Allotments, Neckelchester VillageGreetings to all my dear human friends! It has been many Camelopardalian moons since I last visited your planet via the Interneck. We have had such adventures! I shall begin with our most important news; this has been a nexceptional year for sprouts ...
As you will know, we giraffes love our sprouts and they have a very special place in our culture and energy. (Necky Becky has just reminded me that she will NOT eat sprouts!)
Our Brassica camelopardalis are very similar to your earthly Brussels sprouts, coming from the same family. Here are some of our most popular varieties:
'Nexceptional' yields very neat tightly-budded sprouts with a lovely nutty flavour and is one of the easiest to grow.
'Celestial
Giraffe' sprouts are a little untidy in their individual shapes, yet
their taste is truly heavenly! Those of us with a delicate and
experienced palate can detect subtle honey-like flavours that vary from
region to region.
Last
and most important is our great 'Fountain of Flatulence', grown
especially for our AFF Gas energy supply. A robust plant that will
flourish in any soil, it has a wholesome flavour especially popular in
soups.Camelopardalian sprouts grow very tall, and have to be harvested with special long-handled tools.
Here
we are enjoying a family sprout-gathering in our vegetable patch at
Necky Knoll House. The February evening sun sends low shafts of light
between the trees and overhead the sky is dusky pink and mauve.As it grows dark an enticing aroma wafts across the garden. Uncle Girth is busy at a huge tureen of freshly prepared sprout soup! It's time for supper ...
(c) Ingrid Sylvestre - Artist, Illustrator, Writer, Durham North East England UK
