Which food, when you eat it, instantly transports you to childhood?
A slice of German sausage
The rind against my tongue
Or a bite of juicy melon
Mediterranean sun.
Tastes and smells that
Take me back
To where we lived when young.
The queue in a German butcher
Unfamiliar smells
A babble of foreign voices
A language we didn’t know.
They’d thinly slice a sausage
To give to us as kids
And to taste it now
Feel the rind on my tongue
Is to go back right away.
But melon takes me to Cyprus
Years we spent in the sun
The juicy blood run melons
We’d eat most every day.
Then I found them boring
Would have preferred a pud
But the taste of a melon
Takes me right back
To the years we spent in the sun.
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My first response to today’s prompt was jelly and ice cream. Melon is another one though, that transports me back to our beach holiday days. Melon was always part of our picnic and the only time we ever had it… that I can remember!
I like how you made your answer into a poem.
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Your post beautifully captures the sensory journey that food can evoke, transporting you back to your childhood in different parts of the world. The vivid descriptions of German sausage and juicy melons serve as powerful conduits to the past, evoking both the tastes and the cultural environments you experienced.
Thank you for sharing such an evocative and personal reflection. It’s a wonderful reminder of how food connects us to various chapters of our lives, each bite serving as a portal to our memories and experiences.
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