The Dodo's Larder Inventory
Minces and quinces and pies of all shapes,
Plum Duffs and Oysters and Stilton with grapes;
Mustards, Custards, suets and doughs,
Gammons and salmons, caviars and roes;
There were layers of tablet and short-breads in jars,
Tea cake and seed cake and chocolate in bars;
Turkeys on bandstands and sweet-breaded ham,
Conserve, preserve, marmalade and jam;
There were Syrups and treacles fit for a judge,
Everton toffees and Orkney fudge;
Puddings in basins, trifles, blancmange,
Lobsters and mussels and plump Norfolk prawns;
There were pears in aspic and Armagnac prunes,
Gingers, mints and macaroons;
Chipolata sausage, salami, baloney,
Oxtail, Lobster and Minestrone;
Chestnuts and stuffing and Cheeses galore,
And (he finally ran out of rhyme) much, much, much,
much, much, much - more.
by Russell Johnston (2007)
Used with permission.
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