Fish Flakes and Cakes <br /> <br /> Its flakes I say<br /> Fish flakes of old<br /> And not fish cakes<br /> Like we were told<br /> <br /> For flakes are structures<br /> Strewn with longers<br /> While cakes are edibles<br /> So often longed for<br /> <br /> But both are favourites<br /> Of which there&acirc;€™s no doubt<br /> And both are found<br /> So readily hereabout<br /> <br /> But flakes and cakes<br /> They have in common<br /> One small trait<br /> A tasty omen<br /> <br /> They both produce fine diets no doubt<br /> One dried salt fish the other tasty cakes<br /> So heres to flakes and cakes of old<br /> The best of both worlds we are told<br /> <br /> A wry little ditty extolling the relative virtues of fish flakes and fish cakes<br /> <br /> <br /> John Cornick<br /> Halifax, Nova Scotia<br /> <br />   Submitted By: John Cornick