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Sometimes a banana with coffee is nice It ought not to be too ripe – in fact there should be a definite remainder of green along the stalk, and if there isn’t, forget about it Though admittedly that is easier said than done Apples can be forgotten about, but not bananas, not really They don’t in fact take at all well to being forgotten about They wizen and stink of putrid and go almost black   Oatcakes along with it can be nice, the rough sort The rough sort of oatcake goes especially well with a banana by the way – by the way, the banana might be chilled slightly This can occur in the fridge overnight of course, depending on how prescient and steadfast one is about one’s morning victuals, or, it might be, and this in fact is much more preferable, there’s a nice cool windowsill where a bowl especially for fruit can always be placed   A splendid deep wide sill with no wooden overlay, just the plastered stone, nice and chilly: the perfect place for a bowl Even a few actually, a few bowls in fact The sill’s that big it can accommodate three sizeable bowls very well without appearing the least bit encumbered It’s quite pleasant, then, to unpack the pannier bags and arrange everything intently in the bowls upon the sill Aubergine, squash, asparagus and small vine tomatoes look terribly swish together and it’s no surprise at all that anyone would experience a sudden urge at any time during the day to sit down at once and attempt with a palette and brush to convey the exotic patina of such an irrepressible gathering of illustrious vegetables, there on the nice cool windowsill   Pears don’t mix well Pears should always be small and organised nose to tail in a bowl of their very own and perhaps very occasionally introduced to a stem of the freshest redcurrants, which ought not to be hoisted like a mantle across the freckled belly of the topmost pear, but strewn a little further down so that some of the scarlet berries loll and bask