Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Pintos, Okra and Fried Green Tomatoes

Some harbor favor for gourmet cuisine:

Caviar, pheasant or filet mignon.

Trendy like crepe suzettes, crème brulee, sushi,

Mildly to wildly exotic in theme.

 

Others, like me, have a simpler palette:

Meatloaf, potatoes, hot apple pie,

Pintos, okra and fried green tomatoes,

Coffee, no sugar, and light on the cream.

 

Buttermilk cornbread to crumble like sugar,

Biscuits with jelly, a savory sweet,

Mother’s fried chicken, a finger-food favorite

Served up on Sunday, a family buffet.

 

I would not argue or offer a protest

To anyone’s favor for fanciful foods, but

Pintos, okra and fried green tomatoes are

More than enough to get me through the day.

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