Butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, blended oatmeal, salt, baking soda, chocolate chips, and chopped nuts: these are the ingredients in the famous Neimen Marcus cookie recipe. I'm sure at some point you have heard the story of the $250 cookie recipe. Yes, there is an Urban Legend about this famous cookie recipe, which you can read here.
I love the idea that food and story go together. How often do we as social beings gather around a table or in the kitchen to swap stories of our lives? It is only natural to combine the two things together.
In many a story there is a magic food that must be consumed. Alice's mushrooms for example, "One side will make you grow big, and one side will make you small." There are plenty feasts that are fit for kings and often are prepared with the finest ingredients.
There are numerous versions of tale type 2025 "The Run Away Pancake". Umm, pancakes! I mean who doesn't like a movable feast? We are a nation of fast food chains, so why not get a little exercise and work for a little stinky cheese, some gingerbread, or a fresh fluffy warm tortilla.
Here's a little bit of food for thought. What stories will you tell at the dinner table?
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