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.

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There’s purple sprouting broccoli

Broad and Runner beans

Fresh beans and asparagus

Potatoes all you’d

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There’s parsnips

And there’s beetroot

And winter squash

Run riot.

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Soft fruit grows on bushes

Several different kinds and

as if all this were not enough

We’ve several different trees.

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There’s apples and there’s quinces

Pears and also plums

And perhaps the most spectacular

A host of apricots.

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We spin the changes meat or fish

Cooked in various ways

But see them as accompaniments

To all that fruit and veg.

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We maybe steam our veg

Or have it simply boiled

Or roast it in the oven

With spices, olive oil.

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Potatoes can be roasted

Sautéed, boiled or fried.

There’s many different ways to cook

But home grown’s always nice.