Cooking the Books with Val McDermid 5: Karen Pirie's Pad Khing

[@hikariludbrook2062]

I love how food is talked about in the Karen Pirie books. Val's love of food and cooking is obvious in her books and in these great videos!

[@Songbead]

You two are so funny! I love your banter. Thank you Val for mentioning this in your Ed book fest interview. ‘You’ve just caught me doing my prep’ is my favourite bit so far!

[@helga2006]

Each one is more fun than the last! Please keep doing them!

[@sadieshatterly]

Jo & Val, it`s been lovely watching your cooking videos. Val has a very calming presence on screen and the interaction between the two of you is quite sweet but not in a sickly way! I laughed loudly at the Vesta Curry mention! My Irish Mum would serve the `Beef` (mostly soya) Curry up to us kids once a week in the '70's. Beautifully presented, surrounded by a circle of rice. It was the most exotic thing on the menu, the usual fare consisting of something with spuds!

[@alexr4151]

These videos are so much fun! And that's a great T shirt Val is wearing.

[@magsohara7908]

Thank you again ladies - inspired me to “have a go” 🤓

[@downloaddeodeo6063]

Scottish cooking is surprisingly complicated.

[@mykdy5237]

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.