Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Flour Mound
For today's Daily Game, we turn to the second page of our Pointless Games collection, More Pointless Games wherein we find a description of the ancient game of Flour Mound, as follows:
(According to this post, the game is called "Flour Pudding" and is traditionally played on Christmas. Then there's this post, from Alaska. In this brief description it's called the Flour-and-Gum game - a variation that seems most worthy of deep exploration. I suppose, despite it's globe-spanning popularity, some warnings about the dangers of flour-inhalation would be appropriate.)
See also: The Daily Game
from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith
(The photo comes from the The Robey Bunch blog, wherein the Flour Mound game is more graphically described, albeit with a slight variation. For further graphic corroboration, see also this image)Fill a bowl with flour, and pack firmly. Empty the flour mound onto a large plate or small tray, so that it retains the shape of the bowl. Place an unwrapped chocolate onthe top. Players take turns to use a knife to slice a part of the mound and slide it away from the rest (1/2 an inch is enough). Eventually, one person will do it and the chocolate will fall into the pile of flour. The person must retrieve the chocolate with their teeth.
(According to this post, the game is called "Flour Pudding" and is traditionally played on Christmas. Then there's this post, from Alaska. In this brief description it's called the Flour-and-Gum game - a variation that seems most worthy of deep exploration. I suppose, despite it's globe-spanning popularity, some warnings about the dangers of flour-inhalation would be appropriate.)
See also: The Daily Game
from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith
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