Raspberry Rose'

... palate cleanser was served at the dinner party. Sweet presentation made the little feast pleasant for the eyes as well as the palate. So, we could say, a palatable palate it was.
Rock and Star of the Sea were incredible hosts. They served one course after another with practised ease. The accents around the table were all quite heavily Germanic. Peace didn't have as much of an accent but, her husband, Famous Wolf, showed his roots in speech patterning and then suggested, 'Let's speak our native language the next time we get together.'
Oy! Simmy felt her tongue getting all twisted already... then Famous Wolf had to use an English word right in the middle of a Germanic sentence and Simmy relaxed.
'Whew!'
The pressure was off.
Rock was a natural born history buff... Simmy's favorite subject... it was like listening to her Grade 10 teacher, who was magnetic when he started talking history... except more fun because there would be no homework after this party.
The 'Mennonite Girls Can Cook' subject was introduced. The pictorial aprons in the wind was a metaphysical reality at this dinner party and every belly went home replete as the Star of the Sea spoke with food and her rod was a spoon.
And, by some little miracle, Simmy had managed to bring a raspberry dessert, fulfilling the raspberry themed evening... sparkling raspberry cider, raspberry palate cleanser and raspberry cream cheese pie for dessert. The only sassy 'raspberry' may have happened during the Farkle part of the evening, but even that was funny enough to be called a Farkle Sparkle.