What foods would you like to make?
I don’t cook very often
My wife is much too good
But we eat food in season
And mostly what we’ve grown.
There’s purple sprouting broccoli
Broad and Runner beans
Fresh beans and asparagus
Potatoes all you’d
There’s parsnips
And there’s beetroot
And winter squash
Run riot.
Soft fruit grows on bushes
Several different kinds and
as if all this were not enough
We’ve several different trees.
There’s apples and there’s quinces
Pears and also plums
And perhaps the most spectacular
A host of apricots.
We spin the changes meat or fish
Cooked in various ways
But see them as accompaniments
To all that fruit and veg.
We maybe steam our veg
Or have it simply boiled
Or roast it in the oven
With spices, olive oil.
Potatoes can be roasted
Sautéed, boiled or fried.
There’s many different ways to cook
But home grown’s always nice.
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