Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Tonight Lucullus dines with Lucullus

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When dining alone, we should all be a bit more like Lucullus. Lucullus was an ancient Roman general known for his extravagant hospitality. O...
Monday, 13 January 2025

Can I bear to wash it up?

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Go through every item in your kitchen and ask yourself six question Do I find it beautiful? Is it useful? Do I like the way it makes me feel...
Sunday, 12 January 2025

What does ‘from scratch’ really mean, anyway?

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What does ‘from scratch’ really mean, anyway? It is all relative. We do not tell ourselves we are cheating when we buy packs of ready churne...
Saturday, 11 January 2025

She would have enjoyed cooking, if only it weren’t for her children

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I got chatting to a woman who said she would have enjoyed cooking, if only it weren’t for her children. They were picky about eating lots o...
Thursday, 9 January 2025

Leave thy preaching, for it is not worth a fart

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Dissent could come into church itself. Michael Maunford of St Botolph without Aldgate, London, in 1497 shouted ‘Leave thy preaching, for it...
Wednesday, 8 January 2025

Thomas Lipton gave his potential customers a circus elephant parading a massive block of Cheddar through the streets

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Modern British towns might start Christmas with a vaguely heard of ex-celebrity switching on the civic light display. Thomas Lipton gave his...
Tuesday, 7 January 2025

Mince Pies were Reliques of the Whore of Babylon

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Plumb-pottage was mere Popery, that a Collar of Brawn was an abomination, that Roast Beef was Antichristian, that Mince Pies were Reliques o...