09 December 2008 15:29
Aga Etiquette
I'm fascinated by old etiquette books and find it intriguing to learn of all the things one should and shouldn't do. However I do think there's a glaring omission - no one has ever written about the etiquette of Aga leaning.
Picture the scene: you're hanging out in the kitchen with a group of friends, drinking wine and waiting for something delicious to come out of the roasting oven.
Now, the host or hostess will always find that when they want to get to the oven, there will invariably be someone leaning against it. So, I suggest two minutes before the food requires attention the hostess exclaims that supper needs to come out of the Aga and everyone clears a space.
This will stop the unseemly shoving and almost Twister-like contortions that are played out in kitchens all over England.
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