Kate Connally wrote:
> Ode to Mush
>
> Oh, glorious mush
> So crisp and lush
> With maple topped
> In syrup sopped
>
> Oh, succulent mush
> My lips doth brush
> Thy luscious crust
> My tongue doth thrust
>
> Oh, lust for mush
> My teeth to crush
> Soft warm inside
> I’m satisfied.
>
> Made the mush on Sat and put in fridge to set.



[BOYS]
Is it worth the waiting for?
If we live 'til eighty four
All we ever get is gruel!
Ev'ry day we say our prayer --
Will they change the bill of fare?
Still we get the same old gruel!
There is not a cust, not a crumb can we find,
Can we beg, can we borrow, or cadge,
But there's nothing to stop us from getting a thrill
When we all close our eyes and imagine

Food, glorious food!
Hot sausage and mustard!
While we're in the mood --
Cold jelly and custard!
Pease pudding and saveloys!
What next is the question?
Rich gentlemen have it, boys --
In-di-gestion!

Food, glorious food!
We're anxious to try it.
Three banquets a day --
Our favourite diet!

Just picture a great big steak --
Fried, roasted or stewed.
Oh, food,
Wonderful food,
Marvellous food,
Glorous food.

Food, glorious food!
What is there more handsome?
Gulped, swallowed or chewed --
Still worth a king's ransom.
What is it we dream about?
What brings on a sigh?
Piled peahes and cream , about
Six feet high!

Food, glorious food!
Eat right through the menu.
Just loosen your belt
Two inches and then you
Work up a new appetite.
In this interlude --
The food,
Once again, food
Fabulous food,
Glorious food.

Food, glorious food!
Don't care what it looks like --
Burned!
Underdone!
Crude!
Don't care what the cook's like.
Just thinking of growing fat --
Our senses go reeling
One moment of knowing that
Full-up feeling!

Food, glorious food!
What wouldn't we give for
That extra bit more --
That's all that we live for
Why should we be fated to
Do nothing but brood
On food,
Magical food,
Wonderful food,
Marvellous food,
Fabulous food,

[OLIVER]
Beautiful food,

[BOYS]
Glorious food

> Fried the mush on Sun for breakfast. Fried some
> bacon first and then fried the mush in the bacon fat.
> Ate it will maples syrup.
>
> That was the absolute best fried mush I have ever
> had or made!!!! For once I was patient and didn't
> have the heat too high trying to cook it faster and
> ending up burning it. Also didn't try to turn it over
> too soon causing it to fall apart because it wasn't
> browned enough yet. It was perfectly browned and very
> crisp on the outside and creamy on the inside and just
> *delicious*!!!!
>
> Maybe part of it is because I haven't made mush in
> ages - well over 5 years. Things taste better when
> you haven't had them in a while. I don't know if I
> can wait until next weekend to eat the rest of it.
> It was *so* good! Sigh.
>
> Kate