Lancelot Biggs cooks a pirate

"Lancelot Biggs cooks a pirate" by Nelson S. Bond is a zany space adventure from the 1940s, that puts a funny twist on the theme of cooking in the cosmos. When Lancelot Biggs becomes the reluctant cook of the spaceship "Saturn", after their current cook is fired, it is a recipe for disaster. The "Saturn's" situation goes from bad to worse with news of the space pirate Runt Hake heading their way. Thinking quickly, Biggs decides to use a rare hormone in the pirate's food, counting on the pirate's willingness to be treated to a fancy meal. In a delicious gamble, Biggs's crazy strategy works when Hake and his crew become ridiculously friendly, allowing Biggs to hilariously outsmart them. Bond mixes humor, cooking, and an outer space crisis, showing how an ordinary person can become a hero in the strangest situations.