Clement Freud
Clement Freud
Sir Clement Raphael Freud was a British broadcaster, writer, politician and chef...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth24 April 1924
funny witty giving-up
If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don't actually live longer; it just seems longer.
wife giving making-love
If anyone tells me I'm fat, I say, - That's because every time I make love to your wife, she gives me a biscuit
bird insulting may
About one thing the Englishman has a particularly strict code. If a bird says Cluk bik bik bik bik and caw you may kill it, eat it or ask Fortnums to pickle it in Napoleon brandy with wild strawberries. If it says tweet it is a dear and precious friend and you'd better lay off it if you want to remain a member of Boodles.
men thinking police
I think our police are excellent, probably because I have not done anything that has occasioned being beaten up by these good men.
food pudding world
In moments of considerable strain, I tend to take to bread-and-butter pudding. There is something about the blandness of soggy bread, the crispness of the golden outer crust and the unadulterated pleasure of a lightly set custard that makes the world seem a better place to live.
delicacy fats concealed
Congealed fat is pretty much the same, irrespective of the delicacy around which it is concealed.
cooking way method
To barbecue is a way of life rather than a desirable method of cooking.
guides shops publishing
I understand it is 13-8 against Egon Ronay publishing a Good Betting Shop Food Guide by 1997.
winning gambling mind
If you mind losing more than you enjoy winning, don't bet.
breakfast meals difficult
Breakfast is a notoriously difficult meal to serve with a flourish.
coffee law eggs
There's no law that decrees when not to whinge, but you reach a certain age - 80 seems about right - when you're expected to manifest querulousness - the coffee's too hot, the boiled egg's too soft ...
past people perception
It is essential that we understand people for who they are as individuals and not the public perception of them or their family and past.
hard new-zealand
I find it hard to say, because when I was there it seemed to be shut.
racing way racehorses
Owning a racehorse is probably the most expensive way of getting on to a racecourse for nothing.