[MissMuppet]

After a quiet few months, it’s competition time again.  The Foodies Forum will be celebrating it’s first birthday on Tuesday 29th April.

This time, the winner will be chosen by the Moderators, and we’re a tough bunch to impress!

So, what we need is, a Limerick with food and birthdays as the theme.  As usual, there will be prizes, and this time, there will be a 1st prize and a runner-up prize….if we can save up enough pennies to buy them!  

1st Prize



Hotel Chocolat Tasting Club - Membership for 1 month
You stand on the threshold of an adventure.  The exciting and delicious world of real chocolate beckons.  We think it is still something of a “secret world”, for the vast majority of chocolate consumed in the UK today is low on cocoa solids and high on sugar, with added nasties like hydrogenated vegetable fats, artificial flavourings and colourings. And that’s anything but REAL chocolate. So if you want to escape that world and come to ours, then become a member of the Hotel Chocolat Tasting Club. 

Runner-up Prize



The Curry Companion by Sonja Patel
The curry has created some of the strongest cravings in culinary history and has become the greatest excuse for consuming - and the best method of recovering from - copious quantities of ice-cold lager. Heavily adapted from Indian recipes, it may no longer resemble its origins, but it sizzles with a style of its own. "The Curry Companion" follows the spice-trail on its worldwide journey from India all the way to Bradford and Brick Lane, showing how several distinctive combinations of fulsome flavours have colonised the most discerning palettes throughout a variety of countries. It reveals the secrets of the spices, the brains behind the blends and demonstrates that, with the ingredients so widely available, the key to a cracking curry may be at anyone's fingertips. From this gastronomic gazetteer we will discover: the world's biggest curry hot-spots; how the tikka-masala became Britain's national dish; how the spice trade conquered the world; the most famous purveyors of piquancy; the world's best curry houses; the most reputable recipes; and the future path of the spice trail.

TO ENTER
Simply make up your food/birthday themed limerick and post it onto this thread.  The closing date for entries is Saturday 26th April... The winners will be announced on our 1st birthday, Tuesday 29th April.

Good luck!!!!  

[Nannyp]

Is this where the limericks should be posted Jo?

[MissMuppet]

Yep sure is... although you can't enter!!  

[Nannyp]

 

[shanzi]

[MissMuppet]

Because she's a mod and we're judging... Elaine can't enter either!  

[Nannyp]

Thanks Shanzi...I know you care  

[shanzi]

Can you have more than one go!  Or does your first limerick have to be just perfect.

[Nannyp]

Ooh, hadn't thought of that scenario.

I know we'll discuss it when Jo gets home from work, but I guess it could be a bit like the Risi awards....maybe the entrant nominates the limerick they want to go forward for the judges to judge??
 

[Nannyp]

Yes, multiple entries are okay, and you will need to nominate which one you want to go forward for judging when we give you the nod  

[SephieG]

A milestone birthday was due
Boyfriend said "I've a treat planned for you"
So we walzed into town,
but with 'Tanner's' burning down
we went home for cuddles and stew.
                     

Check out the link for more of the story...
http://foodservicemonthly.typepad...side/2008/02/fire-under-cont.html

[MissMuppet]

Very good Sephie... our first entry!!  

[Davbro]

My Effort.

There was a young lady from Calne
Who went on a bus-trip to Sarn.
She drank too much beer,
Which made her feel queer,
So she went and was sick in the Tarn.

Explanations:
Calne is in Wiltshire
Sarn is in Wales
Tarn is a lake.

[dingsy]

Excellent quality so far. I'm mulling over my (banned), "There was a young lady from Folkestone", as it offers up some interesting rhymes!

[Nannyp]

Oh go on Elaine...who banned it??  

[dingsy]

It's still good though.....

[frangipani]

There was a young woman with cake
Who tried her hardest to keep wide awake
but at the sight of the moon
she started to swoon
and rather wished, instead, she'd had steak!

[frangipani]

Not fantastically good - but I wanted to join in!

[MissMuppet]

That's good Shona...  

I don't think I'm even going to attempt one!

[Nannyp]

 

[frangipani]

[caprice62]

okay an attempt

there once was a recipe for cake
which I kept trying to make
but I'm driven to drink
cos the middle does sink
so I'm stuffing the hole with some flake

[Nannyp]

   Excellent 2nd post Lesley    

[shanzi]

Here goes - no good at this type of thing.

There was a young miss call Joanne
Who thought of a Foodie Forum
It had lots of members
Who had to remember
All the recipes made by their Mum
(not quite rhyming got to use your imagination).

OK - no good?

A food junkie called Fred
Ate crisps and icecream on bread
He grew fatter and fatter
Which really did matter
Because now he spends his life in bed

(Probably too long of sentences)

[Nannyp]

Brilliant....I'll have to think of some more... it's quite challenging, isn't it?

[hec]

There once was a woman called Kate
Who thought being fat was her fate
Stopping cake, crisps and booze
the weight she did lose
But now how does she celebrate?

[hec]

Please come along with your mates
To a party which will celebrate
That Foodies Forum
Is officially ONE
And make sure that you are not late

[shanzi]

Empty....I did not like the limerick

[Nannyp]

There was an old woman in France
Who thought she should learn how to dance
She'd eaten so much
Her stomach she did clutch
And hoped she'd get another chance.

[lal]

I know this is officially too late to enter, but we forgot to submit it earlier - sorry  

There was a young girl from Clun,
Who walked on the day she was one.
For her party that year,
With balloons and good cheer,
We ate chocolate cake, jelly and had fun!

[Nannyp]

I've put forward my votes to the Mods