Food Limericks
12 May
Today is the 200th birth anniversary of Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888), a British author and poet renowned for popularising the limerick form of poetry.
Twitter is agog with wishes of Happy Limerick Day. I’m adding my little bit with verse in limerick form.
Hope you enjoy it :)
Can’t cook Indian, you say with candor?
This blog’s for you, take a gander
At my clues
On how to use
Cumin and coriander.Making gravies is no worry
Nor phulkas in a flurry,
And I’ll add this bit
There’s more to it
Than garam masala and curry.
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- 25 food-inspired Hindi idioms with literal English translations and implied connotations.
- food words that double up as technology terms, words that can change meaning depending on context culinary of technological
Loved your limerick, very peppy :))
Thank you :))