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Competition

No. 1342: Reference cooks

Sei by Jaspistos: Tusser in his Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (1573) lists ten things to look for in a perfect cheese, among which three are: it should not be like Gehazi, dead white like a ktper; nor like Argus, full of eyes; nor like Tom Piper, `hoven and puffed'. An extract from a cookery book, please (maximum 150 words), which makes rich and odd use of literary references. Entries to 'Competi- tion No. 1342' by 26 October. The top winner of this and the next five competitions will receive a bottle of Pol Roger White Foil Champagne (NV), by courtesy of the distri- butors Dent and Reuss.