for us, and send in a dish of rice or macaroni
sprinkled with them. And these things to eat and
drink would be placed on a table covered with
the coarse white linen used by the contadini,
under a ceiling painted with clouds and flying
cupids, holding up in roseate air a coat of arms, a
crown and a Cardinal’s hat.’
Great Morning
by Sir Osbert Sitwell
ASPIC JELLY
For many cold dishes aspic jelly
is required as a garnish; the
following is a good basic recipe.
Into a large saucepan put a
knuckle of veal and a calf’s foot,
cut in convenient pieces, 2 carrots,
2 leeks (white part only), 1 onion
stuck with cloves, the rind of about