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Since today is an open slot on our These Hallowed Days week, the admins are opening it up for trick or treating, poetry-style. If you start a new comment thread on this post with the subject line 'trick or treat: [your prompt]', the POETREE community is invited to write and reply to that thread with haiku inspired by your prompt that fits the category of 'trick' or 'treat'. We hope you enjoy exchanging haiku!

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From:

cadenzamuse

Because it's yummy. :)

From:

zirconium

[indeed! :-) ]

cooking vindaloo:
cider melding with cumin.
the velvety sauce

coats the chicken bones.
there's enough for the living
and also our dead.

From:

cadenzamuse

Ooh, I love the combination of flavors, and the way it connects the living and the dead, too.

From:

spiralsheep

I think "cider" means something different in British/US Englishs?

Autumn apples dropped,
rotting sweetness fermented,
bubbly party drink.

Teens' first sneaky alcohol:
dry mouth, poison in the blood.

From:

alee_grrl

Very nice. Love the darker undertones. Cider can be particularly dangerous as it goes down easy and doesn't taste strongly of alcohol but often has quite a punch.

Cider in the U.S. is often used to refer to fresh pressed apple juice, though it can also refer to the alcoholic beverage too. Most American's say "hard cider" when referring to the alcoholic version. :)

From:

spiralsheep

Thank you for the compliment. The stronger ciders over here tend to be drunk by teens instead of alcopops or hardened drinkers wanting cheap-ish booze.

Thank you for the explanation. I vaguely recalled a linguistic difference but I assumed it must be a reference to sparkling apple juice, because that's more like traditional cider.

From:

alee_grrl

The non-alcoholic cider is a huge deal here in New England, particularly in Vermont. Vermont is also home of one of the only major distilleries of the alcoholic version. Back when I was still allowed alcohol I generally preferred cider to beer or the really vile malt liquor drinks which is what our teens end up sneaking. Since the alcoholic version is a little rare and pricier over here (about the same price as most microbrewed beers), those wanting cheap booze tend to drink really cheap beer or wine products like Thunderbird.

Edited Date: 2012-11-01 07:49 pm (UTC)

From:

spiralsheep

I'm guessing you don't have dodgy jokes about the strong stuff being "sui-cider" then.... ;-)

From:

cadenzamuse

alee_grrl says, it often does mean something different on first association. The cider I immediately think of is much more like hot mulled apple juice, which is why it's associated with autumn. But I understood what you meant as well. The deadly sweetness is particularly creepy in your version. :)