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Health & Fitness

JWG's Grand Hodgepodge — Recipes (a poem)

Wherein JWG admits to planning meals around desserts.

97. Recipes

Recipes
Which have survived many generations
Whet many a mouth.

Remember the scents
Emanating from a well-stocked kitchen.
The simplest of meals enticed.

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My Mother’s Recipe Box,
With all its well-worn, yellowing notecards,
I have gladly in my possession.

Cookbooks I learned from have been preserved.
I liked Betty Crocker and Farm Journal
Which nestle along with others on my shelf.

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Some of my specialties were
Bread, jam, gingerbread, and chocolate cake.
My Mother instilled love for Dessert.

When I cook a meal,
It is often based on what’s for Dessert.
I make what I want to eat.

Perusing
The various Recipes I have used
Follows my diet.

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