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05 February 2009 14:15
Listen with mother
For those of you who don't know, I went head to head on Radio 4 the other day,against columnist George Monbiot to fight the Aga's corner.
If I had thought it was going to be tough, it was before I realised there are infinitely scarier things one might have to face. In this case it was forgetting to tell my mother that I was to appear on You & Yours. She was told by my helpful aunt, who happened to be tuned in at the time, so after a round or two with George, it was my mother's turn in the ring and I have to say, she was an awful lot scarier than one might imagine.
I think there are some weeks when it's just your turn to get told off and this was definitely mine. Not long after I'd managed to placate my mother with the BBC's Listen Again feature, I had a phone call from a lady complaining that my having told everyone about the Aga method for making risotto - start it off on the simmering plate, bring to the boil on the boiling plate and pop into the simmering oven until it's perfectly cooked - has led to her daughter-in-law now being able to rustle up the perfect risotto with very little effort. Apparently this is most vexing as means her son has one less reason to return home to see his mum! All of this has left me feeling very naughty indeed.
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