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Today is K day!
K is for Kitchen...
From Sixpence and Rye and a Snake in a Pie: A Fractured Nursery Rhyme by Jeff Chapman
Today is K day!
K is for Kitchen...
From Sixpence and Rye and a Snake in a Pie: A Fractured Nursery Rhyme by Jeff Chapman
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Creepy. And intriguing. I am not a fan of snake and doubt it tastes like chicken (which I also don't eat).
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't suggest eating the snake in this pie. It's a bit raw, as in still moving.
DeleteNot sure I want to eat in this kitchen if snake pie is on offer...:) Great excerpt.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry. The snake pie is reserved for one particularly cranky character, but sometimes there are mix ups with the orders. Eat with caution.
DeleteI love those old-time kitchens; all hearth and warmth (except when snake pie is on the menu) :)
ReplyDeleteSometimes cooks improvise and go a bit too far off script.
DeleteWonderfully creepy! Hmm, snake... not a pie for me. (Must hold back from making a Snakes on a Plane, or rather, Snakes in a Pie joke!)
ReplyDeleteHave you heard the one about the two snakes who slithered into a bar...? : )
DeleteI'll pass on the pie, but thanks anyway.
ReplyDeleteNot everyone likes pie.
DeleteI'll pass on the pie, but thanks anyway.
ReplyDeleteYucky pie....BUT it sounds like a great tale!!!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't recommend the pie, but please do sample the tale. : )
DeleteSnakes! I'll stay away from Fawkes and his kitchen but I do love fractured tales. :)
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of fun working the elements of the nursery rhyme into a story.
DeleteEwwwwww!
ReplyDeleteThe pie part is tempting. The filling not so much. Fractured, indeed, Jeff.
ReplyDeleteHi Jeff - the Fractured Tales sound they'd make interesting reading .. but the snake slithering around in the pie rather repulses me ..
ReplyDeleteI do remember decades ago ... a newspaper article appearing that told of a snake getting into a peach canning factory in Australia ... someone complained their tinned peach wasn't too good??!! That story stayed with me rather longer than I'd like - now you've breathed more life back into it?! Cheers Hilary
Hmmm sounds like an eerie nursery rhyme, sounds almost sublime but I think, if it is snake in the pie, I will not give this a try:)
ReplyDeleteCreepy & eerie. I hate snakes. They scare the hell out of me. I am scared for days afar just having a dream about snakes. Definitely my weakness in case some evil villain out there is looking for a way to do me in. Intriguing excerpt.
ReplyDeleteI love that kitchen! Glad I don't have to cook in it, though :)
ReplyDeleteKitchen is lovely with all that brick but I wouldn't want to have to cook in it. Takes quite a knack to cook meals over a fire and a lot longer in the planning and implementing. :-) Especially baking pies and cakes. Yikes. I don't do bad when camping but every day? No thank you.
ReplyDeleteSnake in a pie, huh? Well, I guess a meat pie is a meat pie regardless of the meat used, lol!
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Ooh what a creepy and kind of gross snippet LOL. Love it.
ReplyDeleteAnd what has the snake had for breakfast? Is that extra protein? A vegan snake or a gourmet?
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