What foods do you not like? by Henrietta
I've always thought that I was a bit of a fussy eater, whilst there are not many things I don't like the two tastes I absolutely hate are aniseed and anything smoky. Unfortunately not liking aniseed means no basil, tarragon, dill, star anise and fennel. Anything smoky includes chorizo and anything with smoked paprika in it. I recently went to see an old friend and she made me a lovely lunch which included basil and I absolutely loved it so I've now given Humphry 'permission' to include some of the aniseed flavours in his cooking, so far there hasn't been anything I don't like. My wonderful husband, Gary, whom I've always thought wasn't fussy at all has surprised us all with the things he doesn't like. Humphry and I decided to write a list of foods Gary doesn't like and in order for Humphry to remember them he wrote this fabulous poem which we printed out, framed and presented to Gary (aka Larry) after dinner one evening. Food Larry ...