A Revolution In Dining

[rayaso]

LJ Idol Home Game, Week 20
Prompt: creeping meatballism

A REVOLUTION IN DINING
Remember the fate of the once-mighty meatball and weep!  Round and proud, it is now humiliated and mutilated beyond recognition.  Squash it and stick it between two pieces of circular bread, and it is degraded as a hamburger.  Shrink it into a pellet, imprison it in a

Comments

[halfshellvenus]

*dies* Pure, wacky genius. I am SO glad I didn't attempt this topic, because this is the entry to end all entries on it.

"lava-proof meatballs" "delicious through and through" (ouch!) "Food and Sporks!" "Meatballs and Gravitational Anomalies" "aggressive sprinkler system" "pro-liberty tree of round meat"

“Yummy” was the consensus opinion.
Oh, so cruel! So dismissive of the poor meatballs' passionate struggle!

And the picture and footnotes of the "meatball tree"!

You made amazing use of the song, too. I didn't really know what you meant when you said the entry was based on the song, but then... I only knew the first few verses anyway (up to the one ending with "mush").

I am SO glad you wrote this. :D

[rayaso]

Thank you! This is what happens when there is no pressure to try an win a vote -- the hounds get released! Also, I only wrote one story, rather than the required two. Once I had that exchange in the Green Room, I couldn't get this out of my head. It's dangerous to let these sorts of things ramble around there, so this is what came out.

[bleodswean]

This is "song-fic" and that's a real thing! Bravo! Bravo! I'm so pleased to see you still indulging your wicked pen. LOLing here, so many good lines, but this one was particularly great -

Early signs of freedom-seeking included the unexplained increase in meatballs rolling off plates, first documented by Charles Windhelm, Ph.D., in his seminal work, “Meatballs and Gravitational Anomalies” (Ground Beef Monthly, Oct. 1963).

[rayaso]

Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. I never heard of song-fic before. It was interesting writing without worrying about how it will be received. Just my usual silly fluff.

[prog_schlock]

I love this - we've had a bunch of deconstructions of fairy tales this season but this is the first deconstruction of a children's song. I love how it turned into a Ken Burns-ish revolutionary war themed documentary.

I am stunned to admit I know another meatball centric song:

[rayaso]

This was a wonderful blues song! Thank you for posting it. "On Top of Spaghetti," of course, is entirely different. It is a call to action for all lovers of meatballs and all supporters of the rights of lumps of ground meat everywhere.

[lrig_rorrim]

Ha! I'm delighted to have played a part in immortalizing the meatball uprising (and outrolling).

[rayaso]

"Outrolling" is a great word! It was actually your bringing up of "On Top of Spaghetti" that was the catalyst. I had forgotten about the song, and it was perfect.