Poll: Free Epic for the April 2, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl

[ysabetwordsmith]

The April 2, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl made its $200 goal, so you get a free epic. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll. I will keep it open at least until Friday night. If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may leave it open a little longer.

Here are your options:

"Bitter Melon"
A backchannel prompt for the Meet Ugly bingo inspired the free-verse poem "Bitter Melon." Shiv is shopping in an Asian market when someone mistakes him with staff, and he decides to fuck around with her instead of just being honest.
184 lines, $92

"The Pursuit of Happiness"
Your Boston prompt inspired the free-verse poem "The Pursuit of Happiness." It explores the evolution of diverse marriage practices in Terramagne.
171 lines, $86

Poll #21791 Free Epic for the April 2, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl

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Which of these should be the free epic?

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"Bitter Melon"
19 (51.4%)

"The Pursuit of Happiness"
18 (48.6%)

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[alatefeline]

Wish I could say 'both'! After taxes I've got to fish around in my wallet and try to scare up some change for artists. Maybe if I eat rice and lentils for a week ... and the garden is coming along, so there's the change of some homegrown veggies.

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Our family recipe for lentil dal comes from the Vegetarian Epicure and is indeed excellent with rice.

Re: Well ...

[alatefeline]

I love the Veggie Eppie - it's one of my family's go-to cookbooks as well. I tend to play with the spices (have to, in order to eliminate stuff I can't have and then re-balance the flavors) but unlike a lot of recipes, the Vegetarian Epicure generally has a good flavor profile, with a broad spectrum of flavors that don't clash, in proportions that actually work for the dish. <3

Honestly, lentil dal with rice and fresh veggies of the day would be an improvement on 'is it in the cupboard or fridge and edible without significant prep' which has been ... the last couple weeks? Thanks for alerting me. I need to get some seeds/legumes and greens cooked properly to eat well... too much dehydrated, processed stuff even if I've been careful to get stuff that is made of food-ingredients.

*nibbles a leaf of parsley* I think this weekend I'll try to blanch and saute some foraged greens, as well. In my neighborhood at the moment there's lots of dandelions and loads of buckthorn plantain and some violets all fresh right now (and some sundial plant and cat's ear and another daisy-cousin I know by sight but not name, which I don't like as well, and stonecrop but that doesn't cook well and people get picky about removing their groundcover as opposed to their weeds, so I'll skip them) and deadnettle henbit has pretty much gone by already but that means lemon balm is probably getting started. And loads of onion grass; that barely counts as foraging, it's just free chives everywhere (well, depending on one's tolerances for foraging in a suburban environment, but it's everywhere in the parks and such too). And I haven't tried blackberry shoots, but I guess I can now I've got an invasive thorn-monster in the side-yard; I've been cutting green canes and thorn-stripping them for bits of flexible wood, but there's no reason I shouldn't nibble a little too. Wish it was a thimbleberry instead!

<3

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Honestly, lentil dal with rice and fresh veggies of the day would be an improvement on 'is it in the cupboard or fridge and edible without significant prep' which has been ... the last couple weeks? <<

One nice thing about that recipe is it makes a big pot of dal that keeps well in the fridge. You can eat it for a week and just vary the presentation:
dal/rice
dal/naan
dal/potatoes
dal/quinoa
dal/tortillas
dal/sweet corn
dal/barley

>> Thanks for alerting me. I need to get some seeds/legumes and greens cooked properly to eat well... <<

I like some of the Red Mill hot cereals. The Old Country Style Muesli and Gluten-Free Muesli are favorites. I find these very helpful for digestion and energy. Plus they cook fast and don't take a lot of work to make.

https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/search?q=Bob%27s+Red+Mill+Cereal

>> *nibbles a leaf of parsley* I think this weekend I'll try to blanch and saute some foraged greens, as well. <<

What a wonderful idea!

And I haven't tried blackberry shoots, but >>I guess I can now I've got an invasive thorn-monster in the side-yard; I've been cutting green canes and thorn-stripping them for bits of flexible wood, but there's no reason I shouldn't nibble a little too. Wish it was a thimbleberry instead!<<

Berry leaves make a nice tea, also -- much like green tea minus the caffeine.