Alfie (1966) - May's movie suggestion
Plus Michael Caine's Chicken and Bacon Pie to go with it...
Alfie has a lot of appalling attitudes to women, but I can’t help feeling fond of him. That’s the trouble with men like Alfie!
Get a big tub of salt to have beside you when you watch this, you are going to need quite a few pinches!
Here’s my favourite quote which just about sums Alfie up. He’s talking to the camera about a “chiropodist woman from a foot-comfort service I was having it off with.”
She's got a little ginger moustache. But I find I'm quite willing to overlook the odd blemish in a woman, providing she's got something to make up for it. Well, that's what we're all here for, innit - to help each other out in this life.
Yes, Alfie. Be nice!
Michael’s recipe for a chicken pie is superb. One of those dishes that I made once upon a time and keep thinking about making again. It’s an undertaking but 100% worth it. Here’s how mine turned out.
Delicious.
To me, Alfie feels very much like a lazy weekend movie. Pop a date in your diary to indulge yourself in a chicken pie and a delve around into the mind of a man with very outdated views about the fair sex. OR ARE THEY?!
Alfie is available to stream on quite a few online channels, including the Internet Archive. Let me know what you think of it.
When I first saw this movie I let out a little squeal of delight when one of my favourite actresses popped up. I had no idea Shelley was in this flick!
For my beloved paid subscribers, there are recipes for Shelley’s Caesar Salad and her Chicken a la Shelley in this post
and coming atcha on Friday, there will be the following
a video postcard from my kitchen to yours. An Alfie cocktail!
Michael Caine’s Carrot Cake recipe
Millicent Martin’s Smoked Salmon Dip recipe
Millicent Martin’s Coleslaw recipe
Jane Asher’s Chocolate Trifle recipe
As Alfie gets fed up with Annie’s Lancashire Hot Pots and Steak and Kidney Pies, I reckon he’d think a salmon dip followed by a chicken pie with coleslaw topped off with a chocolate trifle and carrot cake was a bleedin’ great banquet!
Michael Caine’s Chicken and Bacon Pie
Star-spangled recipe books!
My books are available worldwide via Amazon (switch to your own country for the correct pricing)
or via my Etsy shop (these will come directly from me and can be signed if you wish) - my 1933 cocktail book facsimile is only available from here.
Look at the size of that bath! Kingsize. Course, a bit of a tight squeeze with the two of us in it. But you can have a lot of fun, splashing about and whatnot.
And the song! 🎶
The Chicken and Bacon Pie looks good in the photo, Jenny - but you look even better!