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Let Us Eat Cake, by Sandra James

30/10/2020

 
‘It’s like eating cake,’ I told her, trying to explain my penchant for writing, then reading all the FFF stories on Friday night. ‘The writing is the cake, reading, comments and commenting are like the icing.’

‘What sort of cake?’

‘Well…Lamingtons here in Australia. Swiss rolls in Switzerland. Baklava in Greece. Dundee cake in Scotland. Panettone in Italy. Gateaux in France and doughnuts in America.’

‘Oh.’ She looked thoughtful. ‘I’m hungry, Grandma.’

“Hmm…me, too! Let’s go make some pancakes.’

Perhaps my three-year-old granddaughter will one day emulate my love of writing but for now let us eat cake!
Pamela Kennedy
30/10/2020 10:28:30 am

What a yummy story...very enjoyable!

Sandra James
30/10/2020 08:11:55 pm

Thanks Pamela - I did enjoy the research :)

Candace Arthuria Williams
30/10/2020 12:52:11 pm

Sandra, thanks for re-casting that despicable comment into something good.

Sandra James
30/10/2020 08:17:22 pm

Thanks Candace - yes, there are definitely much nicer ways to think of cake. Marie certainly got her just desserts though :)

Bobby Warner
30/10/2020 01:46:24 pm

Wonderful!--and delightful! A good one, Sandra.

Sandra James
30/10/2020 08:20:08 pm

Thanks Bobby! And I did make pancakes with my granddaughter, pre-covid, last time I visited interstate, so a nice memory for me :)

Jim link
30/10/2020 02:37:54 pm

Cute!!
Jim

Sandra James
30/10/2020 08:22:11 pm

Thanks Jim! And, not that I'm biased, my granddaughter is very cute, too. Shirley Temple curls, three going on thirty...

Paritosh Chandra Dugar
30/10/2020 03:11:02 pm

A lovely story. Enjoyed it. Well done, Sandra.

Sandra James
30/10/2020 08:23:18 pm

Thank you Paritosh :) I'm glad you enjoyed it - I had fun writing it, too!

Sue Clayton
31/10/2020 01:50:46 am

Writing and cake, Sandra. What a blissful combination and my mouth is drooling over your delicious cakealogue. But surely you could have made room for chocolate mud cake; yummy in any country.

Sandra James
1/11/2020 06:50:47 pm

Thanks Sue - perhaps chocolate mud cake belongs to the world rather than a country. In the sixties it was 'Make love not war', maybe we could change it to 'Make mud cake not war' :)

Sivan Pillai
31/10/2020 03:58:46 am

Enjoyed it, Sandra.

Sandra James
1/11/2020 06:51:23 pm

Thank you, Sivan :)

Mary Wallace
31/10/2020 05:30:18 am

This is such a sweet story Sandra.

Sandra James
1/11/2020 06:52:27 pm

Thanks, Mary! While we can't be with our grandchildren at least we can write about them :)

Susan F. Reid
1/11/2020 10:35:22 am

Nice metaphor with an international flavor.

Sandra James
1/11/2020 06:53:39 pm

Thank you, Susan! It was fun looking through all the different world cakes although I had to narrow the list down to fit 100 words :)


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