The Inkwell
#Discover Prompts #Food #Dish
6th April 2020
While i was busy sketching away
in the kitchen, dad was busy
zipping around with tomatoes and beef
and creating a wonderful dish, based
round the pasta shells that were
dancing away in boiling water, and a little olive oil
#Discoverprompts #Food # Toastie
Salford, Sunday 5th April 2020
To many, it’s better than Sunday Lunch
Over the country, they’ve been cooking under the grill
A combination of Ham and Cheese, and sometimes tomato
Sitting under the grill and combining to make a
Totally tasty treat
Instantaneous flavour from bite to bite
End to scrumptious end
#SoCs #Deep
Salford 4th April 2020
It’s hard to really appreciate the dish
without taking some time over it
the fish – had been swimming with others
free to explore – developing
evading all predators –
from the polar bear in the north
to the seals and penguins in the south
all to be caught by a net
trawled to a port and
cooked up by a chef
battered within an inch of its old life
in oil so hot – it almost leapt onto the plate
and served by a waitress, Annette
while eaten by the regulars with chips and peas
its eaten by the gastronome
with lemon and tartar sauce……Flavour? DEEP!
#Fowc #Amount
I remember when i was little
you could get a whole load of jelly beans
for a single silver coin
but as i got bigger
while the rainbows remained the same
that silver coin lost its sheen
as the silver coin you handed over
got you half the bag you got a year before
Salford, 6th March 2020
Oh, what a wondrous life you must have led
swimming up and down the waters of the British isles
caught in the sailors net and frozen
before meeting a factory bandsaw
Brought back to life in the kitchen by butter and oil
dressed in lemon , dill and breadcrumbs
or even the chefs special batter
sharing a spot with potatoes and peas
roasted mashed or fried ?
while escapees swim free for the day
you put a smile on the customers face
as you’re devoured alongside your side platters
with a drop of tartar sauce
#CYW #Grannysmithsapple
Salford, 29th February 2020
Grown for many years , from the fruit trees in the garden
really fresh and juicy apples got picked at springtime
and used in a variety of ways
now, sometimes – they were chopped up and used in a strudel…
next time, they’d be mushed up and served up with a sunday roast
your preference ? stuffed with sultanas and served with custard!
The noble fish sat on my plate
hadn’t had a battering
it had been enjoying a bath like Cleopatra
getting all warm and tasty
Upon leaving the path it was
wrapped up in a coat of green
to enhance its wonderful flavour
and rested on a bed of buttery potato
And while it lay there in on the plate
lying in its luxury
a cohort of peas stood on a potato ridge
to keep it safe from wondering eyes
But alas all were devoured
in the haze of white and green
grappled apart by trident and sword
by the chef and his guests
#Pancakes #Pancakeday #Shrovetuesday
Tuesday 25th February 2020
For years, they’ve been doing this
launching a layer of thinly cooked batter
into the air with
precision and height – could you say it was
perfect ? maybe – but that all comes from the
entry of the pancake – back into the pan
drizzle of lemon and a bit of honey ? just the way to finish
#CYW #Gold
There’s nothing better than a summer sky
warm coloured tones of
corn or wheat growing in the farmers field
or maybe the thought
of sinking your toes into warm golden sands
before dipping them in the sea
breakfast dinner or tea – wonderous eggs
dipped with bread soldiers
for an afternoon feast
Salford 3rd February 2020
#food #acrostic #spaghetti #bolognaise
Sent headlong into the boiling water
Pasta long and thin took a bit of a hot bath
As it did, the concoction it was being served with
Gradually came together, as minced beef met up in a
Hot tomato jacuzzi with onion , carrot and mushroom
Eventually,
Turned out onto plates and sauce and pasta
Twirled together round a trident aided by a spoon
Italian cuisine turned out on Mancunian plates
