Recipe

The font is joined-up letters,
the blotched paper sticky in places,
the reference to sizes of eggs misleading.
In ounces, originally,
the instructions have been translated into the three languages of the cooker:-
Celsius from the Swedes,
Fahrenheit from the Germans, and
regulo British.
Method is brief
but I can show you how …
– how she showed me.

 

3 thoughts on “Recipe

  1. Robbie Burton

    Love the way the poem turns from sticky pages to the science of measuring heat then finally to the twist in the last three lines – I can show you how…/ how she showed me – great!

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