Wednesday 1 May 2013

Joy in the Hole


Hello Mango fans. It’s Wednesday, it’s blog day and it’s sunny which makes it time to cook up a Joy in the Hole.

Joy in the Hole was invented by The Right Honourable Lord Winchester Faggot Jr the 2nd Earl of Twelchford during a prolonged game of Dandy Racket Ball. In his first book Peering into Peerage and other essays (see Appendix 1), Lord Winchester had this to say about its creation:

“It was a fine summer’s day, high on life and opium. We were joined by The Tertiary Twins a set of identical triplets, two joined from the hip to torso and sharing the same liver - a constant source of argument, one was fond of the drink, the other was a great believer in temperance but both agreed on being arduous bores. The other sister who didn’t look like her siblings despite being identical to them, was radiant. The type of beautiful you see occasionally whilst musing over the Reader’s Digest in the WC, but never in a public house or amongst one’s peers. Since the cook was away for the weekend, I took her in to the kitchen and, finding only left overs, I utilised them to make some Joy in the Hole.”

He completely forgets mention what the ingredients and the cooking method are. We believe it’s similar to an upside down cake, but the right way up. What we know for sure is that the pastry based comestible took London by storm. Jack Rat, a famous satirist of the time wrote this poem:

On a heady evening stroll
In the streets the crowds cajole
That those who languish on the dole
Delight in fulfilling their only goal:
To share in the glee of Joy in the Hole.

Nowadays Joy in the Hole has fallen out of fashion, a lot like laudanum and Madonna’s sex appeal. We’ve Become Mango like to indulge whenever possible, however, and we’re always happy to share with our adoring fans. Find us on Facebook and Twitter (@wevebecomemango) for more information!

Queef you later folks.

Appendix 1: 1883, WBM Printing Press, available in all good book stores

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