My mother of very little musical and pop culture knowledge (terminated after The Beatles and My Fair Lady) would ALWAYS have this on her tongue when trying to raise some kind of enthusiasm (sometimes in herself) around food and cooking.
It’s from the musical Oliver! of about the same vintage as My Fair Lady. Very hummable choons. This one is done by the poor workhouse children dreaming of the food they didn’t get.
Well there you go. My mum was very much into instilling shame in her children for all the starvation and poverty happening in the world (incl. starving Ethiopians). I think it was one of her coping mechanisms from going through periods of food shortage and rationing in her teens and early adulthood.
Not the eternal guilt trip inflicted by all parents in the world on selective eaters - “Think of the Starving Children in Africa!” ??? I think we all copped that. Good for compassion and charitable urges no doubt, but I did wonder how the starving children would benefit by me eating up ALL the celery on my plate (and I hate celery). Surely it would make more sense to send the celery to them if at all possible. Still, the food/family nexus is rarely if ever logical.
Looking forward to that when it comes out. Have you read Terry Pratchett’s book Dodger - a real gem imo. Entirely faithful to the spirit of the original, but details different.
@Thornburywitch I was a bit slack there, referring to The Artful Dodger with Tim Minchin, haven’t read the Pratchett one but imagine he’d do the dialogue quite well, right up his alley.
Yes indeedy. Especially the bits about 5,000 years of food safety regulations … which is a nice contrast to Dickens’ rampant anti-semitism. Different story, same setting, and a lot more slapstick. Classic late phase Pratchett.
Food, glorious food!
Hot sausage and mustard!
While we’re in the mood –
Cold jelly and custard!
Pease pudding and saveloys
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My mother of very little musical and pop culture knowledge (terminated after The Beatles and My Fair Lady) would ALWAYS have this on her tongue when trying to raise some kind of enthusiasm (sometimes in herself) around food and cooking.
It’s from the musical Oliver! of about the same vintage as My Fair Lady. Very hummable choons. This one is done by the poor workhouse children dreaming of the food they didn’t get.
Well there you go. My mum was very much into instilling shame in her children for all the starvation and poverty happening in the world (incl. starving Ethiopians). I think it was one of her coping mechanisms from going through periods of food shortage and rationing in her teens and early adulthood.
Not the eternal guilt trip inflicted by all parents in the world on selective eaters - “Think of the Starving Children in Africa!” ??? I think we all copped that. Good for compassion and charitable urges no doubt, but I did wonder how the starving children would benefit by me eating up ALL the celery on my plate (and I hate celery). Surely it would make more sense to send the celery to them if at all possible. Still, the food/family nexus is rarely if ever logical.
“There’s enough rice in that colander to feed a Biafran
@Thornburywitch @bacon… rich gentlemen have it boys… indigestion!
… why yes, I did learn that song for a school production, why do you ask? 😊
Quite like Dodger btw, nice little reboot of the tale, eh.
Looking forward to that when it comes out. Have you read Terry Pratchett’s book Dodger - a real gem imo. Entirely faithful to the spirit of the original, but details different.
@Thornburywitch I was a bit slack there, referring to The Artful Dodger with Tim Minchin, haven’t read the Pratchett one but imagine he’d do the dialogue quite well, right up his alley.
Yes indeedy. Especially the bits about 5,000 years of food safety regulations … which is a nice contrast to Dickens’ rampant anti-semitism. Different story, same setting, and a lot more slapstick. Classic late phase Pratchett.
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Thank you. Some eggs (en cocotte) for you in case you didn’t make it to the shops. 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥘
Thank you. I’m heading to the shops now.