[Birthe Myers]

Stone Soup, Dust Dessert, reusable soup toads.........

If you have a yen for really disgusting mishmash, the Troll Cookbook is for you. I wrote it with grandson Nikolas when he was six - he is now 12 - we realize that the market for troll cookbooks is rather limited. We did have a lot of fun writing the recipes and drawing the trolls.

Troll #1
A well appointed Troll kitchen should include:
A strong hammer or two
A good supply of old and smelly shoes
An open window for flies to get in
A dirty floor to attract mice and rats and bugs

Troll #2
Breaking up the stones for Stone soufflé

Troll #3
Dust dessert

2 cups dust
5 pounds sugar
2 cups petroleum
Mix and let stand a month or two until hardened.

Troll #4
Stone Soufflé

18 medium sized stones, smashed
18 rotten eggs
8 pounds of sugar
1/2 cup black pepper
2 cups turpentine
1/2 cup of clay
Whip the smashed stones with the eggs until frothy.
Carefully fold in everything.
Bake in a hot oven until black and crisp.

I do apologize for the complete silliness of this. It was a lot of fun to do.