Food in books: Quince, Meringue and Cream from The Owl and the Pussycat

A runcible spoon might be complete nonsense, but slices of quince make a memorable finale to a wedding feast, as Kate Young shows in this homage to Edward Lear

By Kate Young for The Little Library Café, part of the Guardian Books Network

They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.

The Owl and the Pussycat, Edward Lear

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