{"id":8381,"date":"2022-07-25T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8381"},"modified":"2022-07-25T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T05:00:00","slug":"too-hot-to-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/too-hot-to-eat\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Hot to Eat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn85038411\/1914-07-25\/ed-1\/seq-8\/\">Harrisburg Telegraph, July 25, 1914<\/a>. By Wing Dinger.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Why is it that this time of year<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With such good things to eat,<br\/>We\u2019re stopped from eating all we want<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By the excessive heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Take chicken corn pie, say, than which<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A better dish there\u2019s not.<br\/>But, gee, you can\u2019t eat all you want,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Because it is too hot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Fresh vegetables of all kinds<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Are thrown into the pot,<br\/>But when they\u2019re served, though we would like<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To eat them, it\u2019s too hot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>For months I\u2019ve hungered for fresh things\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Green corn and beans and such\u2014<br\/>They\u2019re here now, but it is so hot<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I can\u2019t eat very much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Harrisburg Telegraph, July 25, 1914. By Wing Dinger. Why is it that this time of year&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With such good things to eat,We\u2019re stopped from eating all we want&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By the excessive heat. Take chicken corn pie, say, than which&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A better dish there\u2019s not.But, gee, you can\u2019t eat all you want,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Because it is too hot. Fresh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,3],"tags":[328],"class_list":["post-8381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-harrisburg-telegraph","category-newspapers","tag-wing-dinger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}