#13 Grace

I finally bought Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany (it had been on my list since the book was published in 2003) and I find it very interesting to read. There are hundreds of fascinating little facts about the history of food, including this prayer before a meal, penned by everyone's favorite Scotsman, Robert Burns:

Some hae meat, and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat,
And sae the Lord be thankit.

I like it because it's short and it rhymes. It's not quite as good as my favorite mealtime prayer though:

Rub-a-dub-dub
Thanks for the grub.
Yeah God!