We’d be travelling back from Scotland to London or somewhere and would find ourselves hungry, so we’d call in at a stop-off. The idea of starting a food company came later on. That was important, because if a veggie meal wasn’t that good, you might ask yourself: But why should I be veggie? This was never a problem for us.īeing veggie wasn’t a problem for us because everything Linda cooked was delicious What’s more, everything that Linda cooked was delicious her main aim was always to make food taste great.
PAUL MCCARTNEY BOOK MAC
I just liked the idea, and it didn’t matter to me that I was slicing mac ’n’ cheese, not a turkey. I wanted to do that because it was the tradition. Also, having the macaroni ‘turkey’ still allowed me that traditional male role of carver. Linda cooked them all amazingly, of course. Then we added all the trimmings – roast potatoes, cranberry sauce and so on. Obviously, we didn’t want to kill a turkey, so Linda came up with a brilliant idea – macaroni turkey! We made a big mound of mac ’n’ cheese, left it to cool, then sliced it so it took the place of turkey on the plate. Pictured: Paul and Linda with one of their lambs Paul said he would carve a macaroni at Christmas to continue the tradition of him carving the turkey.
But one day, Linda and I were having Sunday lunch with the family at our farm in Scotland and gazing out of the window at the baby lambs in the fields nearby. The centre of a meal in our house when I was growing up was meat – a chop, maybe, or a couple of sausages – with some potatoes and perhaps a bit of veg on the side, and I continued to eat meat as an adult. So why did our family decide to become vegetarian all that time ago? Linda and her family had always eaten meat and I’d been brought up on very traditional British food. I know that if Linda was with us now, she would love this plant-based revolution, and that’s why we decided to take a fresh look at her legacy and her recipes and produce this book.
Today, plant-based eating is massive and it’s all about going vegan, not just vegetarian. Back in the day, vegetarians were viewed as a bit weird, and what veggie food you could find was stodgy and boring. Becoming veggie was – and still is – hugely important to me and my family and I can’t believe how much things have changed since we first gave up meat.
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