Mention the name Margaret Thatcher, and you're bound to elicit a bunch of mixed responses, but if there's anything she's known for in the annals of history, it certainly wasn't for her gourmet cooking. Despite the fact that she served as prime minister of the U.K.
, she generally preferred to do her own cooking at home (there was no personal chef for this head of state). When curious people mailed to inquire about her personal habits, Thatcher's staff used to send out little tidbits of information via letter response, and they kept a file of information that was cleared to send out to inquisitive folks who wrote in asking questions about her personal habits. Some of those facts involved her favorite recipes, and there's one for something she called "Mystery Starter" that's leaving me scratching my professional culinary head.
Let's just say it's probably safe to assume that Thatcher wasn't about to give Julia Child a run for her money, because there's a reason why creamy, beefy, gelatinous appetizers aren't served as a timeless dinner classic everywhere. What exactly was Margaret Thatcher's Mystery Starter? Mystery Starter appears to be a little appetizer to whet your ravenous appetite if you were invited over for what was sure to be a rousing dinner at the Thatchers' house for the evening. (I hope there was a lot of wine involved.
) It features only three ingredients: one tin of beef consommé, two packages of Philadelphia cream cheese, and a teaspoon of curry powder. You're s.