I have found that I like to stir-fry on days when a bit of quiet chopping seems a solution rather than a problem: when there's too much going on, an escape to some mindless repetitive activity can be appealing.
But what it does have is the absolute smell of authenticity: of a period in English history and a fashion in fiction that will soon be beyond living memory – like dial telephones and quiet Sundays, and chops, and red-faced squires, and bobbies and cooks, and cars that break down all the time, and everyone in their right place.
He is quiet, quick, and focussed, chopping, but my cubes are neater.
She imagined supersize wind towers looming over the island, destroying romantic vistas, their turbines chopping the quiet like a swarm of helicopters.
Even the kitchen brigade is quiet, with no obvious sounds of chopping, clatter or sizzle.
Leo was withdrawn, quiet and perhaps a little lost, chopping vegetables meticulously in the kitchen.
£264, ukjuicers.com A robust but quiet machine, this one excels at chopping finely and slicing evenly, as well as processing large pieces of fruit and vegetables.
Anne Hathaway, joined by James Franco as very untraditional Oscars co-hosts, is working to quiet the doubts about her comedic chops and get viewers excited about a new generation of hosts.
Two years ago, I did a show called Dr Marigold and Mr Chops, which had an incredibly quiet and sensitive ending.
