47 replies to this topic

[sazji]

On the prairie one day Daniel Boone
Craved a spicy and hot lahmajoon
Then cried out "Oh, damn,
I'm all out of ground lamb!"
So he settled for fricaseed coon.

[highchef]

There was once a chorizo from Spain
that was delivered at 1 in the rain
with paprika as spice,
and saffron so nice,
the paella was declared quite insane!

What can I say??? the last time I had to write a limerick I was in 6th grade english class with an Irish nun for a teacher.

[moosnsqrl]

There was once a chorizo from Spain
that was delivered at 1 in the rain
with paprika as spice,
and saffron so nice,
the paella was declared quite insane!

What can I say??? the last time I had to write a limerick I was in 6th grade english class with an Irish nun for a teacher.

I thought the rain in Spain fell mainly on the plain

[highchef]

There was once a chorizo from Spain
that was delivered at 1 in the rain
with paprika as spice,
and saffron so nice,
the paella was declared quite insane!

What can I say??? the last time I had to write a limerick I was in 6th grade english class with an Irish nun for a teacher.

I thought the rain in Spain fell mainly on the plain

I told you I was rusty!!

[Pontormo]

Want to dine on authentic ragu?
Then Bologna just simply won't do!
"A Napoli, vai!"
Where they top pizza pie
With a cheese bufalese, impromptu.



"To Naples, go!"

[Peter B Wolf]

Sweetbreads, I dare
not sweet nor bread
I do not care
and heavier then lead
the sweetbreads I had
I do care
in few words I'm told
they are from a mare
other things are sold
The place, I advise, please spare

[PaniniGuy]

There once was a garde manger named Jacques,
Who created magnificent stocks,
When asked for his favorite,
He replied somewhat labored,
"A pot of Sprite and a bag of Pop Rocks."

[Carrot Top]

Skinny Tom, so verbosely a Locavore
Most people thought him Quite a Bore
Bold tales he told, repetitiously sold
As he choked down Damp Cabbage and Turnip Cores

One day his fate
Left nought on his plate (the winter had been quite hard)
Reaching the cupboard, his hand grasped his supper
Lucky he'd had some wheatgrass jarred!

But the jar was not true
No rubber to seal
For rubber, it was not local
So fermented wheatgrass left Tom poisoned dead
His bandana so gently caressing his head
As it suddenly shuddered and hit the table

The epitaph he left, it told his tale:
(He been sure everyone wanted to know)
"As I've always said,
Ten miles draws the line
For whatever it is that I choose to dine!
As I lay to rest, I've not tasted the best,
But do safely reside in my pride."

[maggiethecat]

Want to dine on authentic ragu?
Then Bologna just simply won't do!
"A Napoli, vai!"
Where they top pizza pie
With a cheese bufalese, impromptu.



"To Naples, go!"

Just lovely -- a real limerick.

[maggiethecat]

Sweetbreads, I dare
not sweet nor bread
I do not care
and heavier then lead
the sweetbreads I had
I do care
in few words I'm told
they are from a mare
other things are sold
The place, I advise, please spare

Poetry, but not a limerick, unless Ferlinghetti had a stab at limericks.

[maggiethecat]

Skinny Tom, so verbosely a Locavore
Most people thought him Quite a Bore
Bold tales he told, repetitiously sold
As he choked down Damp Cabbage and Turnip Cores

One day his fate
Left nought on his plate (the winter had been quite hard)
Reaching the cupboard, his hand grasped his supper
Lucky he'd had some wheatgrass jarred!

But the jar was not true
No rubber to seal
For rubber, it was not local
So fermented wheatgrass left Tom poisoned dead
His bandana so gently caressing his head
As it suddenly shuddered and hit the table

The epitaph he left, it told his tale:
(He been sure everyone wanted to know)
"As I've always said,
Ten miles draws the line
For whatever it is that I choose to dine!
As I lay to rest, I've not tasted the best,
But do safely reside in my pride."

Not a limerick, but a great Low Country Ballad.

[maggiethecat]

There was once a chorizo from Spain
that was delivered at 1 in the rain
with paprika as spice,
and saffron so nice,
the paella was declared quite insane!

What can I say??? the last time I had to write a limerick I was in 6th grade english class with an Irish nun for a teacher.

Sister Mary Margaret taught you well -- doesn't scan perfectly, but it's a true limerick.

[maggiethecat]

On the prairie one day Daniel Boone
Craved a spicy and hot lahmajoon
Then cried out "Oh, damn,
I'm all out of ground lamb!"
So he settled for fricaseed coon.

First class -- scans perfectly. Um, start a lahmajoon thread -- I'm clueless.

[maggiethecat]

Our cats demand petting, those two
So we've nicknamed them Kobe and Wagyu
When they're fattened and tender
We think they will render
A gourmet, upscale feline stew

Sorry.  Needless to say, I'm kidding.  Please address complaints to Fat Guy - he started it

Edited to make sense.

!!!!!
(If you'd dropped the "So" in the second line it would have scanned better. But you've got Limerick Love, I can tell.)

[Pat Churchill]

A chef by the name of John Reid
Was entranced by the thought of sous vide
So he slow braised some snails
Then chopped off their tails
And served them with pea foam and mead

Meanwhile back in culinary school
The students were playing the fool
With the liquid N2
And a pound of wagyu
They made something terribly cool

[ludja]

In case you you haven't seen it, Maggie started another thread to gather entries for a new literary smackdown...

You can submit your limericks from 2006, including those in this thread, in this new smackdown. (link below).

My favorites so far...

Our cats demand petting, those two...

and

A nouveau Chinese chef from St. Louis...

This is the Smackdown that won't die: I swear I've seen more entries on the Limerick thread after the old competition closed than before. Limericks just rattle around in your head -- Isaac Asimov published a book of Limericks while he was doing serious reseach and writing books and columns. My father wrote two hundred in two days.  It's just fun.

I'm (re?) publishing the hoary and perfect culinary Limerick here to remind you about scan and rhyme scheme.  I'll take points off for sloppy.

A gentleman dining in Crewe
Found a rather large mouse in his stew.
Said the waiter: "Don't shout!
Or wave it about
Or the rest will be wanting one too."

Please don't post your entries on this topic --  please use this thread. Anything you've contirubuted since the long-ago awarding of prizes can be copied and pasted there.

This is a fun interim Smackdown -- watch this space in the next few weeks for the new model.

Deadline poets: November 1, 2006.

Edited by ludja, 29 September 2006 - 08:51 AM.

[sazji]

On the prairie one day Daniel Boone
Craved a spicy and hot lahmajoon
Then cried out "Oh, damn,
I'm all out of ground lamb!"
So he settled for fricaseed coon.

First class -- scans perfectly. Um, start a lahmajoon thread -- I'm clueless.

Tanks. :) I've got lots and lots of them, but they mostly have nothing to do with food, and they are also more or less foul. (A limerick almost has to be really, doesn't it?) ;)

Lahmajoon/lahmacun is a very thin flat bread topped with ground lamb, pepper, onion, pepper paste. It's E. Turkihsh/Armenian. The Syrian version, lahma bi ajin, is quite different, with pine nuts and allspice in the meat. There's lots of recipes around.

[sazji]

Our cats demand petting, those two
So we've nicknamed them Kobe and Wagyu
When they're fattened and tender
We think they will render
A gourmet, upscale feline stew

Sorry.  Needless to say, I'm kidding.  Please address complaints to Fat Guy - he started it

Edited to make sense.

!!!!!
(If you'd dropped the "So" in the second line it would have scanned better. But you've got Limerick Love, I can tell.)

Or drop the "nick" of "nicknamed." I love it :)