Cooking
Humour
Misc
From
The
Odd
Spot
column
of
The
Melbourne
Age
newspaper:
A
PR
movement
to
defend
the
culinary
delicacy
of
Cornwall,
England
-
the
Cornish
pastie
-
is
gathering
momentum
after
a
leading
US
food
critic
derided
the
savory
pie,
saying
it
was
more
suitable
as
a
doorstop
than
a
treat.
From
The
Harp
in
the
South
by
Ruth
Park
(Published
in
Ruth
Park's
"Harp
in
the
South"
Novels,
Penguin
Books,
1987):
From
The
Artful
Universe
by
John
D.
Barrow
(Oxford
University
Press,
1995):
From
Bill
Bryson's
African
Diary
by
Bill
Bryson:
- "Oh,
you
will
see
plenty
of
Africa,"
Kentice
assures
me
when
we
convene
at
the
bar
for
a
round
of
medicinal
hydration.
"We're
going
to
show
you
lots
of
exotic
things.
Have
you
ever
eaten
camel?"
"Only
in
my
junior
high
school
cafeteria,
and
they
called
it
lamb,"
I
reply.
[...]
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