The Urban Foodie: Merry Christmas from Cornwall!!!

Sunday, 23 December 2007

Merry Christmas from Cornwall!!!

I just wanted to add a quick post from deepest, darkest Cornwall to wish everyone a really fantastic Christmas. This year I am spending Christmas with friends in a beautiful house by the sea, and am taking a well earned rest from London. So far, I have been taking advantage of the abundance of supremely fresh Cornish seafood (particularly crab), and other fine produce. Tomorrow being Christmas Eve I will be busy preparing all sorts of wonderful dishes for Christmas lunch that I intend to share with you as soon as I am back in London and with internet connection.
In the mean time I just want to wish everyone a wonderful holiday, and also a heartfelt thankyou for many of your words of encouragement, wisdom and wit that have made writing this blog such a joy over the past few months.
Merry Christmas everyone!!
Steven X

4 comments:

Nilmandra said...: Glad to hear you're enjoying the lovely seafood. That's one thing I miss very much from Singapore (black pepper crab... or freshly steamed with ginger and rice wine... *swoon*). Have a happy Christmas and looking forward to your post-Christmas updates. Cheers!; 24 December 2007 at 09:04
Vida said...: I can't remember if I had already wished you a Merry Christmas so I am here to do it regardless, Merry Christmas sweet Steven, I hope 2008 brings you great joy! Vida x; 24 December 2007 at 10:58
Tony said...: Merry Christmas! Stay warm in Cornwall! Looking forward to reading more of your adventures in 2008!; 24 December 2007 at 18:37
Anonymous said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; 25 December 2007 at 23:20

MUSINGS AND QUOTES ON FOOD

"My weaknesses have always been food and men, in that order."

Dolly Parton

"Fish, to taste right, must swim three times - in water, in butter, and in wine."

Polish Proverb

"A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something Brussels sprouts never do."

P.J. O'Rourke

"An empty belly is the best cook."

Estonian Proverb

"A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch."

James Beard

"The smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us...."
Marcel Proust

"When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a plate piled up with very hot buttered toast, cut thick, very brown on both sides, with the butter running through the holes in it in great golden drops, like honey from the honeycomb. The smell of that buttered toast simply talked to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cosy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender, of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries."
The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame

"People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it is safer to harrass rich women than motorcycle gangs."
Unknown

"Scallops are expensive, so they should be treated with some class. But then, I suppose that every creature that gives his life for our table should be treated with class."
Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet

"Never eat more than you can lift.."
Miss Piggy, Diva.

"The squid is so cooperative. Its body forms a tube that can be stuffed with marvelous fillings. You don't have to be Greek to enjoy this one. "
Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet

"The joys of the table belong equally to all ages, conditions, countries and times; they mix with all other pleasures, and remain the last to console us for their loss."
Jean Antheleme Brillet-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste