Excellent An ode to my favorite food Ode to the Pinto Bean by Henry King Ode writing prompt entry

Glorious fruit of the vine neither sweet nor dry like wine Flavorful not by braggart's jest you're up there with the very best A few epicureans say you need cerdo Some will always say try buffalo A drawling Texan says gotta be cow That's how my grandma makes it now Some say add rice and others say no Those who don't care dice in a potato it really doesn't matter what joins you on the platter Scooped by flat bread of which there are two one of corn the other of wheat either'll do They can be fried crispy or eaten floppy Their taste is very hard to copy Your sauce enhanced by chili from Hatch red or green always makes you the top match Picante or not it's that special flavor I will forever savor This my ode to the food of which I'm keen the earthy brown pinto bean Writing Prompt An Ode is a poem praising and glorifying a person, place or thing. Author Notes I retitled this ode from "My Favorite Food' which was entered in the Ode contest. The picture is also changed to one more colorful. These notes are expanded from that in the contest. Cerdo is Spanish for pork. The word puerco is a Spanglish word for pig, a derogatory term for policemen and prostitutes. Puerco is reaching respectability, because it's appearing more frequently on restaurant menus and in published recipes instead of cerdo. The half-bushel cardboard box said the chili came from Hatch, NM. Chili roasting is going full blast in most grocery store parking lots. The aroma is intoxicating.

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