As an Icebreaker, I Recommend It

*I have just had another look at the picture in my fine old copy of Bocuse. Now that I look at it, it’s obvious that the pumpkin has never been near an oven. It has been hollowed out, most of the flesh removed and a soup made and poured back in. It’s a perfectly reasonable procedure but not what the old rascal said in the recipe. As Roger Daltrey used to say, won’t get fooled again.