I did something vaguely similar years ago, though it is far too long for the Spectator competition. I suspect that they may have set the bar too low this time to get any kind of an effective parody going:
April is the cruller month, these soi-disant
American amuse-geules can be just the ticket
Pour ces nuits oubliées quand passe l'hiver sombre.
Take just so much flour: a sufficiency of flour;
eggs also: as many eggs as you may require.
When the time comes, you will need to beat these eggs in
One at a time.
(The eggs, I mean).
But that time has not yet arrived.
Bring the water, the butter, the sugar, the salt, to a boil.
Boiling. Water, this is among the many uses of water.
And then .....
I am afraid I have forgotten
what happens next;
What happens next, after you have brought the water to a boil,
(Together with the butter, the sugar, the salt, and the molasses).
You can ask Mme. Porecka who works at the bakery;
Mme. Porecka who works at the bakery
with her delicate white hands.
I am sure she will know.
You will also need time:- a great deal of time;
Quite possibly more time than any one of us still has.
You must use real butter.
jdlo, nutrizione, sustenance
food, glorious food.
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