Flaming Reflection : " Bon Appetite "

My Dear Carolyn, I want to Thank-YOU for YOUR Contest “ The Work You Do? ” I usually Do not Brag, but I’m going to in this Piece I also may throw in Kitchen Humor I Dedicate this to YOU : Carolyn Devonshire My POETRY “ TEACHER “ LOVE, HG The first two quotes I heard in the beginning of My Career “People will always Eat” ( Chef Lis ) : “People eat with their eyes” : ( Mr. Franklin Whalen ; ) Owner of The “Barrington House Restaurant” Forty-Four years later, the Sonata of these words Still Rings in my ears The Aromas, sweet and spicy, sour ,tart, fruity, meaty, waif through my nose I remember the smell of burning starch, elbows set in ice cold water on the stove, two hours Taste buds come alive, epicurean; connoisseurs : enticing The palette soothing the throat I read my breath, in the dire cold of the freezer: a block of ice becomes A Heart of Swans The Center Piece of Mr. & Mrs. Posner’s 75th Wedding Anniversary Dinner On a Pedestal , in the centre of the “Swan Heart : I carved the “POSNER" Holding Hands How Sweet, When they asked me “Would You makes us one of YOUR Classic Dinners?” “The Rack of Lamb, with the Plum- Mint Jelly” “ Don’t forget his Famous “Béarnaise Sauce” A Vegetable Bouquetire , Cottage Fries, with a special “Flaming Cherries Jubilee” for Desert Perhaps, as they did when : Young : Their eyes found each other, as they fed each other The Gleam in their Eyes, reflecting the Jubilee’s flame Opening the Mirror of Their “ L O V E “ As a Chef The work I do is very Rewarding and I shall Cook until I die( and even Then!! )