CORONATION QUICHE DOESN’T DESERVE ITS ONLINE ROASTING

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FOR some, Coronation Quiche with its spinach/broad bean fill‐ing may seem a bit unex‐citing for such a grand oc‐casion this weekend. However, it’s part of the type of nostalgic, com‐fort food that’s currently enjoying a revival.

Or maybe it’s to do with the UK being hit with strikes in multiple areas? Brits struggling daily with the cost of liv‐ing and food price in ‐creases, inflation and in‐terest rates, let alone China flexing its muscles and war in Ukraine still disrupting world trade.

Who doesn’t remember the 70s, say, with nostalgia: a time of relative peace and calmness?

But frankly, I’ve never understood this ‘comeback’ thing. If something is good, it’s good. End of. Do you stop eating a cer‐tain food (like the humble quiche), drink‐ing a certain drink, watching a certain movie or reading a certain book (a sus‐pense or crime thriller, like me?) because some‐body else tells you that’s the thing to do?

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with try‐ing new things and being experimental, but it’s good to have the classics locked away too. After all, it’s the classics that are your gold standard for comparing quality.

So, in brief, all I’m say‐ing is: Give Quiche a Chance...

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