![]() ![]() The Mad Hatter and March Hare are singing and drinking tea, and upon greeting Alice, pour her a cup of tea, which is the first of multiple cups they pour her however, she is never able to actually drink any of it. This time instead of taking a whole bite, Alice gives the piece of mushroom a single lick, which results in her growing back to her standard size.Īfter the mushroom incident, the next food encounter comes when Alice happens upon a tea party, complete with whistling tea pots, and hosted by the Mad Hatter and the March Hare, with the Dormouse in attendance. The mother bird, furious and terrified, accuses Alice of being a serpent, and when Alice denies the accusation, the bird says, “And I don’t suppose you eat eggs either.” Alice replies, “Yes, I do.,” which does not go over well with the bird however, Alice then takes another bite of mushroom and shrinks back down to her miniature size. Upon her ascension, Alice disrupts a bird nest containing eggs, which ends up on the top of her head. Alice takes a piece from each side of the mushroom and proceeds to take a bite of one, which causes her to grow to the size of a tree. Upon metamorphosing into a butterfly, the Caterpillar tells her that one side of the mushroom will make her grow taller, and one side shorter. The next notable food sighting is when Alice spots the Bread-and-Butterflies, which is shortly before she meets the Caterpillar who is perched on top of a mushroom. When the carpenter retreats to the kitchen to retrieve a loaf of bread to accompany their fresh seafood meal, the Walrus reveals the restaurant’s menu to the baby oysters, which announces the daily special- ‘ OYSTERS on the half shell’. As the Carpenter returns from the kitchen after slicing the loaf of bread and making a sauce “of peppercorns and mustard seed and other seasonings,” he discovers that the Walrus has already eaten all of the oysters as evident from the upsetting pile of empty oyster shells on the table. ![]() I should also note that between these two separate cookie sequences is Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum’s story: “The Walrus and the Carpenter” or “The Story of the Curious Oysters,” which is a rather disturbing sequence and as Alice says, “a very sad story.” The villainous Walrus and Carpenter discover a school of innocent, gullible oysters and persuade them to join them at a ramshackle “fish dinners” restaurant (built quite hastily by the Carpenter) where they plan to have an oyster feast. As Alice lifts the White Rabbit into the air towards her she says to him, “I’m sorry, but I must eat something.,” and proceeds to take a bite of the carrot, which causes her to shrink down back into a minuscule state. Then instead of picking the carrot, Alice picks up the White Rabbit who is still attached to the carrot, thus taking the whole carrot with him. Panicked by her new gigantic dimensions, Alice spots a garden out in front of the house and wonders out loud, “ Perhaps if I eat something, it will make me grow small.” Alice then attempts to pluck a carrot from the garden however, the White Rabbit tries to prevent her from doing so by grabbing onto the top of the carrot. Don’t mind if I do.,” and after taking a bite, proceeds to grow in size like before. Taking an EAT ME cookie, Alice says, “Thank you. ![]() Alice happens upon a lidded silver compote bowl (adorned with a carrot design), which contains a collection of colorful sugar cookies each with its own phrase: EAT ME, TRY ME, TAKE ONE. We then see a version of these same cookies again a little while later when Alice is at the home of the White Rabbit. Tastes like cherry tart.” She proceeds to take another sip from the bottle, and as Alice begins to shrink down in size, she continues to describe the taste of the liquid as tasting like, “custard, pineapple, roast turkey.”Īfter shrinking down to a minuscule size, Alice is then presented with a small lidded gold box filled with cookies that are embellished with the phrases “EAT ME” and “TAKE ME.” Alice again complies, taking a bite out of an “EAT ME” cookie before growing in size. The very first food or drink moment in Alice in Wonderland occurs about eight minutes into the film when Alices encounters a small glass bottle with a tag tied around the neck, adorned with the words “DRINK ME.” Alice complies and after taking a sip from the bottle, exclaims, “Mmmm. In addition to being one of my favorite Disney classics, Alice in Wonderland contains quite a number of food and drink moments, making it an obvious choice for a food & a film feature. Released in 1951, Alice in Wonderland is Disney’s hand drawn animated take on Lewis Carroll’s cherished fantastical tale. ![]() A curious girl falls down a rabbit hole, entering a whimsical world of wonder. ![]()
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