Food & drink takeaways - 14 August
A curated taster menu of every day's food & drink associations
It’s a day for sweet ways to celebrate a republic’s independence; that a Scottish city’s ‘ice cream wars’ was brought to the big screen and that brought us a novelist and Oscar-winning screenplay writer who came up with the phrase ‘mouth-brothels’ for restaurants.
Some of the ingredients that give 14 August its distinctive flavour. Click on the links for more information.
Celebration days
"Seviyan, also known as Vermicelli Kheer {header photo}, is a cherished Pakistani dessert made from thin vermicelli noodles cooked in sweetened milk. Often flavored with cardamom, saffron, and garnished with nuts and dried fruits, Seviyan offers a creamy, comforting treat that is especially popular during festive occasions such as Eid and Independence Day."
Patron saint of vegetable gardens
Feast Day of Arnold of Soissons
Patron saint of Belgian brewers
Italy: Torta dei Fieschi (13-14 Aug)
A historical re-enactment of a marriage that took place in 1230 culminating in the symbolic cutting of a 1300 kilogram cake
Food on screen
1984
BAFTA-nominated Scottish comedy movie Comfort and Joy starring Bill Paterson opens in UK cinemas
Radio host Alan Bird witnesses how an ice cream van is attacked and destroyed by an angry competitor. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families, the Bernardis and the Rossis, over whose ice cream vans can sell where in Glasgow.
Food quotes
American-British novelist and Oscar winning screenwriter Frederic Raphael – born on this day in 1931 - had this to say about restaurants. . .
