Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APPLE SAUCE AND CHICKEN FRIED, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: You may talk about the knowledge Last Line: For apple sauce and chicken fried. Subject(s): Cooking & Cooks; Food & Eating | ||||||||
You may talk about the knowledge Which our farmers' girls have gained From cooking-schools and cook-books, (Where all modern cooks are trained); But I would rather know just how, (Though vainly I have tried) To prepare, as mother used to, Apple sauce and chicken fried. Our modern cooks know how to fix Their dainty dishes rare, But, friend, just let me tell you what! -- None of them can compare With what my mother used to fix, And for which I've often cried, When I was but a little tot, -- Apple sauce and chicken fried. Chicken a la Francaise, And also fricassee, Served with some new fangled sauce Is plenty good for me, Till I get to thinking of the home Where once I used to 'bide, And where I used to eat, -- um, my! Apple sauce and chicken fried. We always had it once a week, Sometimes we had it twice; And I have even known the time When we have had it thrice. Our good, yet jolly pastor, During his circuit's ride With us once each week gave grateful thanks For apple sauce and chicken fried. Why, it seems like I can smell it, And even taste it, too, And see it with my natural eyes, Though of course it can't be true; And it seems like I'm a child again, Standing by my mother's side, Pulling at her dress and asking For apple sauce and chicken fried. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAITRESSING IN THE ROOM WITH A THOUSAND MOONS by MATTHEA HARVEY CANDIED YAMS' by TERRANCE HAYES DINNER OF HERBS by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN THE BANQUET SONG by KENNETH KOCH SPLITTING AN ORDER by TED KOOSER A GOOD-BYE by EFFIE WALLER SMITH |
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