Preparations start with choice of lamb;
a shank not shy of lard,
proud with bones and marrow
Then start before your breakfast,
cause to stew it tender
it needs to cook from dawn to dusk
You need spices, maybe cloves
and cumin, cardamom and turmeric,
a pinch of salt, a dash of wine.
Use patience and when it’s
time for dinner, remember stew is best
if spiced with company and candlelight.
Kim inspires us to write food poetry inspired by Moniza Alvi at toads. I have started to a lot of slow cooking with our crock-pot, so this was fun to write. I will also link this to poetry pantry tomorrow morning.
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November 26, 2016
Björn Rudbergs writings 
I cook a lot. This sounds yummy. A must try
I am partial to lamb shank myself. This recipe sounds like the makings of a delicious. meal.
Is that photo of your crock pot, Björn? I wish I I had one like that! But being a veggie/sometime pecastarian, I wouldn’t be cooking lamb. However, I do like the use of alliteration in ‘a shank not shy of lard’ and the delicious spices in the third stanza. And yes, ‘stew is best / if spiced with company and candlelight’!
Should say ‘sometime pescatarian’ – my fingers got cold while I was out singing with the choir!
A stew of winter root veggies is great….taters, carrots, parsnips, turnips, rutabaga, onions, with tomatoes and the same spices is yummy
Sounds good to me! We finished off the lentil stew from yesterday – they always taste better the next day.
All these things do! That’s part of their charm.
Nice homey poem. I prefer beef or chicken to lamb though. Smelling this cooking all day would mos def make you hungry for it in combo with candles and company and a goid glass of wine.
I do agree that any meal is best if spiced with company and candlelight!! But, honestly, Bjorn I really love the spicing of this lamb. Nothing more tasty than turmeric, cumin, cardamom, and cloves!! It looks delicious!
I haven’t had meat in a while… So this piece has started a chain of food-paroxysms that might send me to the kitchen. Love what it says about the patience one needs when cooking/crafting/dealing with something one wants to be good. And they imagery… delicious!
A delicious rhyme, Bjorn. Slow cooked lamb is a great taste sensation. xo
Crock pots are great and candlelight makes food taste better!
Soft, flavoursome and gelatinous – like the shanks.
Lots of paprika as well 🙂 Yummy!!
“…maybe cloves / and cumin, cardamom and turmeric” smell so Indian….but “…spiced with company and candlelight.” is the best 🙂
Yum!💝 Such delicious images here Bjorn 😀
As Sabiscuit says this is a delicious rhyme and I must confess not having slow cooked lamb for some time. I must try it.
Can we come to dinner – it sounds comforting and nourishing..the better things in life
OK… I’m hungry 🙂
I love this one!
That is a food poem fit to please even the most discriminating palate! Well done. =)
You make the stew sound so easy! I love that I can just go to the kitchen and cook from reading the poem!
Now, I am a bit hungry, shall I bring the wine? 🙂
Stewed lamb enjoyed when “spiced with company and candlelight” sounds really good to me, Bjorn.
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Okay, you’ve made me hungry. Cooking is such a good metaphor for so many activities in life. And thank you much for your comment on my poem. I’ll light the candle, and you keep filling that crock pot.
Elizabeth
http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com
Well, that last line says it all! Company and candlelight: certainly, one of the spices of life. A very cool – and tasty – little piece.
remember stew is best
if spiced with company and candlelight
A logical revelation. Good company and candle light dinner will linger on in memory!
Hank
” stew is best
if spiced with company and candlelight.”
For sure, luv your words in this stew
much love…
Mmmmm my favourite. Enjoyed this as it touched senses of taste and smell.
Sounds just perfect!
We enjoy Lamb in my house. 🙂 my husband loves lamb.
oh wow, i’m hungry already!
for someone who eats outside a lot, i think home cooking is still the best. 🙂
A festive of time given stirred with love and sharing of souls…bkm
I’ve rarely eaten lamb but this sounds tasty…and aromatic!
Ah, yes, the best stew is shared! Thanks for this savory poem!
Oh I love this, especially your last line.