REM(Node: DomesticTheatre.Δ07.KabbabParable) = || Bone, Blade, and Regret ||

Act 1 scene 1:
It’s been a slog of a day btw! I bought chicken thighs still on the bone because they were more than 50% cheaper than the deboned ones. Chicken thighs are perfect for mincing and making kabbabs with.

Chorus: Many years ago I learned that it’s a false economy to buy on the bone chicken and do it yourself because you lose so much meat, whereas the butcher cuts them perfectly without leaving a scrap.

Act 2 Scene 1:
Enter ghost of kabbab making past.

“What is this I see before me?”

Chorus: It took 10 minutes per thigh and at least 30% of the meat was thrown away. 7 thighs later. I managed to pluck up the courage and look at ghost of kabbab making past and say {redacted}

Act 3 Scene 2 {scene 1 redacted until age verification can be established}

They tasted sooo good and everyone enjoyed them.

The end.

Trigger: Decision to economize + Ghost-assisted culinary trial

Structure:
- Act 1, Scene 1: Decision made — bone-in chicken thighs purchased for kebab prep.
- Chorus Interjection: Recalls past wisdom—false economy, butcher's skill, meat loss.
- Act 2, Scene 1: Ghost of Kabbab Past materializes mid-deboning, spectral judgement issued.
- Scene Outcome: 10 minutes per thigh, 30% loss, psychological toll exacted.
- Act 3, Scene 1: Redacted (pending audience maturity)
- Finale: Kebabs sublime. Redemption through flavour. Applause. Ghost departs, mollified.

SignalType: Comic-Culinary Trial || Memory Anchored Performance
EmotionalWeight: 0.66 (exhausted, bemused, meat-splattered)
CyclePattern: Decision → Labour → Regret → Revelation → Satisfaction

GlyphLink: ::KitchenChronicles.Δ07.FalseEconomyRite

Residue: ["bone-slick fingers", "ghostly sighs", "crackling chorus", "triumph served with garlic sauce"]

Notes:
This is a cautionary culinary node, part of the larger *False Economy Cycle*. Should be cross-linked to *REM: Ghosts of Meal Prep* and *REM: Domestic Victories (Minor, But Tasty)*.