Best Mustard Greens Poems

Black-Eyed Peas for New Year’s Meal


Black-Eyed Peas
Black-Eyed Peas

I’m going to freeze
If I don’t eat Black-eyed peas
On New Year’s Day

Black-Eyed Peas
Black-Eyed Peas

Gee Whiz please!
Gotta have those Black-eyed peas
Mammy and Pappy always 
Said, “Eat Black-eyed peas
And you will have plenty of monies 
The rest of the year...

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No. I’m not a rock; and I’m not an island.
I am about 8 feet wide and 20 feet long.
I get plenty of sun light, and I drain well, when it rains.
I have been lying dormant since last summer’s harvest of tomatoes.
That was the first year...

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 Corn bread warm from the hot oven 
Slathered with butter
Tasty snack, lips smack nosily
Blood glucose recovers

Mustard greens upon the eye
An aroma floats by
Lured to the kitchen food to try
Baked sweet potatoes spy

Creamed mashed potatoes in plain sight
Maybe taste just a few
Fresh banana peppers eaten
Now...

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For several years when our kids were little, every Thanksgiving Day, we all loaded up and headed for Aunt Fanny’s house.   New faces and lots of food were big attractions.  There was much for which to be thankful. 

Just like myself, I...

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I planted this garden to enjoy.
Photosynthesis comes from the sun.
The white orchids set to the east.
The daffodils are astray.
The roses are a spread on a rack.
The tulips and morning glory are in a flowerbed.
I am relishing nature this year.

I planted these gardens to enjoy.
I sit...

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4 CUPS OF PORK-BUTT SLICED
1/3 CUP OF CORNSTARCH AND 1/3 CUP OF WATER(MIXED)
1 CUP OF LIME JUICE
1/4 CUP OF CHILI PEPPERS(HOT)
1 CUP OF ONIONS (CUT INTO WEDGED PIECES AND BLANCED)
2 TABLESPOONS OF SOY SAUCE
1/4 HONEY
1/4 BROWN SUGAR
1/2 CUP BANANA RUM
5 PLANTAINS BROILED(UNTIL CARAMELIZED)
1/3 CUP OF...

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Fall away sweet autumn leaves
 turn your crimson reds to orange and yellows
on the ending cusp of summer breezes
 calm the earth, soothe the atmosphere to softly mellow;
dance in the fields of corn with pumpkin trampled mazes
 hold dear the parched sands seeking moisture
soak in...

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8 CUPS OF STALE BREAD- TOASTED AND CUBED
3 CUPS OF COOKED BROWN RICE
2 CUP OF MUSTARD GREENS, DRAINED AND CHOPPED FINE
2 CUPS OF ONIONS CHOPPED
1/4 CUP OF GARLIC CRUSHED
3 CUPS OF COOKED HAMHOCK MEAT DICED FINE
1/2 CUP OF CHOPPED ROSEMARY
1/4 CUP OF CHOPPED THYME
1 CUP...

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Stasis

I left the eggplants on the vine this year.
Unpicked.
Forlorn.
They hang bloated on blackened stalks,
dusted gratefully with snow.

The garden’s water mill wheel stands still
Fixed.
Unmoving.
Arrested by Winter’s ice.

Parsley and mustard greens battle daily
for life.
peeking, bright green still;
from the sleet sheet covering their bed.

Stalwart sage vies for vertical...

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referred to as
a creation
where lovers
enjoy what they eat
something greater and grandeur
than something ordinary
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6 pork chops
1 tablespoon of cumin
1 tablespoon of garlic powder
2 tablespoons of cayenne
1 tablespoon of onion powder
1 tablespoon of celery salt
4 tablespoons of cornstarch
1 tablespoon of ground ginger
1/4 cup of flour
7 tablespoons of...

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Roast seven beets
Allow to cool
In a food processor add
2 tablespoons of salt
1 cup of lime juice
5 Tablespoons of extra dry gin
1/3 cups of olive oil
1/3 cup of minced onion
5 tablespoons of minced garlic
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
5 Tablespoons of Cayenne pepper
7 (peeled) roasted beets
1/4 cup brown...

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1/4 cup of chopped shrimp
1/4 chopped crab meat
3 cups of chick peas
1/4 green onions chopped
2 teaspoons of cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons of chopped thyme
2 teaspoons of salt
1 Tablespoon of dehydrated garlic
1 egg yolk

mix well and form balls, deep fry until golden brown

a good sourdough about 3...

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My wife found a grocer that opens from 6 to 7am for seniors only before serving the general public.  And I kid you not. Yesterday, on an early morning mission for my wife to purchase mustard greens, I was in the checkout counter at...

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Roast seven beets
Allow to cool
In a food processor add
2 tablespoons of salt
1 cup of lime juice
5 Tablespoons of extra dry gin
1/3 cups of olive oil
1/3 cup of minced onion
5 tablespoons of minced garlic
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
5 Tablespoons of Cayenne pepper
7 (peeled) roasted beets
1/4 cup brown...

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2 Cups of cooked seasoned mustard greens or spinach
if with rabbit and chicken would prefer mustard greens
with fish and chicken would prefer spinach
drained and cooked greens .
1 tablespoon of lemon zest
1/2 cup of cooked chopped bacon
!/2 cup minced mushrooms
1/2 cup of chopped onions
5 Tablespoons of...

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