A gap in the market
In celebration of Norms’ iconic ‘Steak & Cake’ special, A. & I were taken to imagine a restaurant whose menu consists entirely of foods which rhyme. We think it’s a fabulous idea, and an obvious gap in the market.
The Norms special might be extended into three courses. There could be hake, followed by steak, and then cake. With perhaps a milk shake. At a clambake. Perhaps bream with cream. Noodles and strudels. Or the slightly icky-sounding ham and jam — or even spam and ham and jam. Cassoulet and creme brulee. The most obvious omission from the current culinary world would be gorgonzola and Coca-Cola.
You’ll have this idea in your brain for the next week. Just wait and see.
Or, from the world of actions and consequences, mozarella and salmonella.
Only I’m not sure this works any better than jam and ham.
Vic, what about “Snarf and Barf”?
This Norm’s looks suspiciously like Denny’s.
This food-rhyming isn’t as easy as it should be…. berries and cherries, apple and scrapple, tiramisu and um, uh ….
Oh geez, I got the friggin’ apostrophe in the wrong place. Oops.
Janice: Apple and scrapple – and Snapple, of course. I had to look up ‘scrapple’, BTW. Sounds yummy.
Janice again: I laid a trap and you fell right into it! Mua-ha-ha-ha.
Linguini and pannini?
Lo mein and romaine?
Yellow jell-o?
Also with the ham and spam and jam, you could serve lamb.
Randi: ‘Lo mein and romaine?’ Washed down with a fine champagne.
See what happens? All this deeply meaningful stuff I post, and what gets people commenting? Thinking of foods that rhyme. Pearls before swine. With a nice red wine.
Paul: I wouldn’t go anywhere near scrapple.
But since you seem fond of foods of my current region, how about a milkshake and some funnel cake?
cheese and peas? (not regional, just rhyming)
Nesquik and spotted dick?