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February 3: Food Puns

Friday, February 3, 2017

The "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  prompt for DAY 3 of the 50/50 Blogging Challenge
Many of the food-related traditions associated with the Chinese New Year--including eating fish, sweet rice dumplings, and certain vegetables--have their origins in Mandarin-language homophonic puns. Jot down a list of food-related homonyms, such as homophonic pairings like "lettuce" and "let us" or "beets" and "beats," or homographic words with multiple meanings like "cake" or "milk." and weave us a story to celebrate. Lettuce begins with the rooster. Creativity matters... Donation 500 GPs

Lettuce Eat Cake
with Apologies to Marie Antoinette

Lettuce eat cake
because the rutabaker
is short bread;
his pet bagel,
Snoopy,
is chasing the Red Bacon's
hotdog
through Hot Coffee, Mississippi1.

Footnotes
1  Yes, there really is a town in Mississippi called Hot Coffee. See http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2012/07/17/delicious-destinations-us-cities-wi...