On Mar 30, 3:13*pm, Joseph Littleshoes > wrote:
> Kate Connally wrote:
> > Ode to Mush
>
> > Oh, glorious mush
> > So crisp and lush
> > With maple topped
> > In syrup sopped
>
> > Oh, succulent mush
> > My lips doth brush
> > Thy luscious crust
> > My tongue doth thrust
>
> > Oh, lust for mush
> > My teeth to crush
> > Soft warm inside
> > I’m satisfied.
>
> > Made the mush on Sat and put in fridge to set.
>
> [BOYS]
> Is it worth the waiting for?
> If we live 'til eighty four
> All we ever get is gruel!
> Ev'ry day we say our prayer --
> Will they change the bill of fare?
> Still we get the same old gruel!
> There is not a cust, not a crumb can we find,
> Can we beg, can we borrow, or cadge,
> But there's nothing to stop us from getting a thrill
> When we all close our eyes and imagine
>
> Food, glorious food!
> Hot sausage and mustard!
> While we're in the mood --
> Cold jelly and custard!
> Pease pudding and saveloys!
> What next is the question?
> Rich gentlemen have it, boys --
> In-di-gestion!
>
> Food, glorious food!
> We're anxious to try it.
> Three banquets a day --
> Our favourite diet!
>
> Just picture a great big steak --
> Fried, roasted or stewed.
> Oh, food,
> Wonderful food,
> Marvellous food,
> Glorous food.
>
> Food, glorious food!
> What is there more handsome?
> Gulped, swallowed or chewed --
> Still worth a king's ransom.
> What is it we dream about?
> What brings on a sigh?
> Piled peahes and cream , about
> Six feet high!
>
> Food, glorious food!
> Eat right through the menu.
> Just loosen your belt
> Two inches and then you
> Work up a new appetite.
> In this interlude --
> The food,
> Once again, food
> Fabulous food,
> Glorious food.
>
> Food, glorious food!
> Don't care what it looks like --
> Burned!
> Underdone!
> Crude!
> Don't care what the cook's like.
> Just thinking of growing fat --
> Our senses go reeling
> One moment of knowing that
> Full-up feeling!
>
> Food, glorious food!
> What wouldn't we give for
> That extra bit more --
> That's all that we live for
> Why should we be fated to
> Do nothing but brood
> On food,
> Magical food,
> Wonderful food,
> Marvellous food,
> Fabulous food,
>
> [OLIVER]
> Beautiful food,
>
> [BOYS]
> Glorious food
>
> > Fried the mush on Sun for breakfast. *Fried some
> > bacon first and then fried the mush in the bacon fat.
> > Ate it will maples syrup.
>
> > That was the absolute best fried mush I have ever
> > had or made!!!! *For once I was patient and didn't
> > have the heat too high trying to cook it faster and
> > ending up burning it. *Also didn't try to turn it over
> > too soon causing it to fall apart because it wasn't
> > browned enough yet. *It was perfectly browned and very
> > crisp on the outside and creamy on the inside and just
> > *delicious*!!!!
>
> > Maybe part of it is because I haven't made mush in
> > ages - well over 5 years. *Things taste better when
> > you haven't had them in a while. *I don't know if I
> > can wait until next weekend to eat the rest of it.
> > It was *so* good! *Sigh.
>
> > Kate
Food, glorious food!
What wouldn't we give for
That extra bit more --
That's all that we live for
Why should we be fated to
Do nothing but brood
On food,
Magical food,
Wonderful food,
Marvellous food,
Fabulous food . . .

[LYNN] Tugging on Dimitri's pant leg:
"Please, sir, can I have some more?"

Lynn (still) in Fargo!