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Food Memories: Spain
First meal
big bowl of chocolate flan
topped with Maria cookies
cooked by new Spanish friend
finest dish in his repertoire
best avoid his pancakes
made with a full cup of sugar
Creamy milk sold
In vacuum sealed bricks
with a shelf-life of
It never gets old
opened with scissors
Invariably splashing one’s face
In Barcelona grocery
spending more than
one thousand pesetas
winning free poultry
An entire plucked chicken
clueless how to part the bird
with only bread knife in the kitchen
Daily purchasing
many loaves of French bread
warm, fragrant
fresh from the oven
learning to eat like a spaniard
fork in one hand,
piece of bread in the other
Sidewalk kiosks selling delicious
cinnamon and sugar coated churros,
barbecued corn on the cob
newspaper cones filled with warm chestnuts
Perfecting lentil, garbanzo,
white bean stew with chorizo
purported to be better
than a Spanish mothers
cooked to this day
with a side of tortilla
the kind with eggs,
potatoes, and onions.
big bowl of chocolate flan
topped with Maria cookies
cooked by new Spanish friend
finest dish in his repertoire
best avoid his pancakes
made with a full cup of sugar
Creamy milk sold
In vacuum sealed bricks
with a shelf-life of
It never gets old
opened with scissors
Invariably splashing one’s face
In Barcelona grocery
spending more than
one thousand pesetas
winning free poultry
An entire plucked chicken
clueless how to part the bird
with only bread knife in the kitchen
Daily purchasing
many loaves of French bread
warm, fragrant
fresh from the oven
learning to eat like a spaniard
fork in one hand,
piece of bread in the other
Sidewalk kiosks selling delicious
cinnamon and sugar coated churros,
barbecued corn on the cob
newspaper cones filled with warm chestnuts
Perfecting lentil, garbanzo,
white bean stew with chorizo
purported to be better
than a Spanish mothers
cooked to this day
with a side of tortilla
the kind with eggs,
potatoes, and onions.
Published 13th Apr 2023
Author's Note
NaPo 2023 #12. I think food is poetry with flavors and ingredients rather than words.
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13th Apr 2023 5:38am
Dear GW,
Delicious write. I’m starving now and desperate for flan! I enjoyed recalling my own trip to Spain through this poem. Happy travels and definitely happy eating. H🌷
Delicious write. I’m starving now and desperate for flan! I enjoyed recalling my own trip to Spain through this poem. Happy travels and definitely happy eating. H🌷
13th Apr 2023 4:27pm
Sounds perfectly wonderful, food for the soul.
Enjoy the delights of your travels.
🦋
JeJe
Enjoy the delights of your travels.
🦋
JeJe
16th Apr 2023 4:55pm
Really creative, left me feeling full and satisfied... and wanting to visit Spain asap!
What a terrifically delicious read, BB
Thank you for sharing your yummy memories with us.
🌹💙
Hope you're having a happy NaPo experience... You're rocking it.
-B
What a terrifically delicious read, BB
Thank you for sharing your yummy memories with us.
🌹💙
Hope you're having a happy NaPo experience... You're rocking it.
-B
