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For the Love of Everything Fresh
Before we all baked our own tomatoes to simulate
Sun-drying, and put them up
In olive oil
Turned up our noses at anything
That came in a can
We had the reassurances of Campbell Soup—
No casserole went into the oven without
A blanket of cream of mushroom;
Every weekend lunch was cream of tomato
Quickly thinned with milk on low heat,
With a grilled cheese sandwich.
These days I have no Campbell’s in my kitchen.
You dine with me you eat fresh and classic
As in the stew I made last night in the risen wind
Its ghostly breath in the window-chink
ruffling my apron,
Lean meat marinated in French red, dredged in flour
browned in real butter
And virgin olive oil;
Steamed baby carrots, red skin-on potatoes,
Minced parsley, all thickened, barely simmered
And put away, in new one-serving containers;
My lunch for the week.
And how far I have not come
these hours spent in the kitchen dance
For the love of everything fresh, the salt
Of possibility cresting on my tongue.
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copyright Jenne' R. Andrews 2012
10 comments:
Stimulating, Jenne (it's lunch time). I used to have grilled cheese and tomato soup as a kid when I was sick.
fresh is def the way to go...i would take it fresh over preprocessed any day...and in a can...blech....so let me know when dinner is...smiles...
I;m round at yours for dinner ...lover of all things fresh ! thanks for sharing !
Sounds delicious! Looks like we went with a similar thought on this one.
How can something so simple as meals provide such twists and thought? Well, you put it into the masterful hands of a gifted poet and watch her weave those ingredients into a meal to remember. :) The flow was sublime, the turns nicely done and then an explosion in the last 2 lines... Really enjoyed this.
More than yummy! Excellent.
Lovely, That really ruffled my apron too! I wish I hadn’t read it when I was hungry :) Fresh ingredients every time.
I rarely buy anything canned anymore either...but every once in a while I make an old casserole recipe with a can of cream of mushroom. Dinner at your house sounds divine!
niciely done...smiles....thanks for sharing
You bring us through a culinary history here. (I think the salt crest probably continues throughout the time line!) The new sounds pretty good (only I'm vegetarian!) k.
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