70's ORANGE
Le Creuset, Pumpkin soup, Tangerine & Mexican Brown Ponchos...remember? In 1976 my mother was given a bright orange Le Creuset iron casserole pot. She also had the matching frying pan which hung in decoration on the kitchen wall with its backdrop of brown tiles. The 70's were orange. Not just decor but also food. My mother was determined that orange food was the salvation of humanity. Today we know its value in anti oxidants. Sunday afternoons were spent driving out to Henderson to stock up..I am talking about 2 foot high bags of carrots for juicing, apples, pears,whatever they had. One Sunday my mother and the grower's wife got excited about a small orange pumpkin. It was being called a baby squash and, hands full of recipes, my mother filled up the boot with them. That evening I ate pumpkin soup for the first time in my life. It was served in pottery bowls and accompanied by my mother's repeated, Just look at the colour! Yesterday my husband came home fro...