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Following my mention last week of my son’s Upper Crust Theory of toast, bread etc., which is that it tastes much better if whatever spread is on it is inserted into the mouth upside down, I hear from Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles. He tells me, politely, that the theory is not original. He draws my attention to the example of his great-great-uncle E.A. Bowles, known as the Crocus King and often considered the greatest amateur gardener of the first half of the 20th century. During the war, Bowles had to reduce his indoor staff to three, but his new butler, Coombs, was famous in those trying times for his ability to cut wafer-thin bread and butter into tiny squares. This enabled the Crocus King, a lifelong Upper-Cruster, to post them into his mouth upside down without mishap. The question for modern times, however, remains: how can the Upper Crust Theory be safely put into practice for those without indoor staff?
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