I was in a bit of a tizzy thinking about organizing a small cookout for some colleagues this weekend, but I'll be the world's greatest hostess if I follow these tips. Anyone got a spare wheelbarrow? And a few bottomless wine bottles?
Posted by Heather at June 22, 2005 10:09 AM
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I like the meat maypole thinh myself. Do you eat your sausage or pretzel or whatever right off the spokes?
Posted by: Indri at June 22, 2005 10:46 PM
Yup. They call it a Schlaraffenbaum, a reference to Schlaraffenland, where food basically falls into your mouth. The English version is Cockayne, or the Land of Cocaine (I think), and Brueghel the Elder did this excellent rendition of it:
http://gallery.euroweb.hu/art/b/bruegel/pieter_e/painting/cockayne.jpg
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at June 23, 2005 10:28 AM