Blind Scouse & Spotty Dog
Joe Warner
Blind Scouse & Spotty Dog
“What’s this?” I ask my mam
Head down in to shoulders
In case she should swing for me
As she often said she would
“You’ll like it, it’s scouse”
“Where’s the meat?”
“Can’t you see it’s blind scouse?
Speciality of our poor house.”
Head still bowed I break through
The oily surface tension
With some organic crusty bread
That once was white and doughy.
Blind scouse has no meat
Our dog Spotty has no spots
But I brace myself and eat
Knowing it will not age well
And three days left to Friday.
I sneak a bit to Spotty
He sniffs and licks it only once
Not a fan of haute cuisine, he leaves
To rummage in someone else’s bin
I watch his goosestep march
Toward the open door
Burnt one week before.
Full of bonhomie, my luncheon ate
I cheerfully ask, “What’s for pudding?”
Head not down far enough
Mam smacks me for my cheek.
Blind scouse has no meat
Our dog Spotty has no spots
Mam’s tears stain her cheek
Perhaps she’s hurt her hand
On my thick head.
Source: poetrymagazines.org.uk
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Scouse.. A Most Expensive Dish
FA Cup super-scouse at £25 a plate
LIVERPOOL'S bid to win the FA Cup has inspired a chef to create a culinary tribute that has turned out to be the most expensive plate of scouse ever seen.
Such a dish would normally never feature on the menu at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in the city.
But tomorrow's final prompted the hotel's head chef Brian Gamble to create luxury scouse with a Spanish twist.
And despite its £25-a-head price tag the dish he calls "Rafa-lution Scouse" has scored an instant success with diners at the four-star hotel.
Mr Gamble, 39, said: "We decided to create a really luxurious version of the traditional Scouse, with an added kick of a Spanish influence.
"It's a type of scouse that has never been seen before using finest fillet of lamb and chorizo sausage, with baby carrots, turnips and shallots and saffron potatoes."
Source DAILY POST
