Make A Meal of It

Food is good!

Make A Meal Of It

Lamb,

fresh,

succulent

and juicy;

sitting at rest

on the carving board,

infused

with garlic

and fresh rosemary

from the cottage garden.

Aromas that get our

gastric juices flowing

waft from the warm

bosom of Mother's kitchen.

Carved in moist slices

and served with

caramelised, roasted

vegetables

and roast potatoes,

browned to crisp

exterior perfection,

with fluffy, creamy

hearts.

A marinated red wine

gravy, flavoured with onion

and the fresh running

bloodied myoglobin

that flows in aromatic

rivers from cooked

red meat.

Accompanied by

a lovely fruity

Bordeaux,

Clos du Marquis 2001 St-Julien

will suffice

with its

lovely cassis fruit flavour,

intermixed with underbrush,

earth, and subtle background oak.

To follow,

the quintessential apple pie,

with its understated sweet tartness,

encased in a butter short crust pastry

and served with softly whipped cream.

For those with fortitude,

selected cheeses and biscuits,

with black grapes

and Harrods Hawaiian coffee

with dark, rich chocolate,

peppermint thins

to end.

Now that's a Sunday lunch!

 

29/01/17

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

OMG...my mouth is watering!!! I think I just gained a couple pounds. Spectacular imagery! Lydi*

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thanks Lydi. My partner and I are on diets right now but at weekends we relax somewhat and so had roast Lamb yesterday!

[Tony Jordan]

Heck that's better than my Christmas dinner John.
There's not too many poems that I ever felt like eating but I did feel like eating this one. Hey I might print it off on some rice paper.
Sumptuous descriptive piece John!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thanks Tony. Glad you digested this piece. My partner told me I had made a meal of it!

[Einstein Noodle]

i am hungry now!! great use of imagery! all my senses excited ..and my mind raced to my own mom's table and kitchen when we were treated to lamb .. oh how i can smell everything and more as you have left nothing out of your poem ..with churning gullet and salivating mouth .. i am signing off the cafe to at least have my meager breakfast; but thinking of lamb the whole time ;) nice one John!
E.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Einstein, and I hope breakfast suffices for now!

[Einstein Noodle]

it was nothing like your poem! ;)

[DIVYA]

The food is heavenly but the beauty is in the details, the way you describe it, with so much emotion. The Sunday Lunch is sacred and every dish has family traditions and memories attached to it. No wonder the food sounds so divine and thank you for sharing it with us John.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Divya; My partner was cooking roast lamb (she cooks at weekends) and challenged me to write something about it so the aromas helped!

[DIVYA]

You are welcome John :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

okay okay okay...i am really hungry...

i absolutely love Lamb...it is my favorite meat.

thanks for making me lick my chops...

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thanks Jacob, I apologise for making a meal of it but my partner was cooking roast lamb (she cooks at weekends) and challenged me to write something about it so the aromas helped!

[Kelly Scheppers]

Wow, talk about an insatiable appetite! ...and here I am, eating a banana with peanut butter on it!

x

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Ah! sorry about that Kelly but was waiting for Sunday lunch to be served. I have a banana and also porridge with peanut butter for my weekday breakfasts. Many thanks.