a tale of tails, tenacity, and tedium, as told by me, usually barefoot and bellowing

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Cooking With Family...A Writing Prompt

The prompt this week is, "So this is a cook off for the inheritance?   Is that what you're saying?" 
Number of words: Up to 114 (including the 114 words of the prompt).
Style of writing: Any
Keep it clean and let your imagination soar.

I did it, Jenny, 114 exactly!  Happy Thanksgiving!

COOKING WITH FAMILY

When the terms of the will were read aloud in the stuffy lawyer’s office we discovered Aunt Sally still tortured us even in death. To verify I asked, “So this is a cook off for the inheritance? Is that what you’re trying to say?”

On Thursday Aunt Sally’s personal chef would judge.

We worked tirelessly to come up with a winning recipe.  Thursday arrived. The chef tasted each dish showing no expression.

“This dish, Grave Rewards, wins. Full flavored, tender with an intriguing taste I can’t quite identify.”

The winner claiming the inheritance refused to reveal the secret.

Sour in life but sweet in the pot Aunt Sally had helped me win.   Sweet revenge.

12 comments:

Kris said...

Awesome Gail ! Loved that surprise ending...Well done !!! ;)

Country Gal said...

Well done ! Good surprise ending !

Josie Two Shoes said...

Oh Gail, this was just awesome... wonderfully done! Such a clever twist of fate! :-)

DesertHen said...

You've done it again! Fantastic twist!

LindaG said...

(o.0)

Haha! Good one, Gail!

Lynne said...

Loved this "gotcha" . . .

MadSnapper said...

ha ha ho ho he he I LOVE IT!!!!

Brian Miller said...

oh how wicked twisted you are...haha....have you ever seen the movie...the cook, the thief, his wife & her lover....an odd film...but a funny line when she feeds them her lover...

siggiofmaine said...

Excellent and wonderful ending.
Peace,
Siggi in Downeast Maine

LLM Calling said...

Really nice, I enjoyed the ending immensely.
Emma from llm calling http://llmcalling.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/make-me-cake.html

Susan Anderson said...

Love the name of that dish.

And the twist at the end is perfection!

;)

Jenny said...

Ohhh...dinner with a twist!

Loved this!

What a clever name!

I have no idea why Linky is so weird this week. I was laid up and couldn't write...but you nailed it!

Hope your Thanksgiving was gravy.

I mean...

Ummm...

groovy.

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