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    Reminder – $100 Prize In 2010 Limerick Contest!

    By PDX Food Dude Last Update April 20, 2018

    [This contest is now closed, but you’ll enjoy reading the entries in the comment section below]

    4-leaf clover fourThe first prize for our 2010 food limerick contest is a $75.00 gift certificate from Accanto and a  $25.00 gift certificate from Bruce Bauer over at Vino Buys. Second prize $25.00 gift certificate to Story Teller Wine Company and third prize is a $20 gift certificate to Laughing Planet Cafe.

    It doesn’t take long,  just a bit of effort. Here are three I came up with in the shower this morning:

    It may come as no surprise,
    when you ‘cue you’ll get smoke in your eyes.
    I’ve tried a hair blower,
    but the flames just burned lower,
    and I now have raw chicken with fries

    I once knew a writer named Gerdy,
    When she wrote, her reviews were quite wordy.
    When it came to good food,
    she snarled with a ‘tude,
    And was stabbed by a chef before thirty

    A chef, once had it made,
    With his cooking he’d often get laid
    Then his cupboards went bare,
    and the girls fled the lair,
    now it’s all he can do to get paid

    Now surely you can do better than mine!

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    1. Jessica Roberts says

      March 9, 2010 at 12:03 pm

      Sandwich, o sandwich, it’s clear
      You’re the darlingest food of the year
      Torta, steak or bahn mi
      Meat Cheese Bread’s BLB
      In my gullet you’ll soon disappear

      Lest you think that my bread song is done
      I assure you we’ve only begun
      First stop egg, bacon, toast
      Course two: tender beef roast
      With a moon pie that’s second to none

      Still hungry? then skip the salami
      For Ken and Zuke’s tender pastrami
      Vaya torta and ‘cue
      And this Döner’s for you
      Sound the sirens for sando tsunami!

      • meimoya says

        March 9, 2010 at 10:58 pm

        Haha…sando tsunami…the best five syllables I’ve read all day!

    2. Adam Zwerling says

      March 10, 2010 at 11:57 am

      Paley’s, Andina and Toro Bravo
      Their food is perfect to taste or to show
      But if there was one thing missing
      From all of their dishing
      It would be cooking their cuisines on an Evo

    3. Rebecca says

      March 10, 2010 at 5:35 pm

      After spending my days in the field,
      My kitchen bears a generous yield
      Friends gather round,
      A glass of wine downed
      Oh food my soul you have healed.

    4. Jen D. says

      March 10, 2010 at 4:57 pm

      I find it hard not to be jaded
      with portions that don’t leave me sated
      I am not quite a stick
      but I like my steaks thick
      feed my face and you’ll find me elated

    5. Liza says

      March 11, 2010 at 2:47 pm

      Been living in Portland a year
      And my waist has got bigger, I fear
      Too many places to eat
      Great food savory and sweet
      Must be time for a diet, oh dear!

    6. JJF says

      March 11, 2010 at 8:38 pm

      de Sade said, “Now don’t think me rude,
      But I’ve multiple uses for food.
      And eating is merely,”
      He sniffed cavalierly,
      “The only one seldom done nude.”

      • djonn says

        March 11, 2010 at 9:57 pm

        ROFL. A trifle light in culinary content as such, but this is one of the very few in the present cycle that’s actually made me laugh out loud. (And it scans!)

    7. Janet says

      March 12, 2010 at 12:24 am

      Burgers and pizza were her fast food persuasion.
      Dissatisfied, a friend suggested ‘…try Mexican, Asian,…’
      Now tortillas and rice
      replace the usual fries
      And she frequents Chipotle and Panda Express on occasion.

      • Janet says

        March 12, 2010 at 10:03 pm

        Maybe if I wrote ‘Taco Bell’ instead of ‘Chipotle’, I’d have had a chance, huh?

    8. Jeffrey Thomas says

      March 12, 2010 at 4:55 pm

      When I woke up in bed with the corn,
      Did you notice if the lettuce was torn,
      In a peppery sauce
      That needs a good toss
      I’m a salad tomato forlorn.

    9. Jen W says

      March 12, 2010 at 4:59 pm

      I stare down the warm diners inside
      While my time in this line I must bide
      They smugly eat calamari
      While I’m out here feeling sorry
      Oh how I crave something fried!

      My financial situation’s so dour
      I can only afford happy hour
      Though there’s no cassoulet
      For eight bucks a day
      I’ll have a cheese plate and 3 whiskey sours

      Now when you walk down my street
      There’s a million places to eat
      Six cafes and twelve pubs
      Nine carts and a club
      But my garden is equally sweet

    10. D Ren says

      March 12, 2010 at 5:00 pm

      Last night I awoke with a start
      Jumped out of bed then ran for the carts
      After filling my face
      I said in disgrace
      It’s not like I don’t like to fart

    11. D Ren says

      March 12, 2010 at 5:06 pm

      Every morning I start with a latte
      Though on weekends it begins with a breve
      One has more cream
      The other a dream
      But in the end as is said they’re just coffee

    12. jimmy says

      March 13, 2010 at 10:24 am

      I’m sucking on a pickled mango
      My tongue is doing the tango
      I will no longer gloat
      It feels like my throat
      Got ran over by a Dodge Durango

      New England or Manhattan?
      Like silk and like satin
      My man likes his chowder
      To match with his powder
      And his shoes, which are black leather patents

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