December Prompt: Food Rituals - Chat Now!

Dec 4, 201411 min read

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Published: Dec 4, 2014

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_{You don't celebrate the holidays? Thankfully, this is still a great prompt for any occasion. (: especially if you don't celebrate the holidays, because writing about them means getting out of your own experience and comfort zone!}

Last Month's Prompt...

... was Meetings of a chanceful kind. We've had an amazing chat event with lots of fun and writing! Three entries for this month:

:thumb496016878: Fable: The harlequim and the nutcrackerA person worked make toys all year. When was Christmas, he gave his works to children that needed them. They named him, Santa Claus. But the man died, and the toys that no give, they lost except two. Those wasn’t be ordinary toys, for the care with that Noel made them, when was Christmas had life. In a beautiful antique shop, awaken one them. The harlequin look at around her and was felt strangely vacuum. Without she knew had a brother, the nutcracker. She followed her instinct, set out on a travel in search it who was missing her. For other side, he was sad too, start his search. Both travelled, meanwhile tried to unseen go for the people. But the travel wasn’t easy, the streets were crammed of people, the children wanted catch them, besides the cats and other animals. As for divine luck, both toys always manage escape of that wanted catch them. Last day of Christmas, when their energy were near of use up it. They tired wandered for the streets until arrived to a park. To

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Food. We all eat it-- some more than we should, others less. Some follow strict dietary rules; others simply stuff their faces with whatever is handy. Some of us eat out of a box; others on fine china and silver. Everyone's food ritual is unique to the individual, our habits grown out of our geography, social class, religion, economic status, and countless other influences...

The Prompt

Write from the perspective of one eating for the first time, or for the last time. The primary focus should not be on the food itself, but rather on the eater's process and experience. How does he/she taste their food, why did they eat what they did, what did it feel like? What memories did it spark, what connections did it create?

Side storylines and interests are welcome!

Requirements: 750 - 1500 words for prose, poetry 70 lines maximum!

Want a harder challenge? Served:

the food must taste terrible to the reader. If it's a last meal, then, why did they choose it? You tell us!
Do not use the words "bite," "chew," "swallow," "eat," or "ingest."

(this prompt was created by Same-side, thank you for the perfect December idea!)

Prizes and Chat Events

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