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Index
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Introductory Note
A NOTE ON THE RECIPES
STARTERS AND SOUPS
George Armitage settles in to prawn cocktail; Emma Howick and Adam Prince discuss the slicing of cucumber
SALMON OR TUNA MOUSSE
POTTED HAM
Rollo Gaunt recalls ASPARAGUS MOUSSE
Barbara remembers lunching with Philip Larkin
KIPPER PÂTÉ
Daphne Dagnall and Adam Prince discuss Greek food
DOLMADHES
TSATSIKI
Dulcie Mainwaring reflects on "love apples"
TOMATOES À LA PROVENÇALE
Leonora Eyre welcomes Humphrey Boyce with CONSOMMÉ MOUSSE
The Harveys introduce CARROT SOUP WITH ORANGE
On the Greek border, Barbara and Hilary enjoy a comforting AVGOLEMONO SOUP
MAIN DISHES
Catherine Oliphant speaks of the bay leaf for her BOEUF À LA MODE
… and Basil Branche reflects on one in a BOEUF BOURGUIGNON
Belinda Bede prepares dinner for the Archdeacon and considers curates and chicken;
Mrs. Bone speaks of "The Dominion of the Birds";
Leonora Eyre also serves "poulet"
CHICKEN WITH TARRAGON
POULET MINERVA
… and Letty partakes of one of Father Lydell's favourite chicken dishes
POULET NIÇOISE
Belinda Bede speculates on Archdeacon Hoccleve's Judgment Day meal
DUCK WITH OLIVES
Rupert Stonebird and Dulcie Mainwaring reflect (very differently) on roasts
ROAST DIJON LAMB
Graham Pettifer has high expectations of Emma Howick, perhaps thinking of PORK CHOPS WITH APPLE
PORK OR VEAL FILLET WITH PEPPERS AND TOMATOES
Mark and Sophia Ainger discuss the proper wine to serve with what might have been BEEF CASSEROLE WITH LENTILS
Rupert Stonebird has an experience with OXTAIL
Leonora and the Italian Conte enjoy STEAK AND KIDNEY PUDDING
Adam Prince remembers the recipe for Sole Nantua, but Dulcie Mainwaring fails to recall TURBOT, HALIBUT, OR SOLE DUGLÉRÉ
Wilmet Forsyth imagines Wilf Bason preparing SOLE VÉRONIQUE
Mildred Lathbury partakes humbly of COD FILLETS WITH CHEESE
At the vicarage, Wilf Bason creates a SOUFFLÉ FISH PIE
A good accompaniment to any main dish is POMMES ANNA
LUNCH AND SUPPER DISHES
Mildred Lathbury, Emma Howick, and Norman from Quartet in Autumn all make good use of eggs
PIPÉRADE
… and Letty is convinced to order OEUFS FLORENTINE
Belinda Bede serves Miss Prior an unsuccessful cauliflower cheese
PAIN DE CHOU-FLEUR
Jane Cleveland and Edwin have mixed reactions to SHEPHERD'S PIE
Emma Howick realizes that the Greek version of that dish is MOUSSAKA
Another Greek favourite in the Pym household was KEFTEDHES
The fish fingers that Phoebe Sharpe imagines the vicar will dine on might be less acceptable to her than CURRIED FISH CAKES
Frequent comment is made on TOAD-IN-THE-HOLE
Spaghetti is the food under discussion in A Few Green Leaves and in An Unsuitable Attachment, where Penelope Grandison has prepared what may have been SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE
Catherine Oliphant and Beatrice prepare RISOTTO
Mervyn Cantrell introduces the subject of Italian food
GNOCCHI ALLA ROMANA
VENETIAN PANCAKES
Adam Prince considers the authenticity of a celery sauce
HAM AND CELERY AU GRATIN
… and Emma Howick wonders how he will respond to her FRENCH ONION TART
In An Unsuitable Attachment, Ianthe Broome is credited for her SAUSAGE ROLLS
TEA
The "golden rules of tea making" are surely followed at Flora Cleveland's tea, where she serves VICTORIA SANDWICH CAKE
Emma Howick wins a bag of ROCK BUNS
Father Anstruther ruminates on FAIRY CAKES
Humphrey Boyce offers Leonora a slice of DATE AND WALNUT LOAF
… and imagines her partaking of scones SULTANA SCONES
WHOLEMEAL SCONES
Sister Dew provides an excellent PLUM CAKE
Mrs. Killigrew's imminent arrival prompts a search for, perhaps, a PARKIN CAKE
Barbara often made PLUM JAM … and she recalls a glorious tea with Lord David Cecil
PUDDINGS AND DESSERTS
Viola Dace and Dulcie Mainwaring discuss marmalade; Barbara offers her own recipe for CHEESECAKE
Miss Lord polishes glasses in which to serve ORANGE MOUSSE
Piers Longridge exclaims in horror over a custard-based dessert POIRES RELIGIEUSES
Rodney Forsyth and James Cash discuss the appropriate wine to accompany GOOSEBERRY PIE
"TRIED FAVOURITES"
… taking its title from a cookery book "by turns practical and didactic, "and also used by Belinda Bede
Barbara's "strange fancies" during the war
RABBIT WITH FORCEMEAT BALLS
IRISH STEW
KEDGEREE
STEAMED APPLE PUDDING
RAILWAY PUDDING
TRIFLE
Irena Pym's QUEEN OF PUDDINGS
The dish that so dismayed Mildred Lathbury when she dined on Mrs. Jubb's cooking at the vicarage "AN IMPROVED" BLANCMANGE
BAKED CUSTARD PUDDING
Irena Pym's "GERTRUDE" CAKE
Belinda Bede imagined just such a MOCHA CAKE
SUMMER PUDDING
TREACLE TART
BAKED APPLES WITH MINCEMEAT
"A FAVOURITE NURSERY DELIGHT"
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