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The Glutton
In the afternoon, I want to eat, head to the square
See if the snack is still warm
And it’ll be nice to try that hot dog
I know I do this to satisfy myself
I know that lunch is the best part of the day
And the smell guides me to the table
Now it’s so close, see
The food truck line attracts me
Of our dishes, it’s what I miss the most
When we used to eat the same meal together
Where’s ...
Saturday 5th October 2024 2:38 pm
Telly belly
The evening wears on
While outside in the garden
Golden leaves cling on
The light is just right
For us to enjoy the night
Cradling a belly of joy
Not a girl or a boy
Crisps, dips and all the chocs
You are mine
A love on the rocks
Binging another show
In the warmth of the TVs glow
Mine is growing
increasing, expanding and showing
My telly bel...
Thursday 5th September 2024 3:26 pm
Ode to Lemon Meringue Pie
Teetering on the platter
A treat for human senses
It’s food to make you fatter
Crushing all of your defences
Its snowy dunes and hollows
Of flouncy sweet meringue
Are made for ample swallows
Of dessert sturm und drang
Ignore it at your peril
Its appeal you can’t deny
When hunger makes you feral
Reach for lemon meringue pie
Its gaudy citrus layer
...Wednesday 10th April 2024 11:47 am
Quick & Easy Brain Rapid Surgery
You know what’s wrong
with NHS target times,
they need to take tips
from recipes online.
Where nothing’s
difficult or complex
to achieve.
Three ingredients
and ten minutes
is all you’ll need.
Ready in a flash,
easy to fling together.
A scalpel, a doctor
and hey presto,
the patient
gets better.
Easy as pie,
easy on the eye.
...Tuesday 15th August 2023 3:30 pm
The Move
The Move
Xylene, Toluene, trichloroethylene,
The smell,
Prior paint peeled away and fell.
All off-white, only ever warmer; morning sunlight in the east windows
1887, a ship-builder discussed between three widows,
That line there, fixed up by The Man, too
Them floorboards wouldn’t look as good as The Man could do.
Where did he go? One asked inside of the plain room,
...Sunday 22nd January 2023 1:50 pm
Swiss Roll Family Robinson
Not astonished by the lack of surprise,
The day the Robinson family died
Morbidly obese.
Devoured their last feast,
Committing dietary suicide
Their buffet table laid sumptuously,
Intending to indulge in gluttony,
They wouldn't be the first
To eat till they burst
Avidly scoffed and gouged rapaciously,
A vivid green leaf salad, though not much
Lay limp i...
Monday 16th January 2023 5:18 pm
Like my Mother Used to Make
I’ve got a desire for a cheese sandwich on fresh white bread
Just like my mother used to make
I sometimes wonder if I’ll ever taste one again
You know, not any old cheese sandwich
But the ones my mother used to make
On cold winter evenings
She’d serve stew and dumplings
And her poached eggs on toast was a wonderful feast
Not ordinary eggs
But the ones like my mother...
Sunday 16th January 2022 7:40 pm
Food For Thought
I can not depend on my moods,
This is why I depend on food.
Good days, bad days, the pain stays,
The food I eat takes me away.
I used to be fat and then went slim,
Now the fat creeps back in.
Self esteem is what I lacked,
Food is slowly making me fat.
The mirror is no friend of mine,
The image I see is not mine.
The dismal day portays my mood,
and then 'BOOM' I run back to food.
...
Tuesday 7th September 2021 3:04 am
FOOD
Food with roots and leaves
Eating plants and trees
I see this as life on a plate
I see meat as death on a plate
Thursday 29th July 2021 3:00 am
A Christmas blog
Rooftops
Brushing soot off his tunic (new, wipe clean, breathable material) he surveys the rooftops.
He belches, the last lot’s food offerings (whisky, milk and breakfast cereal) playing havoc with his digestive system.
Whistling for the team (trained to perfection by the reindeer whisperer) he prepares for the off.
Straightening, the man of dreams consults his watch
...
Wednesday 23rd December 2020 1:00 pm
Afternoon Tea
Afternoon tea, a table for two
a special date for me and for you
A delectable tower, an edible treat
a delicate array of savoury and sweet
Picture perfect, feast your eyes
crustless fingers, mini cakes and pies
Egg, cress, grated cheese and ham
fruited scone, clotted cream and jam
Smoked salmon, tuna mayonnaise
strawberry tart with crème anglaise
Prawn on brown, cucum...
Wednesday 20th May 2020 10:51 am
Sourdough Bread
Colonies of
Cooperation
Float in mid-air
Unseen
Harvested by
Caretakers
Like magic
Become food
crusty, tangy, sweet
shaped by a baker’s hand
buttery comfort
Wednesday 15th April 2020 5:29 pm
Pie From Wigan
Hey There was this hungry girl from Wigan
Who bought a Spud pie a big UN
She ate it fast as fast could be oh dear me
Then choked on the bugger, crying god save me
Everyone in Wigan Loves Spud Pies Galore
Wigan pie shops thriving bursting at yon door
So if you ever visit this little town
Try a spud pie you'll enjoy it. It'll not make you frown
Tuesday 21st January 2020 3:20 pm
FRIENDSHIP
Some Friends are necessary for life.
As the air. As the water and food
Those friends, help us, to survive
In our hearts running, same as blood
They offer faithful trusted advice
And always keep the shining smile
Show satisfaction pureily, so nice
Have bounties tool, deeply as Nile
They never get argument to complain
They ever look for the cheerful talk to ...
Wednesday 20th March 2019 12:57 pm
To Smoke Before Bedtime
At dinner for a start,
I ate a very fresh coconut.
Fearing my stomach upset
Ate a nice vinaigrette,
Then I ate a cake,
My mother baked.
To prevent constipation,
And for good digestion,
Rare sort of cheese I ate.
I ate a banana for a bet.
And to avoid the gases,
I ate some hens with lettuce.
To have a very deep sleep
I ate a very cheap sheep.
Smoked nicely...
Wednesday 19th December 2018 6:06 pm
ANOLINI
ANOLINI
Anolini – pasta shells stuffed with meat
And cooked in broth, is what we’re eating;
Steam rises from plates but there’s no speaking,
We sip Chianti to moderate the heat
The first to break silence admits defeat;
Parmesan a generous sprinkling,
Grated black pepper our noses crinkling;
Each Christmas a ritual we repeat.
This dish from the mountains of Ital...
Monday 27th November 2017 9:55 pm
One Day!
One day I'll meet you In that place!!
I don't take drugs
I tried a couple times
So I can tell you what it feels like
I don't drink
Probably all the sips I've ever had
Could amount to 2 glasses of white wine and those sambuca shots when I was 17yrs old!
I love dancing
I don't seem to do it much
But I love moving
That I do everyday with Yoga
I love fashion and...
Saturday 20th May 2017 12:45 am
The power of banana fruits
Everytime I bite you
It spreads a lot of sensational
You shake my tongue
Your shape is sensual
I close my eyes to enjoy you
Your yellow jacket shines through my mind
Your amazing taste slides into my soul
Oh... banana
_deasemooie_
Monday 18th July 2016 4:20 am
Psycho-babble, doggy paddle
They tell me that my sandwiches are,
’hand-crafted’,
a pointless phrase,
written,
by a box designer,
image re-definer,
ad-man.
‘Made by hand’, would do for me.
Not
‘hand-crafted’,
(which means someone grafted, to learn the apprenticed skills, to do a trade,
made in centuries to perfection),
but a sarnie,
put on bread,
by a plastic gloved,
...Tuesday 3rd May 2016 12:41 pm
Porridge
Porridge
In the morning
make sure I calculate
precise,
Flat packet grains compress
into calibrated measure,
To be levelled
then dispensed,
With milk added to twice the degree,
Stirred,
Placed in microwave,
A minute of vibrational rotation.
Stirred,
Returned for half the spell of time.
Withdrawn,
Stirred.
Seed topping on the milky mass,
Insalt...
Monday 18th April 2016 7:21 pm
Eggs, Fudge and Arctic Roll
Eric is an intern, yes he’s doing this for free
headset wrapped around hot ears
counting all the crates of beers
ripped jeans show his puny knee.
Backstage riders take the piss!
Clipboard says an item’s amiss
The schedule’s tight; he’s been up all night
Too late to get it to the concert site!
Budgets are exceeded; the helipad’s all booked
Dressing rooms are ready; just hope it’s overl...
Tuesday 23rd February 2016 6:54 pm
COCKLES (FOR YOUR HEART)
I’ll gather the Cockles from Red Wharf Bay
Best soaked overnight in salt water they say
Then boil them in water that is fresh from the tap
Then simmer, five minutes, they open no crap
A bowl with some milk and the Cockles go in
Then stir with your hand like they’re having a swim
Remove and then place them in self-raising flour
Once coated, then sieve. This starter’s ...
Wednesday 10th September 2014 8:37 pm
NORTHERN CHARM
Oh how I miss the Northern Charm
Builders' Tea and Bacon barm
Pie ’n’ peas and Cheshire cheese
Drivers that stay calm
People speak without a plum
Ecky thump and ee by gum
Tripe and Onions, Granny’s bunions
Boddies Bitter bites yer bum
Cheshire cats the grinning mousers
Tacchini wearing scally Scousers
West Pennine shower, Blackpool Tower
Our backyard and ...
Wednesday 3rd September 2014 9:42 pm
RANGE STEW
"Unload!.... safety catch, pouch, magazine off..
(From the range we smell the scoff)
"Clear, ease springs"
The Sergeant sings
Time to queue up at the trough
There's nothing quite like the old 'Range Stew'
Two rounds of bread with a nice hot brew
From the mess tin
I'm not jestin'
Made by chefs who have no clue
Soft boot shuffle with your mate
No place here...
Thursday 7th August 2014 9:58 pm
Just Another Load of Shite
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Ingest our vicious, nutritious, delicious, pernicious foodstuff
Smile and feel so satisfied
Almost gratified,
Quite mollified
That you bought into our corporate dream
Our tiny scheme
Our blue sky thinking
All our strategic initiatives
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Friday 28th June 2013 2:50 pm
Control Food
Control Food
I don’t know when it started
When food became an issue
I remember how life was
I was diagnosed as dyslexic
After my Mum sent me for a private test
Although the School didn’t want to accept it
They didn’t want to help
Budget issues, staffing and resources
Excuses, excuses, excuses
My Mum fought their disbelief
Craving the help and guidance I needed
I heard...
Tuesday 31st January 2012 2:13 pm
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