Earls Pearls

The most fun you can have without popping in to visit

Never knowingly without an opinion, Richard 7th Earl of Bradford has come up with some astonishing facts in his time. Here are some of His Nibs finest moments:

Earls Pearls

  • #26 The secret of cooking meat is in the resting' said a rather tired chef one evening when caught with his feet up
  • #21 The secret of seasoning is to season earlier rather than later, every Porters Chef is soon taught 'taste and season, then taste and season..'
  • # 22 To get the maximum juice out of a lemon or lime roll it really hard on a chopping board.
  • #6 Porters has served enough onion gravy to paint the millennium dome six times
  • #17 Porters has served enough sausages to stretch from Covent Garden to Oxford65 miles of sausages
  • #18 Two sausages in a frying pan. One says to the other; “blimey it’s hot in here” the other one says; "crikey a talking sausage!”
  • #12 Traditionally Smoked Pea and Ham Soup is stirred anti-clockwise
  • #3 When grilling steak always cook the raw side first
  • #16 Standing on one leg while squeezing a lemon will not avoid being squirted in the eye
  • #15 Twice sieved flour makes the lightest of syrup sponges
  • #27 Lee Mead when he starred in Joseph always had Sunday lunch on table 13
  • #32 Mick Jagger, David Bowie and Michael Caine all worked at Porters (Well Phil Cornwell did!)
  • #24 Porters served over 1500 meals on our 30th Birthday back in 2009, all at 1979 prices
  • #31 Elaine Paige insisted on her man Friday collecting Shepherd's Pie for pre-curtain up dressing room dinner
  • #348 Always better to decorate the rim of a glass with sugar (or salt) before putting any liquid (or ice) into the glass.