I have no beef with your God
(unless it's The Golden Calf)
who they may say
works in mysterious ways
but I take umbrage at those who claim
to speak on his or her behalf
and here's a laugh
'No graven image' was handed down
yet they're here there and everywhere
all over town
5 cups of shredded beef
2 cups of caramelized onions
6 T of minced garlic
1 cup of minced green pepper
3/4 cups minced celery
5 cups of sliced mushrooms caramelized
2 cups of mixed provolone and mozzarella
1 teaspoon each of thyme,basil,orgango,,paprika
1 cups of sour cream
2 cups of beef broth
1/4 of nutty brown roux 1/4 of flour+1/4 cup of butter
4 teaspoons of toasted sesame seeds in 5 T of olive oil
2 T of cayeene pepper
10 cups of cooked rice ( 5 cups of white and 5 cups of wild rice)
toast seeds set aside add cayeene to olive oil remove from heat pour over seeds set aside.
sauteeveggies celery, onions,garlic, dset aside, sautee mushrooms remove from pan.
in a sauce pan make roux add broth add sour cream add seeds and cayeene. don't thicken set aside add the cheese.
mix cooked beef and mushrooms and rice in a large bowl
add the sauce and veggies
toss and mix evenly. add to cassorole dish and bake at 360 for 20 minutes.
serve hot and enjoy
Bacon comes from a hog with a taste divine
some come from turkeys but I now decline
Suddenly at my grocery what appears
beef bacon for sale and my stomach cheers
Bacon of beef heavily peppered made
but for me no bother I like it that way
Fry it with a little grease and cook it well done
eat it like pork bacon and delicious won
If you are used to favor of bacon from pig
the taste of beef bacon may take awhile to dig
But for me it is a treat to eat
good eating bacon of beef meat.
spaghetti without meatballs you may keep
a meatless meal? I would rather sleep
give me bacon, ham, sausage and beef
salmon and tuna give me no relief
WHERE’S THE BEEF?
Someone took the salad, from the opened kitchen
Someone placed the battle of the army, a mission;
Close in proximity, is a platen mystery;
The meat’s the beef barbeque gravity;
~Farms golden treats, where’s the beef;~
1/12/26
Written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2026©
Tonight sick Santa had to take off,
he has a bad case of whooping cough.
The reindeers are acting weird,
all are hungry and dog-eared.
Home for a hot bowl of beef stroganoff.
Omaha steaks
filet mignon
boneless pork chops
caramel apple tarts
free steak burgers
chilled chicken breasts
I salivate
getting out my Heinz 57 and a knife
tasty roast beef cooked in crockpot for six hours
beside carrots and potatoes with vegetable powers
slathered with Heinz 57, the aroma is pure heaven
I devour many potatoes, at least six or seven
Full as a mosquito, I must have a long nap
This meal is so grand, it deserves a place on a map.
Start with rich bolognaise sauce
Add lasagne sheets
Smother with béchamel sauce
Repeat this process
Grate cheese on the top.
Oven baked
Bliss!
Sickle speckled like deckles of beef
Girl freckled gave my pickle relief
She pecked on my schmeckle
Like Heckle and Jeckle
Then deep beneath erupted a queef
It grew and blew my shoe out to sea
But soon I knew was coming for me
As the gas flew higher
It lit my ass on fire
A Roman Candle I seemed to be
Flame stung the cats, it cut 'em like knives
Wind flung the rats, they ran for their lives
Red turds swelling the eye
Dead birds fell from the sky
The news predicts that no one survives
trust your gut, to know
it growls for truth, loud and strong
it's n'er found wanting,
or that's how the saying goes -
but skip fungal feasts of mold
Roast beef with all the trimmings
Roasted potatoes
Carrots, broccoli and peas
Lashings of gravy
Cauliflower cheese
Glass of wine.
Bliss!
Beef and taters are a meal thought Dad
Didn’t want Italian, which he never had
Refused to try chicken, pork or fish
Beef and taters were his only dish
Would not eat pasta, it did not look good
Brought home steak from the farm when he could
Liked potatoes broiled, stuffed, cheesed and baked
Beef and taters are for what he ached.
Just because you can
Doesn’t mean you should
I told the little engine that could
Don’t be a jerk
Just because they are
Be an example be a star
Frustrating being a poet.
If I am to write for you
I do have to read your mind.
So what are the words that arouse your passion?
And why do you love
that stew pot while you possess
ballet that is danced to beautiful music
tripped, as they say, to that light fantastic?
A meaty dish with vegetables:
carrots, potatoes, onions, leeks.
Ballet, on tiny tippytoes,
decorous, comely ankles and winged feet.
Oh, feet that fly to the level
of your beautiful eye
while your spry toe-tips and heels
are but a foot apart.
Would you be telling me far too much,
by letting me read that look in your eye,
as I guess that mélange of thoughts
of beautiful ballet and succulent stew?
(16 Mar 2024)
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