(A Very True Story)
I'd rather eat snails with some raw lizard tails!
I'd rather eat soap scum and witches' toenails!
I'd rather eat fungus, black and humungous,
In fact, I'm sure I would rather eat fungus!
I'd rather eat bugs and the shells of three crabs,
Sticky alien brains all covered in scabs!
I'd rather eat rocks in a giant brown box!
I'd rather eat chickens that have chicken pox!
I'd rather eat cacti that make me scream 'OUCH!'
I'd rather eat hairballs from under the couch!
I'd rather eat bread that has turned grossly green,
Or the biggest earthworm that you've ever seen!
I'd rather eat earwax and slimy eel skin,
I wish that the church would say 'BEETS are a SIN!'
I'd rather eat garbage, a cockroach, or TEN...
Than to EVER-EVER eat BEETS Again!
(from the book A Woolly Mammoth on Amelia Street by Todd Michael St Pierre)
(from the book A Woolly Mammoth on Amelia Street by Todd Michael St Pierre)AS FOR ME:
I personally LOVE beets: especially sliced in a salad of fresh farm greens, with orange segments, spiced pecans, and thin red onion slices, with feta cheese or a nice chevre and a light vinaigrette.
24 comments:
Oh, I love beets, too, in fact, you've given me a craving! These are fabulous. They look almost 3-D!! Nice!
Thanks, Willow. I have a really good borscht recipe I haven't made in years that I might just have to get out this winter...
I love them too and I especially love your big fat beautiful painted beets. Must try your recipe. My latest verison was dressed with olive oil and pomegranate juice.
Well, you certainly make them look good enough to eat! Thanks for sharing that great poem.
What fun!!!
And what's not to love about beets?! Yummm!
Recipe sounds delicious!
Oh my lord, your paintings are STUNNING. (I like beets, though...)
Thanks, Kate! I love beets, too!
OK I am going to have to say I LOVE your paintings. but I HATE BEETS! YUCK! YUCK! YUCK! So this poem is just for Moi. LOL
Happy to see you got blogger to work finally.
Yum, I love beets!!! Great picture, so nice to see you this week, thanks for going out of your way to come over, Sue. XOXOXOX
Cris, too funny...
Claudia--it was great seeing you! Wish we lived closer to each other. love you
sue
Love the painting.
Love the poem.
Can't stand the vegetable. Beets, coconuts and pigs' ears are on my very short of list of things I don't eat. Give me string beans and chcolate any time.
Karen, that's funny. I think the only food I really don't like is turnips--I think it's the smell and texture.
Stunning use of paint. I'm just about to have a salad for my dinner. I'll just run and open a can!
really superb ! sue ... esp love the top one ..love beets too
Your beets rock! I love what you do with Yupo. I am also one of those beet lover!
If I did not love beets already, I surely would want to after seeing your beautiful paintings! Gorgeous. :-)
Very funny poem, thank you for the smile!
Your favorite way to eat beets sounds scrumptious, must try it. I love sliced roasted beets in red vinegar, olive oil, a bit of salt, with freshly grated horseradish. Truth is, though, that most of the times I simply make a snack out of the roasted beets, eating them like I would an apple. ;-)
I love them, too, Merisi. Can't wait to be home to cook in my own kitchen again!
Yummy sounding recipe, funny poem and really lovely watercolours Sue!
I completely miss THESE!!!
WOW simply gorgeous Sue
I can see them wall sized too
did you do these on the road?
Stay on the road then!!
Thanks for sharing my poem! I'm honored! And I still hate beets!!!!
Todd-Michael
But your paintings are just wonderful, please direct me to more of your wonderful work online. I'd like to consider you for a children's poetry book project if you are interested. My Facebook is...
www.FaceBook.com/504ever
And my e-mail is BookChild@Gmail.com
Thanks, all!
Todd-Michael, I'm so pleased you found my blog and visited! Your poems are just delightful. I think you're very talented--I looked at your website and really enjoyed your work. And cookbooks, too! I'm thrilled you visited my blog--thank you.
Outstanding beets!!! LOVE them!
Just admiring your lovely, fresh Yupo work. I can't seem to tame the beast, even though it keeps enticing me to. Have decided to try everything I have learned on the net from artists and see if I can make head or tail of Yupo.
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