BREAKFAST IN THE DOLOMITES:
In fourth grade I had an assignment. You wrote the steps for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, then found a partner, and swapped directions with each other.
After that, you would make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, ONLY following the directions as written, and deliberately trying to screw up the process if a direction omitted a step or assumed that you would do it the logical way, instead of verbatim.
This game is that peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The bread is a dry pumpernickel, hard to chew and stale. The peanut butter is crunchy (my preference is smooth, as is the preference of 95% of the population). The jelly is partially crystallized and in need of a good stir. The jelly is on the outside of the sandwich, the peanut butter is spread directly on to the plate, and the sandwich has been cut into strips about a centimeter wide.
The plate is a collector’s item plate, with a picture of mountains that don’t exactly resemble mountains from real life.
To the side is a single cube of honeydew melon, perfectly ripe and sweet.