from inkdrop – poetry, places and events
#FDDA #Writingspace
A Corner of a room
prepared with paper , pens , coloured pencils and such
placed randomly around a silver coloured laptop
located by a local view
if needed , a nearby camera will provide visual cues
combined with words from a number of coloured notebooks
as the ideas form and come together like a rocket
the sky is the limit as
imagination bakes the ingredients and with a little tweaking
out of nowhere, a
new piece is formed for people to read…..Liftoff!
#Fowc #Combine
I. Baking
Take your favourite root vegetable
add it with some fat, flour, and a sugar for sweetness
put some additional berries or nuts
stir in, and stick in the oven
when ready – retrieve – cut up
and enjoy
II. Art
Trying to get the colour of
flowers in the garden
isn’t that hard
dropping some red with blue, or blue with yellow,
produces some lovely colour for those blackberries
you’re capturing in that pot
III. Chemistry
Creating new substances from items in the lab
has to be done with care
elements coming together in glass beakers
make colourful mixes , sometimes with
intense reactions –
so it makes sense to use a bit of forward planning
take care with those acids and alkalis and look out at
reactions – don’t forget your gloves and goggles
you’ll be grateful you wore them if the mixes turn violent
IV. Crops
pointing headwards in the sky
threshed and processed for the best yield
then sent to the mill to meet the stones
crushing them down for bread flour
or maybe even cornflakes
#fowc #food #christmas #leftovers
Salford, 26th December 2019
By the time the pans were in the sink
undertakings of the Christmas leftovers were being sorted out
bird of the day stripped down to its carcass and
boxed up – and placed in the refridgerator
like the vegetables left behind from the feast
everyone knew what was for tomorrows dinner
Sizzle – went the pan – as meat and vegetables combined
quickly in motion with the aid of a bit of oil and butter
unlike the meal before it – this had a flavour all of its own
encompassing all its ingredients and perhaps one or two more
as the smell of the concoction – drifted on the cold winter air – leaving the
kitchen and wafting under the noses of everyone nearby
Something to note when you next go into the supermarket
that durum wheat spaghetti you picked
off the shelf for a really cheap price
probably has a more local flavour than Milan or Turin
Although they’ve stuck to recipe –
noted chefs will tell you – the product hasn’t seen hair of a
Dock or airport in Italy – it’s been made right here.
Locating where its been made
of course – is a bit difficult – ingredients printed
on the label of the packet in very fine print
keep looking – and you might spot – Made in the UK.
#fowc #skimp
Silly to go overboard , wi the cost cutting
Keeping the budgets down
Isn’t going to improve that recipe, you’re
Making in the kitchen
Pepper and Salt ? Where’s the rest of the seasonings ?
Salford, 6th August
So, here we are, with a noble invention
A combination of ingredients
Now brought together, with love tween two slices of bread
Daintily paired, meats and vegetables
When required – sauces or spices
It’s what you might call – a matter of taste
Combining flavour and texture – the eater
Happy in the knowledge, theres not much washing up!
#food #acrostic
Hot off the grill
A delight made with the finest ingredients
Maybe it’s the
Beef that’s tenderised
Until it’s just right, or perhaps it’s the sliced
Red tomato and fried onions that
Go as a garnish on top of it
Encapsulated in a sesame seed bun
Ravishing ? There’s not a hot dog that can beat it
in the kitchen
magic is performed
as
yellow butter
white sugar
brown flour
some eggs
and mixed fruit
join together in harmony
with the aid of nutmeg, cinnamon and mixed space
popped in the oven
and left to combine
they jump about in the warm
and become solid or baked
forming a most wonderful substance
a cake.
Originally posted in Goodreads.com’s poetry News letter – enjoy
The master craftsman sits
with instruments to hand.
He looks at ingredients
and begins to stand
No Wood or Iron or Marble or Stone
Eggs , Flour, Sugar and Spices the tone
Chopping up flavours from east and from west
to create a dish that he knows taste the best
he’s took his time gradually
learning his skill
in a very busy kitchen
he’s no time to kill
but he’ll produce summat tasty
from ingredients by th’dish
by preparing the veggies, the spices and fish
and what’s more is he’ll stand wi’ ingredients he’s got
and create his dish in just one pot
and while it’s in th’oven
he’ll dive, duck and lunge
to create up an afters
a custard wi Sponge.
