Kingsley Amis Quotes

I want a dish to taste good, rather than to have been seethed in pig's milk and served wrapped in a rhubarb leaf with grated thistle root.

Kingsley Amis

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• I want a dish to taste good, rather than to have been seethed in pig's milk and served wrapped in a rhubarb leaf with grated thistle root.

  

  Kingsley Amis
  • Good
  • Root
  • Pigs