Thursday, June 27, 2013

Meme Express: Nonsense or Pat A Cake

This is an anniversary/going away cake!


Meme Express's word of the week is "Nonsense," and nothing is more nonsensical than the nursery rhyme Pat A Cake.

Pat a cake, Pat a cake, baker's man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can;
Pat it and prick it and mark it with a 'B',
And put it in the oven for Baby and me.

*First off, who pats cakes? The last thing I'd want to do is put my hands in gooey cake batter and pat it. I might pat sugar cookie batter, but not sticky cake.

*Secondly, if you bake a cake as fast as you can, it's not going to taste good. Cake takes time to rise. Haste makes waste, right? I sure don't want my baker rushing the job. 

*Finally, how are you going to mark it with a 'B' before you put it in the oven? Why mark it when babies can't even read? I don't know about you, but I use icing to label my cakes. 
 
If you ask me, this chant is 
NONSENSE.

18 comments:

  1. Still, it's about a cake. So it has to be good!

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  2. I never thought about the words that much!!
    That cake is awesome!!!

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  3. Hmmm, food for thought! I won't pat a cake for sure!

    TGIF, Joyce!

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  4. wow that cake is just too good to be true.

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  5. Most nursery rhymes are nonsense if you ask me. What about a dish running away with a spoon? Now that's nonsense!

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  6. Most nursery rhymes are subject to question, including this one. :)

    I'm posting on Firefox and everything is fine from here.

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  7. I always sing that when I bake cakes ....(wink)


    have a doughtastic weekend

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  8. The cake looks good, never even thought about the nursery rhyme lol

    Lucy from Lucy's Reality

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  9. All I know is that I want to devour this cake!! :-)

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  10. LOL, I never really thought of it that way, but now I am craving cake in the worst way.

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  11. I just looked it up. That's how it really goes. My, for all this time I thought it was "Patty Cake."

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  12. That is one amazing looking cake!

    And it's NOT patty-cake? I've had it wrong all these years too I'm afraid.

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  13. Oh please break your rules. I'm only home for twenty four hours and I'd like a rush order - devils food cake with cream cheese frosting. Slap on a B if you want to but, well, I'll wait at the door.

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  14. As I think most rhymes are right? HOw about Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater? Maybe you should dissect that one next!

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  15. Hi Joyce, just calling in from Wombania to see how you are getting along and what do I find? Wow a big yummy cake, I adore cake and this one looks highly tempting :)

    Have a lovely rest of evening my friend and I hope that you don't mind me calling in for a peep of your Space? :)

    Andro xx

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  16. Hi Joyce, just calling in from Wombania to see how you are getting along and what do I find? Wow a big yummy cake, I adore cake and this one looks highly tempting :)

    Have a lovely rest of evening my friend and I hope that you don't mind me calling in for a peep of your Space? :)

    Andro xx

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