The Connecticut (or Hartford or Wicked) Wits were a group of late-18th-century poets who first attempted to write a distinctly American literature. THEY FAILED.
13 April 2009
Fav' new fake product name...
Who wouldn't buy yeast under the brand name "Leaven of the Pharisees"(Mark 8.14-21)?
Samuel Langhorne Clemens went to the bakery to buy bread. He found that the baker had mistaken shredded lemon peel for leavening and had produced an uneatably sour and dense bread. Clemens then told the baker to "Remember that yeast is yeast and zest is zest or never Mark Twain shall eat."
Reminds me of the following story:
ReplyDeleteSamuel Langhorne Clemens went to the bakery to buy bread. He found that the baker had mistaken shredded lemon peel for leavening and had produced an uneatably sour and dense bread. Clemens then told the baker to "Remember that yeast is yeast and zest is zest or never Mark Twain shall eat."
Now THAT'S funny!
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