EDGAR’S ALLEN POE’S CROWS’ FEET PASTA
EDGAR’S ALLEN POE’S CROWS’ FEET PASTA “…take thy form from off my door! / Quoth the Raven, ‘Nevermore’.” The Raven Ingredients: For the pasta: 500 grams maccheroncini A metronome 10 large shrimp, pealed and cleaned. 8 fresh, ripe tomatoes 1 onion. 1 clove of garlic Sweet basil Rose petals Salt. For the stuffed artichoke: 20 very black olives 1 giant artichoke heart One live raven* Rosemary Pepper *If your local pet shop can’t procure a raven, any wild bird will do, as long as it has a beak. Serves 5. Click on the metronome. Grab the raven by its feet and hang it upside down in front of the window. (Never mind it’s screaming.) Fill the pot with water and place it on a back burner for later. Turn on the oven. Take the butcher knife. Butcher the tomatoes in halves, then quarters, then eighths, in time with the metronome. (Never mind the red juice splattering and dripping over the walls. You can clean up later.) Begin plucking the raven. If it protests by tapping its beak ...
