Grape Jelly<\/p>\n
My favorite lunch was peanut butter
\nand jelly on white or whole wheat
\nwith the crust cut off and cut on a diagonal
\nor I wouldn\u2019t eat it. Crunchy or smooth
\npeanut butter, I vacillated between them.<\/p>\n
Grape jelly. Not strawberry or raspberry
\nor orange marmalade that I still dislike,
\nand the only butter was peanut butter.<\/p>\n
Grape jelly, like I put on white rice
\nand still do, though I don\u2019t know why,
\nmaybe because rice is sticky like
\nNana\u2019s farina and she always put
\na spoonful of grape into the middle
\nand let me mix it up. I didn\u2019t always
\neat it but I liked it.<\/p>\n
Today, my favorite lunch is Goober\u2019s,
\nthe brilliant invention of peanut butter
\nand grape jelly in a jar; a spoon, no need
\nfor bread or cutting crust or diagonal cuts.
\nOnce, I bought strawberry Goober\u2019s,
\njust once.<\/p>\n
Some people put grape jelly in sauce
\nsaying it cuts the acid from tomatoes
\nbut I\u2019ve never done it. I did find
\na recipe for meatballs cooked in
\ngrape jelly and ketchup, another favorite
\ngrowing up, a staple for hiding my peas
\nand drowning anything I didn\u2019t like.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m going to make these meatballs,
\nmy kind of simple. Frozen meatballs,
\nstore bought ketchup and grape jelly.
\nSlow cook, serve hot over white rice.
\nPerfect pairings.<\/p>\n
~ J R Turek Hour 18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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