Oh such a charming video about Olive Oil, Umbria, the joy of the simple life..
perhaps olive oil is our version of a 'chutney fantasy'
Don’t know what a “Chutney fantasy” is?
John O’Donnell and Jessica Cargill Thompson have written a laugh-out-loud book, ‘The Midlife Manual’, that explains this and many other amusing phenomena and it’s going on my Christmas list.
Chutney fantasy, is apparently, a generic term for escape-route dreams, many of which genuinely involve the dramatic quitting of a job in order to make artisan quality chutney – preferably over open fires using copper pans reclaimed from a bygone era. Other popular chutney fantasies include: opening a B&B, writing a best-seller, being in a band, landscape gardening, teaching, starting a business from home that involves wood turning, knitting or cup cakes, opening a shop of some description or setting up a market stall. It’s also a time when you might be entertaining keeping chickens, joining a book group, making bread (in a breadmaker), making your own stock, plenty of country walks, collecting Le Creuset pans in all those nice tasteful colours, wearing a Cath Kidston apron and getting a veg box delivered.
Recognise yourself anyone?
Well, it never hurts to dream..
perhaps olive oil is our version of a 'chutney fantasy'
Don’t know what a “Chutney fantasy” is?
John O’Donnell and Jessica Cargill Thompson have written a laugh-out-loud book, ‘The Midlife Manual’, that explains this and many other amusing phenomena and it’s going on my Christmas list.
Chutney fantasy, is apparently, a generic term for escape-route dreams, many of which genuinely involve the dramatic quitting of a job in order to make artisan quality chutney – preferably over open fires using copper pans reclaimed from a bygone era. Other popular chutney fantasies include: opening a B&B, writing a best-seller, being in a band, landscape gardening, teaching, starting a business from home that involves wood turning, knitting or cup cakes, opening a shop of some description or setting up a market stall. It’s also a time when you might be entertaining keeping chickens, joining a book group, making bread (in a breadmaker), making your own stock, plenty of country walks, collecting Le Creuset pans in all those nice tasteful colours, wearing a Cath Kidston apron and getting a veg box delivered.
Recognise yourself anyone?
Well, it never hurts to dream..
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