{"id":627,"date":"2015-12-24T00:26:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T05:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=627"},"modified":"2015-12-24T08:49:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T13:49:33","slug":"meat-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=627","title":{"rendered":"Meat Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meat Madness is a yearly
\ncompetition in our land.
\nBeef, fowl, pork and even lamb
\nvie for the taste most grand.
\nSome recall the famous upset
\nturkey victory.
\nBut it’s hard to overcome
\nthe great steak dynasty.
\nThen there was the year that veal
\nmade its surprising run,
\nonly to go down to bacon
\nat the final gun.
\nSo, folks, fill out your brackets;
\nsee if you can pick a winner.
\nAll the world will watch
\nour famous championship dinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meat Madness is a yearly competition in our land. Beef, fowl, pork and even lamb vie for the taste most grand. Some recall the famous upset turkey victory. But it’s hard to overcome the great … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2592,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2592","url_meta":{"origin":627,"position":0},"title":"Uncivil War","author":"Rick Young","date":"November 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to the new civil war. It looks like chairman T has got the floor. 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