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Comfort Food, by Ceinwen E Cariad Haydon

20/2/2021

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salted Welsh butter on fresh crispy bread
grandmothers’ plated fruit-pies oozing
apples, rhubarb or ruby redcurrants
sweet custard yellow as fresh sunflowers
salted nuts with pints of chilled lemonade
mushrooms on toast by moonlight at midnight
dry white wine lemon-tart on the palate
hot chocolate warming numb winter fingers
sitting next to log fires lit to roast chestnuts
baked potatoes cooked in bonfires’ ashes
melting ice-cream licked in summer heatwaves
mackerel grilled crisp on beach barbeques
pasta creamy-slick in carbonara sauce
avocado halves cupping vinaigrette
food nourishes memories nourish food
floods life with sharing – nostalgia and joy.
6 Comments
Sue Clayton
21/2/2021 02:13:17 am

A mouth-watering taste of comfort. I haven't had mushrooms on toast for ages. Guess what's for lunch.

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Ceinwen E Cariad Haydon
23/2/2021 10:03:31 am

I hope that you enjoyed it, Sue

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Andrew Carter
21/2/2021 09:03:35 am

A tasteful piece of writing. This poem suggests you delight in great food, and at a guess, you have great cooking skills, Ceinwen. Would love to try this food.

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Ceinwen E Cariad Haydon
23/2/2021 10:05:27 am

Thanks for your comment, Andrew. Cooking skills mmm maybe - not sure my last attempt at cauliflower cheese would bear that out!

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Mary Wallace
23/2/2021 06:47:27 am

I see a cookbook or two in your future Ceinwen.

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Ceinwen E Cariad Haydon
23/2/2021 10:06:17 am

Now, that's an idea .... thanks for reading, Mary

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