Aren't these fun?! So glad it brought about a memory of the past, and today as well. And I had NO idea that Ring Around The Rosies was about the plague. How many things did we sing that were not of what we thought. Though it sounds like you may have known more and been a more discerning kid than I. Then again, that's not hard to believe. We had versions of Whistle While You Work that I didn't figure out until WELL into adulthood. Maybe being clueless helps out in some of the things of life. Late mental bloomers and all. Sigh.
I love that the little devil on your shoulder is always whispering about overcooking things and other DD Mayhem. (Wow, DD, goes for both of us..) But I think we all must have that as a natural element of our nature. The good and bad fighting it out on either side of our noggins. How much is nurture, how much is nature...impossible to say by now. With 47,000 books and movies under our belt of experience.

I do love your idea of a cookbook. It would be an odd thing, but then again...
To date, it would have a carved Cabaage' O Lantern, The Faux Fowl Brusselball Sandwich, The Pseudopod Kielbasa, an Ice Cream Pie, and Ants On A Log. Think we're on to something here. About a handful more oddities, and we'll have a bestseller. I only have about six more to go, and am working on a sandwich for Monday....if I can find something I've never eaten before. Hmmm. I see our Steemship of Minnows, just breaking the curved-earth horizon, heading in at 40 knots toward the dock of success....I better get busy cookin' like a mad dog...