[Sca-cooks] gingerbrede balls

[Stefan li Rous]

> Some years ago, a lady who ma still be on this list made a batch of
> gingerbrede balls for an event in Østgarr. My son advised me (and,
> IIRC, Master Richard the Poor, and in the truthful literal innocence
> of childhood) to try those big brown spicy balls...
>
> You can imagine what peopl were singing after that.
>
> Adamantius

Ah, yes. From the child-stories-msg file in the Florilegium:
> Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 10:59:19 -0400
> From: Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com>
> Subject: Re: SC - Jelly Bean and other flavours
>
> It's that parental selective hearing. This is part of why my son was
> able to get away with loudly asking (until it was much, much too late),
> at an event at which gingerbrede was served, "Hey, everybody, have you
> tried [So-and-so's] balls? They're big and spicy and brown!" Within
> seconds the hall was full of bad Isaac Hayes impersonations...
>
> Adamantius, who swears the wording was a coincidence

Stefan
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