She wanted to pick mushroom
on an autumnal eve -
choose the best for breakfast.
I like to add a little oyster sauce,
or Worcestershire sauce,
she likes them with garlic.
I take with us,
my trusty book of edible mushrooms,
the kind that don't kill you.
Page missing.
Glad to report we are alive.
We had Imodium for breakfast.
Mushrooms push up their caps
in a cow meadow.
The bovine dung adds that umami taste,
it's the Glutamate, that relishes and beguiles.
The cows don't eat the button mushrooms,
but as they graze, they may scoop some
into their contently chewing mouths.
I think these thoughts in a steak restaurant,
while adding Worcestershire sauce to my oxtail soup.
Mushroom will be arriving on this white linen
tablecloth
soon.
The secret for great flavor
in a baked cherry pie
Add a little almond extract
for the taste that will happily surprise
For dull tasteless vegetables
like cabbage and green beans
Add a little bacon grease
watch the kids lick their plate clean
For tender succulent beef
every Chinese chef knows
Mix the beef with baking soda
become a stir fry hero
Sauces to bland slow down
simmer that sauce for a taste profound
Slow and easy a little sugar will do
cook extra for second helpings too
Need some flavor oomph
in meats gravies and stews
A good shake of Worcestershire sauce
your taste buds will woo
Add the old stand by for any plan dishes
pour on the ketchup make it delicious
But the true secret ingredient every cook knows
a little love adds the flavor that makes your kitchen glow.
She made cauliflower with cheese.
It was her signature dish.
She made me want it every day.
The aroma must have been an aphrodisiac,
but then again
you don't need to be led to the table
at age twenty.
Sometimes we made cheese and toast
with Worcestershire sauce,
a snack to keep our strength up.
We really did burn through a lot of
useful calories.
Salt a mess of fresh blue crabs
Steamed in a beer broth,
with onions and Old Bay spice.
Mix vinegar with
Worcestershire sauce.
Pick, dip, eat.
Treat!
note: Have plenty of cold beer and paper towels on hand!
Inspired by Sara's Low country Boil contest
8/14/11
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