Number 41; A Special Pasta Recipe.

I'd really like to be a bard,
But I've been working much too hard
At other things to make a living;
My time to other work I'm giving.
And while in consequence I'm tired,
Her indoors has been inspired:
So here's the very first report;
Of my wife's rather good effort.

© Stephen Saunders

 A Special Pasta Recipe

Making a dish is quite a treat,

You get to cook and get to eat;

And when you share it with your friends,

Good conversation never ends.

Around the table you all sit,

And eat and talk and talk and eat.

A lovely bowl of pasta is

A good way to accomplish this.

Take two red peppers, core and cut

Into four quarters each, so that

They’ll neatly fit under a grill

For them to bubble up and peel.

The skin goes black, then take them out,

Wrap them in cloth and wait about.

Give them five minutes if you can

They will be cooler for your hands;

To peel the skin off this will aid

And will an easy task have made.

Having put peppers to the side,

Take one big onion and divide

In half, then skin and chop and chop

Into small bits, then drop by drop,

Add olive oil to a pot,

And heat it up until quite hot.

Then add your onion, garlic chopped,

And peppers cut from toe to top.

Fry on low heat, until thereon

Next stage is ready to go on.

Grate four tomatoes into bowl;

Use grater with the biggest hole.

Start grating at the juicy end,

The skin will end up in your hand.

Throw skin away, put pulp in pot

With onion, garlic and the lot.

Add little water; you and I

Don’t want it to become too dry.

Let bubble up, lower the heat,

Consider sausage you will eat:

Spanish chorizo, wild and hot,

German frankfurter mild and not.

The English banger sweet and soft,

A feature which is often scoffed.

Whichever sausage is your lot,

You put them now into the pot.

Four bits per person, hungry lot?

Make it some more, it is your shot!

Add little water, you and I,

Don’t want it to become too dry.

Now this is done and cooking slow,

See that the pasta gets a go.

Egg papardelle is my plan,

And lots of water in big pan.

The water salty as the sea,

To rolling boil must brought to be.

Fistful per person, hungry lot?

Make it some more, it is your shot!

Boil for four minutes and then drain,

Make sure some water will remain…

...clinging to pasta; you and I

Don’t want it to become too dry!

Share out the pasta, share the sauce

Enjoy the food and praise the Boss

And there you are, the first receipt;

But don’t forget to season it.

I know the grammar’s stretched a bit,

But you try rhyming food to fit!

© Krystyna Saunders

To book Steph'nonsense for a rhyming evening:
bowleyfarm@gmail.com or 01428 741212

Agent / publisher wanted.

Krystyna has gone on to write many more of these rhyming recipes.  She plans to put them to rap tunes and have the children at Johnnie's school create it for a show.  It might make an excellent TV programme; cooking to Johnnie and the Food Rappers! 

I would publish them all here, but I don't want to undermine her efforts, or take any credit for them.  She will publish them separately.  See them at http://kitchenrap.wordpress.com/