Satire in One Sentence

If the soup was as warm as the wine, if the wine was as old as the turkey, if the turkey had breasts like the maid, it would have been a fine dinner.  – Duncan Hines was a U.S. pioneer of restaurant ratings for travelers. He is best known today for the brand of food products that bears his name.

I never really thought about Duncan Hines being a real person behind the cake mix. Turns out he and his wife were restaurant reviewers. I went looking for more about him and found the quote above. It’s nice satire. Can you write satire in one sentence?

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