04/20/2026
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Sweetest little pasta stamps
Stuffed with cheese 'n' dates
Cower under heated lamps
Awaiting fretful fates
They cuddle wisps of tender pig
Amidst a dust of cheese
A fearful future looming big
With sense of sharp unease
With tender rounds of slender green
They share a glossy sea
And murmur thoughts of things unseen
And what may come to be
With whispered thoughts of creatures,
They tell tales from past their pond
Of vivid awful features
Peering in from just beyond
The porcelain horizon which
Defined their cozy world
About to be at last unstitched,
Their destinies unfurled
Their boat whisked up, a sloshing sea
A breeze of tense night air
With clunk of warm ceramic
They then uttered their last prayer
Through cacophony of clinking
It all became quite clear
Last hopes were sharply sinking
All was worse than their worst fear
Great giants looming, gazing down
While grunting "oohs" and "ahs"
With gaping grins of ghastly clowns
And outstretched metal claws
"This smells delicious", a deep voice boomed
"Let's eat" another croaked
Then clanging claws came crashing down
Their hunger's fire was stoked
With swoop of glistened silver
With a stab of shining tines
Those little stamps all quivered
And began to lose their minds
The mashing sharp incisors
Marked those monsters' cheerful sin
While desperate pasta cries were
Lost among the dining din
I won't regale you full detail
It was a horrid scene
Where scattered cheese 'n' date entrails
Gave smacking lips a sheen
As Charon tallied final sums
For fallen pasta friends
They passed beyond with echoed, "Yum,
Let's order those again!"
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A little refresh on one of my more unhinged old to celebrate this fantastically delicious revisit to one of our favorite pastas for our NEW SPRING MENU!
Adorable little raviolini filled with triple cream Robiola cheese and dates, with aged Prosciutto di Parma and CO asparagus, all in a lovely little butter pan sauce.
See you soon ya pasta monsters!
