact that Scottish TV is a Glaswegian/outsider dominated enterprise, who do not mind running over other regions of their home turf, we should not have had any expectations that it would not be so. It is exasperating that these dramas continue to give outsiders the false impression that all Scots speak like Billy Connolly. Surely something written by Val McDermid should have some true Fife dialect in there.

1979 finally arrived tonight on a dreich Edinburgh day so I thought I’d watch your Cooking the Books series again for some light relief in the meantime. It’s great fun and evidently has had a lot of time and effort in the filming Jo, well done, it really makes me chuckle. More please🙏

Love the outfit. But goodness you married a very bossy woman.

That was quite funny overall! I loved that skull decoration!...I cant do butter nor chocolate- so Ill have to change that recipe...you are just as good as Nigela <3

The board moving around whilst Val “chickeny hands” McDermid chops gives me the fear. 🙈

Hi, I wrote yesterday to you for the 1st time ever! Our weather here is 90% humidity (not good really)..I want to say that I loved your happy dancing togetehr!! Your biscuits look just like mine too..I'm beginning to understand your accent, a bit tricky...the wird thing is: in High school I was given the nickname of "Scotty"...due to my Chilean accent...nothing like yours trust me- BUT i LOVE IT..QUESTION: have you ever thought of writing a murder regarding food???(I've been 'poisoned a few times with people giving me wheat products amd I finifh in hospital)..thanks agin..I have to read more of your books!! Hugs from Brisbane..

Val: I'm so LOVING listening to you and your Audio books are my new love,but I cant read ALL your books quick enough!! your GF flour was the first thing I noticed (I'm a Coeliac <3) ..I'm looking forward to this recipe especially now..apart from Val being my new favourite author-PS: ALMONDS would make your cake/biscuit "Low GI, meaning digested slowly through your body- excellent for Diabetics ...I have to do it often I just discovered you!..hugs from Australia!

Relief…. A new episode.

I am not exaggerating when I say, your recipe for Scotch Broth is absolutely in a class of it's own. It might be appreciated by Vegans, in fact I'm surr it will. Thanks.

Loving the Leek chopping. What a nice surprise V. Mc What a surprise ! Glad to know that Jason's heart is in the right place I can breathe a sigh of relief. I mean if it wasn't, he'd be in real trouble and you and I might be done for Manslaughter along with other onlookers. PS Who is Jason ?

Just caught up with this. A perfect antidote to hearing our leader (?) justify "do what I say, not do what I do". Loved the lesson in culinary French, and seeing you both. Hope we'll meet on the bank of the Cherwell in August, if not before. Sandra (not Hat) Margolies

Best Christmas food programme of the season and I watch them all! 🌲🎅💕