CORNCAKES ON THE MENU

by Cynthia Christiansen

“You say my cooking’s awful
          it’s burned or worse, it’s raw.
Well try your hand then Daniel
      and I will stand in awe.”

“No, go on there my comrade
      you’re really doin’ fine
Your corncakes are right special
      they’re much better than mine!”

“That really doesn’t please me
      to hear my cakes top yours
I choke them down with coffee
      they are effective lures.”

“Now hold on there a minute
      I think you are quite sharp
My corncakes though a menace
      have never caught a carp!”        

The two friends smiled and grimaced
      as from the fire arose        
the scent of burning corncakes.
      The two men held their nose.

And from the smoking fry pan
      they pried their evening meal
Each munched and swallowed bravely
      the blackened corncake wheel.

“A lesson is before us
      we cannot fail to see
Cooking is an acquired art
      it’s more than brewing tea!”

With lowered head Dan nodded
       and Mingo nodded too.
Corncakes were the binding force
       that stuck the men like glue.        




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