Ledes & Limericks. Thursday January 4 2018

The spit-roasted chicken emerged as a supermarket staple in the 1990s,
paving the way for the array of prepared foods that grocery stores sell today.
Now they are many grocery stores’ best-selling hot food item and a rare bright spot
in an industry struggling to adapt to a shift away from packaged foods.  From the Wall Street Journal.

I think that I shall never see

A bird on a rotisserie

That I don’t find a toothsome sight --

And normally the price is right.

I bring one home and strip the skin

And eat it all -- I know it’s sin,

But when you’re dealing with such baste

You cannot beat such scrumptious taste.

A bird and baguette near at hand,

And I am Falstaff -- fat and grand.

No other chicken dish equates

With what that turning pole creates!

Trump Lawyer Demands Book

Critical of President Be Shelved

@rebeccaballhaus

The Donald would like to see checked

A book that shows him as suspect

In turning around

And being a clown --

How much will the author collect?  

FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE, ONE LAUNDRY LOAD AT A TIME.

From the New York Times

@stanleyreed12

I’m washing my clothes with enzymes;

It saves on the soap and the dimes.

But should it ferment

My shirts get the scent

Of beer and belated good times.