Certainly the connections Elliott makes with Golden Age texts, including the many versions of Cockaigne , will appeal to those who read literature for its imaginative unrealism.

The concert opened with a pleasing performance of Elgar's Cockaigne overture, a portrait of Edwardian London.

Canned Fruits & whole preserves pp 52-63 rounding out the recipes include Canned cherries, Cockaigne , Baby tomatoes, Kumquat, Pear & coriander, Surprise strawberries, Party nectarines, Perfect pears, Figs in syrup, Papaya & pineapple preserves, whole orange, Brandie grapes, Peaches in brandy, Alcoholic mincemeat

(67) Yet Feced sees nothing useful in these laws, sneering at 'our soft and paternal Leyes de Indias that would allow an easier life in what he called 'the land of Cockaigne ' (tierra de jauja).

Here the themes of Cockney vulgarity, lubricity, and unmanliness fuse into the charge of "ineffectual immorality." Hunt, the review opines, is "the most contemptible little capon of the bantam breed," and "such manhood will not pass current out of the kingdom of Cockaigne ." (19)

One is reminded of Cockaigne , that mythical land where gold-the yellow oil-flows freely, or of El Dorado, that lost city of gold visited by Candide.

One is reminded of Cockaigne , that mythical land where gold -- the yellow oil -- flows freely, or of El Dorado, that lost city of gold visited by Candide.

One is reminded of Cockaigne , that mythical land where gold - the yellow oil - flows freely, or of El Dorado, that lost city of gold visited by Candide.

The next day, she bandaged her feet, sent half the contents of her pack home with her husband, and went on to hike 20 miles to their final destination, Cockaigne Ski Resort.

The final number was Elgar's Cockaigne overture played using parts that had been donated in memory of the late Brian Tann by his widow Kathleen, both former members of the Phil.

The exhibition started with a section on Cockaigne , a mythical land of plenty where medieval peasants were liberated from their harsh lives, and where all physical pleasures, especially those related to food and drink, were immediately at hand.