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Food Quotes by Monty Don

10 Food quotes by Monty Don

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Monty Don’s love of the garden seeps into his words about food, and this modest set captures his gentle, earthy voice. Each quote offers a glimpse of how his planting passion informs his ideas on cooking, making it a pleasant stop for garden‑food fans.

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I often eat cakes while my fingers are caked in soil.

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I'm a great believer in trying things, so I've eaten witchetty grubs, a mountain frog, ostrich and alligator. I like tongue, I…

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We undervalue food in this country, yet Britain has beautiful food and beautiful growing conditions. It is astonishing the range we can…

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I think that most people are aware that it takes so much oil and water to produce what they're eating. But the…

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The British have such an odd relationship with food - and the land. I want the public and the Soil Association to…

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Sweet peas should smell. Half the point of growing sweet peas is to cut them for the house; they should fill a…

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Organic is loaded with a sense of rightness, with a set of rules. I would much rather someone bought food that was…

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We don't value food in Britain, so therefore the cheaper it is the better it is. We all eat far too much,…

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Once you engage with the simple enough business of feeding yourself, of soil and water, weather, season and harvest, it becomes personal.…

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People are increasingly realising that what they eat is important. You can't put junk food in your body and be healthy. All…

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Gardening is easy. Stick it in the ground the right way up and most plants will grow perfectly well.

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My favourite thorn belongs to the rose with a name like a mouthful of broken teeth, Rosa sericea pteracantha. It is grown almost entirely…

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I love filming. I love the teamwork. It's a tight-knit group spending months on the road together. All the experience is shared.

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The thing the British hate more than anything else is people who are getting above themselves. There are a hundred different expressions for it…

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People are increasingly realising that what they eat is important. You can't put junk food in your body and be healthy. All sorts of…

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I do wear gloves for things that sting a lot or prick a lot. But I just like to feel with my hands. I…

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I often eat cakes while my fingers are caked in soil.

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We know that gardening is good for you. It is fantastic, all-round exercise.

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The key to our oldest woodland is that it has been cut down and regrown, in some cases as often as 50 or 60…

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When you plant something, you invest in a beautiful future amidst a stressful, chaotic and, at times, downright appalling world.

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The farm uses up a lot of my creative urges. It's a sort of rough and ready space, I don't film there.

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I was brought up a strict Christian. My father was a lay preacher, my mother a church warden. The rhythm and ritual of the…

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Organic is loaded with a sense of rightness, with a set of rules. I would much rather someone bought food that was local and…

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Ground elder, introduced by the Romans as a vegetable, is difficult to get rid of because it regrows from the smallest trace of root.

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We are extremely uncomfortable with the spiritual aspects of gardening, and yet most people feel it in some form or other, even if it's…

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