Tomato Jam, Mam

©2020, Olan L. Smith

Give me two of those table-of-spoons

Of sweet Olive Oyl, says Popeye the Sailor Man,

And the vampire slayer adds a clove-of-garlic,

While the cook chimes for chopped-juicy pared

Tomatoes, two full pounds; three tables-of-spoons

Of bleached grain sugar. Oh, and that crimson red

Wine vine-of-gar, and half a spoon-of-teas of

Canonical-salt, plus, quarter tea-of-spoon ebon pepper.

Turn the flame on medium, and warm your

Grease. Complement with shallots and garlic,

And then stir-fry for five-o-minutes of the

Tick-a-tock, clock. Add-on diced-of-

Tomatoes, sweet-o-sugar, vine-o-gar,

Kosher salt, and ebon-pepper.

Fry over mid temperature of fire, till liquidity is

Petered out, and the totality of the sauce is

Two and a half-o-cups, cool before using.

(Dedicated to Seasofme for the inspire ration, also the recipe on the YouTube video is not the one I use for the poem, enjoy.)