To Autumn

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells.

John Keats

October is here and its most definately misty, the haar is edging off the sea most nights leaving a chill in the air. My food thoughts are turning towards pumpkin pie and thick gravy covering huge slabs of beef with yorkshire pudding. Autumn and winter are my two most favourite seasons, perhaps because they house my two most favourite festivals, halloween and christmas. Nothing beats hurrying home in the cold, wrapped up warm and being greeted by delicious hot food. In fact the only depressing food related thought  on the horizon is the dreaded sprout. Still need to find a way of making them palatable before december the 25th.

Heaven or Hell

Every Saturday morning I watch "Saturday Kitchen". Partly because I like James Martin and partly because I like the formula of the show, guests, clips of other cooking shows and of course the egg challenge. However what has me fascinated the most is Food Heaven or Food Hell. Some of the choices people make have me amazed, how can rice.. a staple for so many people be considered hellish? That then got me thinking, what would be my food heaven and my food hell? Despite the fact im considered a picky eater by my entire family and the family of my Boyfriend, as it turned out, picking heaven was far harder than choosing hell. In fact, im still not sure what my favourite food is. On the other hand, whilst thinking of hell, one thing came straight to mind.. a smirking cavorting sprout. What makes my hatred of sprouts particularly odd is the fact that I love all other green vegetables. So yes, the whole sprout thing is irrational and because food should never be about hell only heaven its time to deal with it. Im giving myself between now and Christmas to find a way of making myself enjoy sprouts.