Written for: Poetic Asides 2018 April PAD Challenge – Day 4
Case ________
Why did I scribble yummy on this recipe?
Must have tasted fine in a previous year–
almonds, butter, chocolate, eggs–no flour.
As a pudding it barely passed muster.
Must have tasted fine in a previous year.
Can I blame my oven instead of my skills?
As a pudding it barely passed muster.
Crushed almonds, no substitute for flour
Can I blame my oven instead of my skills?
Crushed almonds, no substitute for flour/
As a pudding it barely passed muster.
Fortunately jelly rings were on hand.
Crushed almonds, no substitute for flour.
I ripped that recipe in half.
Fortunately jelly rings were on hand.
Next Passover, on dessert I’ll pass.
(Two suggestions from Poems With Garden Gnomes)