trough quotes

   An account†of the decadence occupying the trough between the two world wars introduces us to a moronic inferno of insipidityand decay.

- (Percy) Wyndham Lewis
  Rude Assignment, ch.31.

Heap high the groaning platter with pink fillets, sucking pig and thick gammon, celestial chef. Be generous with the crackling. Let your hand slip with the gravy trough, dispensing plenty.

- George Mann MacBeth
  'An Ode to English Food'.