I was marinated in British myth and folktale when young, courtesy of my teachers and the Slough high school library, and then I did a degree in English at a university where two lecturers named Tolkien and Lewis had made sure that the basic syllabus stopped at 1832.
This week, I'm marinating, poaching and simmering meat and fish in the white stuff, using milk – and buttermilk – to keep the flesh moist and to carry, round out and deepen flavour.
This summer, look for me on the roof, where I'll be marinating in my Cornish game tan.
Don't serve barbecued chicken in the dish where it was marinated (I have seen university-educated people break every single one of these no-brainer rules).
It was marinated in cider vinegar and hot sauce.
Hot chicken, I learn, is marinated in buttermilk, breaded, served with cayenne pepper sauce, pan fried and served in a white bread sandwich.
As the product of 1970s-style parenthat that embraced therapy and a formulaic mode of sensitivity, I had been marinated in the notion that talk was the sole means of alleviating human friction.
"The idea has probably been marinating for years, because I loved the movie and the Stephen King book," said Buehler.
I have thoughts on this which have been marinating for quite some time.
True, some of these themes had been marinating for months about what to do with my life and my business, but I still craved clarity and direction.
Gently we were marinating in the city's rich spices.
