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Sunday, September 3, 2017
Recipes
Tasha wants to know your recipes. Recipe is a generic word that can be used to describe the makeup of anything: A Recipe for Happiness, or a dish : a recipe for salmon salad, or anything else where you list the ingredients. So generate a recipe for the coming week and have fun!
First, crust. Cut two sticks of butter into half inch pieces and chill. Combine 2.5 cups of flour with one teaspoon salt. Cut butter into dry mix until pieces are the size of small peas. Slowly mix in six to eight tablespoons of freezing cold water until it is the right consistency.
A good relationship is as easy as pie.
You know it's ready when you pinch dough with your fingers and it holds together. If you pinch too much it will be tough, so be cautious. Divide into two parts but make each the same, a circle, make it with just slight thickness. As you roll with punches, sprinkle laughter under crust, keeps things from sticking.
Raising kids is easy as pie.
Preheat oven before you get something baking. Mix a pinch of salt, a cup of sweetener, spices for added character: cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice. Pick those ripe apples carefully, peel off pretenses, core them, slice into independent pieces, mix with other ingredients.
Dealing with teenagers? Easy as pie.
Place some large bills in ungreased hand. Press securely, hug often. Spoon knowledge into crust-lined brain. Top with double love. Tuck excess aggression under bottom edge. Press family together, seal; Cut ties, close front door, but leave it unlocked. Set time to twenty-one, and relinquish power till growth.
multiple meaning's in this one victoria. very nice. little reply poem human stew my recipe for a wonderful life? love and law and a soulful wife. - love - paul.
I'd like to see the revision. We need to have a "revised poem" week for a prompt. LOL. And like Bonnie, I love the way it goes full circle from the recipe to memory ending with another line of the recipe.
PLACE all your hate into a pot SET temperature to high and BOIL until all the steam fills the air TURN on vent above stove ALLOW all the steam to dissipate Into the air and vanish SIMMER any remaining hate until pot is EMPTY SMILE THINK of all the good around you OPEN your heart ALLOW peace to enter you will FIND happiness and LOVE
The one not in caps is not a recipe word. It's an enjambment. Probably would be clearer if you took off the initial cap and indented the line. I kept looking for some sort of secret message too, particularly since I just finished reading Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz. The recipe words all in caps are interesting, on the internet, of course, they refer to all caps as SHOUTING, and in a poem, it's surely shouting. Which creates its own dynamic. The first word of the line says LOOK AT ME, I'm what's important. The rest of the line quietly says Hey, Ms. Recipe Word, maybe you're not the whole story, and maybe you're not even the story you think you are.
yes when you read a recipe the first word or the action you will take with those particular ingredients is always in caps MIX BLEND POUR etc and Tad got it ... while it is the action word for that line it isn't necessarily the most important.
I really like this a lot! It was kind of what I had in mind when I proposed he prompt and what I have been thinking about, too.You have done it so well!!!
When I was young I thought it would be grand to be a saint, and wander oer the land performing deeds of valor, helping all and so I waited thinking God would call.
I did my best to grow the way I thought I should to follow God the way I ought, I prayed and worshipped thinking this the way to live so I would be a saint one day.
And then I learned that what I had been taught was saintly was just what some others thought and so I went exploring all the ways that I could learn to worship and to praise.
Through many teachers, books and classes too I've sought for what to me seemed to ring true I've found good information here and there as well as much for which I did not care.
At last I've come to truly understand that what I seek lies very close at hand. I'll learn my way as step by step I go discovering just what I need to know
Life is the teacher that will lead me right to learn and grow and live my way to light
A much modified recipe over the years. I like it a lot except a couple of lines that I think stretch too much for the rhyme and come "Yoda"-ish, like "I should to follow God the way I ought,"
Thanks for the suggestion. I think these would fix it: That I should follow God the way I ought. and-- I sought for what to me rang right and true. Does that do it or did I miss something?
take a pound of honesty and a pound of trust 500 hugs 600 kisses 600 I love you's 50 surprise gifts
Blend ingredients; warm hearts to 98.6; add some holding hands in public as well as private; don't lie or cheat; go out on dates and a block of "never go to bed with an angry heart.
In this recipe we start with a large helping of concentrated crazy Add in a generous amount of effort and try to sift out the lazy
I try to do the things that I really care for, Like time with loved ones or a stroll on the shore Then I stir in some concern for not stepping on toes and hopefully it'll help me avoid a punch in the nose
My ingredient list would not be complete without this very important one, Forgiveness for all, including yourself, when all is said and done. As a final touch, that is essential to complete the mix, If it ain't broken, then it's something you don't need to fix...
what a lot of interesting recipes. you are all making me hungry ha ha. my recipe for a wonderful life, would be love and law and a soulful wife. free from trouble and strife......oh! and seafood of course
EASY AS PIE
ReplyDeleteIt's as easy as pie, he said.
First, crust. Cut two sticks of butter
into half inch pieces and chill.
Combine 2.5 cups of flour
with one teaspoon salt. Cut butter
into dry mix until pieces
are the size of small peas. Slowly
mix in six to eight tablespoons
of freezing cold water until
it is the right consistency.
A good relationship is as easy as pie.
You know it's ready when you pinch
dough with your fingers and it holds
together. If you pinch too much
it will be tough, so be cautious.
Divide into two parts but make
each the same, a circle, make it
with just slight thickness. As you roll
with punches, sprinkle laughter
under crust, keeps things from sticking.
Raising kids is easy as pie.
Preheat oven before you
get something baking. Mix a pinch
of salt, a cup of sweetener,
spices for added character:
cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice.
Pick those ripe apples carefully,
peel off pretenses, core them, slice
into independent pieces,
mix with other ingredients.
Dealing with teenagers? Easy as pie.
Place some large bills in ungreased hand.
Press securely, hug often.
Spoon knowledge into crust-lined brain.
Top with double love. Tuck excess
aggression under bottom edge.
Press family together, seal;
Cut ties, close front door, but leave it
unlocked. Set time to twenty-one,
and relinquish power till growth.
Voila! Easy as pie!
I posted this poem for another prompt a while back but it has gone through major revision so I figured I'd post it again.
Deletemultiple meaning's in this one victoria. very nice.
Deletelittle reply poem
human stew
my recipe for a wonderful life?
love and law and a soulful wife. - love - paul.
I like the original but I do love the changes! wonderfully written...bet writing it was easy as pie :-)
DeleteClever and moving. I'd like to see it with nothing that couldn't really go in a recipe -- like for instance no laughter.
DeleteYou probably couldn't do it with the teenagers, but that's ok. That's good, actually. Everything comes busting out in the last stanza.
DeleteWow, clever! You are so very smart, not to mention good with words.
Deletevery well done! I enjoyed the part about the teenagers a lot...
DeleteVictoria, I really enjoyed listening to your recipe poem. I have helped Linda make pie...I KNOW they are NOT easy!!!
DeleteA new one.
ReplyDeleteRECIPE
I start with
potatoes and onions
fried in butter
until they're blackened
lots of pepper
the way that woman did
across country
1970
old bread truck
converted to camper
I lived in it
over how many
back and forth
with how many old friends
like June Gannon
she's long since dead now
she saw me
get up in the middle
of the night and
told me next morning
she'd seen me
and I had a big one
I really don't
but nice to think so
then add eggs
Some revisions already, but this is up, so..
DeleteNice poem, very evocative and lots of sensory input. Nice.
DeleteI'd like to see the revision. We need to have a "revised poem" week for a prompt. LOL. And like Bonnie, I love the way it goes full circle from the recipe to memory ending with another line of the recipe.
DeleteSmall revisions, but they make a difference to me.
DeleteI start with
potatoes and onions
fried in butter
until they're blackened
lots of pepper
the way that woman from
Idaho did
1970
the bread truck
converted to camper
I lived in it
for how many times
cross country
with how many old friends
like June Gannon
she's long since dead now
she saw me
get up in the middle
of the night and
told me next morning
she'd seen me
and I had a big one
I really don't
but nice to think so
then add eggs
nice! well done. enjoyed!
DeleteTad, I got a real chuckle out of listening to your recipe.....then add eggs...hahahaha
DeleteI like how starting the recipe takes you to a different time and place and memory. nicely done.
ReplyDeleteRecipe to Turn Hate to Love
ReplyDeletePLACE all your hate into a pot
SET temperature to high and
BOIL until all the steam fills the air
TURN on vent above stove
ALLOW all the steam to dissipate
Into the air and vanish
SIMMER any remaining hate until pot is EMPTY
SMILE
THINK of all the good around you
OPEN your heart
ALLOW peace to enter you will
FIND happiness and
LOVE
Just curious why you did the first words in all CAPS except on. I kept looking for a secret message. LOL. But a nice take on the prompt.
DeleteThe one not in caps is not a recipe word. It's an enjambment. Probably would be clearer if you took off the initial cap and indented the line. I kept looking for some sort of secret message too, particularly since I just finished reading Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz.
DeleteThe recipe words all in caps are interesting, on the internet, of course, they refer to all caps as SHOUTING, and in a poem, it's surely shouting. Which creates its own dynamic. The first word of the line says LOOK AT ME, I'm what's important. The rest of the line quietly says Hey, Ms. Recipe Word, maybe you're not the whole story, and maybe you're not even the story you think you are.
yes when you read a recipe the first word or the action you will take with those particular ingredients is always in caps
DeleteMIX
BLEND
POUR etc
and Tad got it ... while it is the action word for that line it isn't necessarily the most important.
No, but sets itself up as the most important word. There's a kind of David and Goliath relationship with the rest of the line.
DeleteI love this one. It's neat the way you changed hate into love. enjoyed
DeleteBonnie, this is awesome!!! I enjoyed how you turned hate into Love...
DeleteI really like this a lot! It was kind of what I had in mind when I proposed he prompt and what I have been thinking about, too.You have done it so well!!!
ReplyDeleteRecipe for Enlightenment
ReplyDeleteWhen I was young I thought it would be grand
to be a saint, and wander oer the land
performing deeds of valor, helping all
and so I waited thinking God would call.
I did my best to grow the way I thought
I should to follow God the way I ought,
I prayed and worshipped thinking this the way
to live so I would be a saint one day.
And then I learned that what I had been taught
was saintly was just what some others thought
and so I went exploring all the ways
that I could learn to worship and to praise.
Through many teachers, books and classes too
I've sought for what to me seemed to ring true
I've found good information here and there
as well as much for which I did not care.
At last I've come to truly understand
that what I seek lies very close at hand.
I'll learn my way as step by step I go
discovering just what I need to know
Life is the teacher that will lead me right
to learn and grow and live my way to light
A much modified recipe over the years. I like it a lot except a couple of lines that I think stretch too much for the rhyme and come "Yoda"-ish, like "I should to follow God the way I ought,"
Deletenice poem, enjoyed
DeleteTasha, I enjoyed listening to your poem. It sounded very nice.
Deletenicely penned! flows nicely except as victoria said for those two lines. good job!
DeleteThanks for the suggestion. I think these would fix it: That I should follow God the way I ought. and-- I sought for what to me rang right and true. Does that do it or did I miss something?
DeleteRecipe For A Good Marriage
ReplyDeletetake a pound of honesty
and a pound of trust
500 hugs
600 kisses
600 I love you's
50 surprise gifts
Blend ingredients; warm hearts to 98.6; add some holding hands in public as well as private; don't lie or cheat; go out on dates and a block of "never go to bed with an angry heart.
Bake forever and keep on cooking
Honey, you are a GOOD cook!!!! I love your recipe!!!
DeleteGood recipe!! And good poem!!
Deleteditto what Victoria said :-)
DeleteLiked this one so much!!! Lovely and true
DeleteMy Personal Recipe for Happiness
ReplyDeleteIn this recipe we start with a large helping of
concentrated crazy
Add in a generous amount of effort and try to sift
out the lazy
I try to do the things that I really care for,
Like time with loved ones or a stroll on the shore
Then I stir in some concern for not stepping on toes
and hopefully it'll help me avoid a punch in the nose
My ingredient list would not be complete
without this very important one,
Forgiveness for all, including yourself,
when all is said and done.
As a final touch, that is essential to complete
the mix,
If it ain't broken, then it's something you don't
need to fix...
I have that large helping of concentrated crazy!! My favorite ingredient in the recipe.
Deletelove it! that first line is great! and the rest doesn't disappoint it. good write!!!
Deletewhat a lot of interesting recipes. you are all making me hungry ha ha.
Deletemy recipe for a wonderful life, would be love and law and a soulful wife. free from trouble and strife......oh! and seafood of course
Oh what a wonderful poem!!! Loved it and the way it is written too. Furthermore it is very, very true!!! Congratulations.
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