Runcible Spoon Magazine

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Has anyone here read The Runcible Spoon food zine? I accidently ran across it when I was googling scrapbooking stores in DC (You can read about it online on the Wash Post website, June 11, 2013). I acquired a few issues from the Etsy shop and I am still trying to decide whether I like it or not. It kind of reminds me of a mini Lucky Peach magazine. Just wondering if anyone as an opinion of it. This is one of 5 issues I bought.

[The Hersch]

Edward Lear is something of a hero to me.

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat

By Edward Lear

I

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea

   In a beautiful pea-green boat,

They took some honey, and plenty of money,

   Wrapped up in a five-pound note.

The Owl looked up to the stars above,

   And sang to a small guitar,

"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,

    What a beautiful Pussy you are,

         You are,

         You are!

What a beautiful Pussy you are!"

II

Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl!

   How charmingly sweet you sing!

O let us be married! too long we have tarried:

   But what shall we do for a ring?"

They sailed away, for a year and a day,

   To the land where the Bong-Tree grows

And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood

   With a ring at the end of his nose,

             His nose,

             His nose,

   With a ring at the end of his nose.

III

"Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling

   Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."

So they took it away, and were married next day

   By the Turkey who lives on the hill.

They dined on mince, and slices of quince,

   Which they ate with a runcible spoon;   

And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,

   They danced by the light of the moon,

             The moon,

             The moon,

They danced by the light of the moon.

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IIRC a runcible spoon is one with a serrated edge, somewhat akin to a spork.

When K was little, we had a wonderful edition of The Owl and the Pussycat with illustrations by the fabulous artist Jan Brett. The poem was read to K many, many times, and we loved studying the amazingly intricate images. Great memories!

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