Fairytales for women

[ellanoize]

I just found out that the fairytales that I was told as a kid are not the same ones that Mothers are now telling their Daughters.


Once upon a time
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in a land far away,
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a beautiful, independent,
self-assured princess
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happened upon a frog as she sat
contemplating ecological issues
on the shores of an unpolluted pond in a verdant meadow
near her castle.
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The frog hopped into the princess' lap
and said: "Elegant Lady,
I was once a handsome prince,
until an evil witch cast a spell upon me.
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One kiss from you, however,
and I will turn back
into the dapper, young prince that I am
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and then, my sweet, we can marry
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and set up housekeeping
in my castle
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with my mother,
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where you can
prepare my meals,
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clean my clothes, bear my children,
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and forever feel
grateful and happy doing so. "
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That night,
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as the princess dined sumptuously
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on lightly sauteed frog legs
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seasoned in a white wine
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and onion cream sauce,
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she chuckled and thought to herself:
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I don't fuckin' think so.

[cherrysis]

Yeah well you lost me at

"with my mother" [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]wink.gif[/img]

[ellanoize]

*looking around* [img]graemlins/thinking.gif[/img]

[cherrysmum]

can I have a few of those frog legs sis??

[ellanoize]

They are hard to catch...

[cherrysis]

HAHAHA...Have either of you eaten frog legs???
I had them once years ago (I was 12)had more fun pulling the tendon, watching the leg jerk than I did eating them.

[ellanoize]

I just had smoked frog legs about 2 weeks ago, when I went to the city with my brother. They served them with a sweet & spicey dip (I think it was horseradish with a sweet bar-b-que sauce) [img]cool.gif[/img]

[cherrysis]

That sounds good...I haven't had them in years but if I had them again, something like that sounds more appetizing!!!

[ellanoize]

Frog legs aren't bad, but I think they are sorta bland tasting (That dip had a <u>wonderful</u> flavor)
One of the few things I have tried and really didn't care for was escargo. I had them years ago at a really nice place in Houston, they were cooked in a garlic & butter sauce on top of mushroom caps. [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img]

[cherrysmum]

I'm not real crazy about them..they have sort of a reptile taste if you know what I mean...