Culinary Milestones
Although I’d like to shoot the lout
who introduced the Brussels sprout
I’ll toast the first, con obligato,
to take a bite from a tomato,
and he (albeit it was a dare)
who first partook of Camembert,
as well, the first who ever gulped
an oyster, jellied eel or pulped
entrails that he called pork sausage,
or pheasant hung till God knows what age
But most, I’ll toast the man who risked
A lobster- be it boiled or bisqued.
Jim Hayes
[This message has been edited by Jim Hayes (edited December 01, 2003).]
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