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“A dressing is not a compote A dressing is not a custard It consists of pepper and salt, Vinegar, oil and mustard.”

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Author:Ogden Nash

“As a rule they will refuse even to sample a foreign dish, they regard such things as garlic and olive oil with disgust, life is unliveable to them unless they have tea and puddings.”

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Book:The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: As I please, 1943-1945

Source: The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: As I please, 1943-1945

“Home-made bread rubbed with garlic and sprinkled with olive oil, shared-with a flask of wine-between working people, can be more convivial than any feast.”

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Author:Patience Gray

“She set about preparing her supper. It would have to be one of those classically simple meals, the sort that French peasants are said to eat and that enlightened English people sometimes enjoy rather self-consciously - a crusty French loaf, cheese, and lettuce and tomatoes from the garden. Of course there should have been wine and a lovingly prepared dressing of oil and vinegar, but Dulcie drank orange squash and ate mayonnaise that came from a bottle.”

“There was a Young Lady of Poole, Whose soup was excessively cool; So she put it to boil, by the aid of some oil, That ingenious Young Lady of Poole.”

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Book:Complete Nonsense

Source: Complete Nonsense

“According to the Spanish proverb, four persons are wanted to make a good salad: a spendthrift for oil, a miser for vinegar, a counsellor for salt and a madman to stir it all up.”

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Author:John Gerard

“Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat garlic.”

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Book:Tony Bourdain boxset: Kitchen Confidential & Medium Raw

Source: Tony Bourdain boxset: Kitchen Confidential & Medium Raw

“Watch a French housewife as she makes her way slowly along the loaded stalls... searching for the peak of ripeness and flavor... What you are seeing is a true artist at work, patiently assembling all the materials of her craft, just as the painter squeezes oil colors onto his palette ready to create a masterpiece.”

“To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.”

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Author:Oscar Wilde