Pages

▼

Monday, May 27, 2013

Bathroom Monologue: Sweet Potato Revolution


Sweet potato soup, sweet potato casserole and sweet potato pie. You can get everything sweet potatoes make at the festival, the fourth annum of the revolution. Sweet potato toast in the morning, and sweet potato shakes for the health-conscious. There are sweet potato fries served hot from dawn to dusk, though some sweet potatoes dislike that they're fried in mammal fat. Others decry that as a bit of a hypocrisy and against the spirit of the festival. Most sweet potatoes savor the flavor, and they experiment in realms culinary with their livestock. It's said to be like what Thanksgiving was for humans, though since the revolution it's sweet potatoes that eat humans, and in so many ways.
at

17 comments:

  1. Elephant's ChildMay 27, 2013 at 4:29 AM

    I shudder to think about the ways that Brussel Sprouts would experiment. Sweet potatoes are much less malevolent.

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousMay 27, 2013 at 1:06 PM

    I'm sure I won't be the only one, but I totally thought of Forest Gump and shrimp. lol!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Helen A. HowellMay 27, 2013 at 10:10 PM

    Oh ono! I'll never look at a sweet potato in the same way again ^_^ I found this story on the blog hop page.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Franny StevensonMay 28, 2013 at 3:36 AM

    Ahahah that's nice! I thought you were talking just about festivals!!!Anyway I never tried sweet potatoes,I should before they rule the world!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Tony NolandMay 28, 2013 at 9:01 AM

    Sounds yammy.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Kathleen JennetteMay 28, 2013 at 12:37 PM

    Sweet potatoes are great and good for you too. I like making soup with them. YUM!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Cat RussellMay 28, 2013 at 4:14 PM

    Damn, and I love eating sweet potatoes! *looks over shoulder*

    What a wonderfully weird story!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Katherine HajerMay 28, 2013 at 7:58 PM

    I picture triffids, except... pinky-orange.

    Possible typo: did you mean "annum" when you wrote "anum"?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. John WiswellJune 1, 2013 at 10:27 AM

      I did indeed, and thank you for catching a grotesque typo.

      Delete
  9. Deanna SchrayerMay 29, 2013 at 10:00 AM

    Ahahaha! At first I started getting hungry (I make my sweet potato fries w/ a homemade cinnamon butter) but then....well, you blew it. :)

    ReplyDelete
  10. Sulci CollectiveMay 30, 2013 at 7:42 PM

    I used to like sweet potatoes but I don't anymore. So in a spud eat spud world, I'd have no compunction poking a potatoes eyes out

    happy 4th anniversary Jon

    marc nash

    ReplyDelete
  11. Estrella AzulMay 31, 2013 at 11:40 AM

    Now you've got me wondering what the world would look like if asparagus joined them sweet potatoes. They grow fast, you know ;)

    ReplyDelete
  12. AnonymousMay 31, 2013 at 12:24 PM

    That was an unexpected twist on a culinary classic! I think I'll make sweet potato souffle tonight, before they get any ideas:)

    ReplyDelete
  13. BevimusMay 31, 2013 at 3:12 PM

    I've always had a feeling sweet potatoes were a little dodgy. now I know why!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Sonia LalMay 31, 2013 at 9:51 PM

    Damn. Such uppity sweet potatoes!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Tim VanSant WritesJune 1, 2013 at 10:12 AM

    Was this by any chance inspired by either the movie Soylent Green or the To Serve Man episode of The Twilight Zone? Definitely has that vibe for me.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. John WiswellJune 1, 2013 at 10:26 AM

      It was a little bit Forrest Gump and a little bit angry vegetarian protesting that I'd been seeing. "To Serve Man" came to mind shortly thereafter, and I used the pun for tweet promotion.

      Delete