Roast potatoes
The stress of cooking a Christmas meal62 total reviews
Comment from evilynne
That's a lot of darn potatoes! Your poem reads well, rhymes nicely, and is enjoyable reading. I am suddenly craving potatoes! Evi
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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That's a lot of darn potatoes! Your poem reads well, rhymes nicely, and is enjoyable reading. I am suddenly craving potatoes! Evi
Comment Written 17-Dec-2016
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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It is the first time a poem of mine has stimulated the appetite! Thank you , Evi.
Comment from ExperiencingLiphe
Cooking for a lot of people can be stressful. When my grandpa comes up from Florida he usually stays with my parents. That means the everyone comes to my parents house to visit and my parents feed them. My parents don't really complain about the cooking but the cost of feeding everyone. You did a great job with this. Time to stop cooking and enjoy everyone a little bit :)
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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Cooking for a lot of people can be stressful. When my grandpa comes up from Florida he usually stays with my parents. That means the everyone comes to my parents house to visit and my parents feed them. My parents don't really complain about the cooking but the cost of feeding everyone. You did a great job with this. Time to stop cooking and enjoy everyone a little bit :)
Comment Written 17-Dec-2016
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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Your detailed comments are much appreciated. Your parents sound wonderful. Hopefully Christmas presents for them help to offset the cost factor.
Comment from royowen
I love roast potatoes, I have cooked roast dinner for quit a few at a time, but not quite 40, so I know what you mean. An excellent Yuletide poem, expounding the virtues of roast potatoes. Written aabb rhyming quatrains, nice evenish meter, and articulate expression, well done, blessings, Roy
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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I love roast potatoes, I have cooked roast dinner for quit a few at a time, but not quite 40, so I know what you mean. An excellent Yuletide poem, expounding the virtues of roast potatoes. Written aabb rhyming quatrains, nice evenish meter, and articulate expression, well done, blessings, Roy
Comment Written 17-Dec-2016
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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Roy, your review boosts my Christmas spirit! Thank you.
Comment from jaydub99
Interesting perspective on the Christmas time. Well written and it had a layer of personal angst. My mother always would brag of her "potatoes 'round the meat" and this brought back some of those memories for me. A good poem or piece of writing will do that. This is interesting, unique and shows great creativity. Good luck on the contest.
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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Interesting perspective on the Christmas time. Well written and it had a layer of personal angst. My mother always would brag of her "potatoes 'round the meat" and this brought back some of those memories for me. A good poem or piece of writing will do that. This is interesting, unique and shows great creativity. Good luck on the contest.
Comment Written 17-Dec-2016
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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Thank you for your detailed, warm review and good luck wishes.
Comment from Jim Lorson Sr
I like this Christmas poetry contest entry! The thought of cooking for 40 is daunting in itself. I love baked potatoes and my second love is fried potatoes with semi hot peppers. I cannot stand onions in my potatoes! Depending on the guests, I would do both!! I wish you great luck in this contest and must say, this is very well done my friend.
Take care and enjoy your weekend,,,,,,,Jim
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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I like this Christmas poetry contest entry! The thought of cooking for 40 is daunting in itself. I love baked potatoes and my second love is fried potatoes with semi hot peppers. I cannot stand onions in my potatoes! Depending on the guests, I would do both!! I wish you great luck in this contest and must say, this is very well done my friend.
Take care and enjoy your weekend,,,,,,,Jim
Comment Written 17-Dec-2016
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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Thank you, Jim, for your culinary comments and great rating. Happy Christmas to you!
Comment from nomi338
Amen! Preparing for four people is a whole lot less stressful than preparing to feed forty. There are five of us and we are very rarely on the same page for any meal. I am so sick of hearing, "I don't like that, you know I don't eat that." My response, "You ate that just last week, what happened?" I get this all the time. Now just imagine getting forty people to agree to eat the same of anything.
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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Amen! Preparing for four people is a whole lot less stressful than preparing to feed forty. There are five of us and we are very rarely on the same page for any meal. I am so sick of hearing, "I don't like that, you know I don't eat that." My response, "You ate that just last week, what happened?" I get this all the time. Now just imagine getting forty people to agree to eat the same of anything.
Comment Written 17-Dec-2016
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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Your great review brought to mind a couple of other comments made ( on Skype ) by my harassed friend. She tells of definite liks e and dislikes of this huge extended family.
Comment from Kurisu
I like you poem Roast potatoes. It rhymes and flows nicely. Sometimes we forget the true meaning and focus too much on the trivial which makes Christmas stressful. Nice poem. Well done. Best wishes. Kurisu.
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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I like you poem Roast potatoes. It rhymes and flows nicely. Sometimes we forget the true meaning and focus too much on the trivial which makes Christmas stressful. Nice poem. Well done. Best wishes. Kurisu.
Comment Written 17-Dec-2016
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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Thank you, Kurisu, for your great review. I hope you have a happy Christmas.
Comment from Heather Knight
Thanks for sharing your original poem. I had a lot of fun reading it. I feel for your friend. Forty people is too many! They should help her.
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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Thanks for sharing your original poem. I had a lot of fun reading it. I feel for your friend. Forty people is too many! They should help her.
Comment Written 17-Dec-2016
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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Thank you, Maria, for taking the trouble to read my poem and giving a great review.
Comment from johnwilson
Ha! The ending totally surprised me! Great rhyming and an interesting piece overall; I would suggest changing the 1st line in the second stanza because I don't like the word "but" at the beginning. Perhaps, "Restraints are many to completing this task". Also, the last stanza is a bit labored with the "but" again as well as the first line. Perhaps, "The mother's a friend of mine who I've tried to convince that all will be fine.
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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Ha! The ending totally surprised me! Great rhyming and an interesting piece overall; I would suggest changing the 1st line in the second stanza because I don't like the word "but" at the beginning. Perhaps, "Restraints are many to completing this task". Also, the last stanza is a bit labored with the "but" again as well as the first line. Perhaps, "The mother's a friend of mine who I've tried to convince that all will be fine.
Comment Written 17-Dec-2016
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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Thank you, John, for taking the trouble to read and review my poem. I'll have words with my muse for those suggested alterations.
Comment from jmcfadden1528
I come from an Irish heritage, so I clicked on it as soon as I saw potato lol. The poem flows well, however there are a few things I would change. The second stanza starts by saying, "But restraints there are to completing this task." It doesn't sound quite right. You might want to say "But restraints foreseen with this simple task" or even simply "But there are restraints to completing this task." Just my thoughts. Secondly, the last line in the second stanza, "And time involved is like running a race." didn't seem to flow well. Maybe change it to something ending with the word pace? Just my two cents. I liked the poem overall. I just thought I would mention this. Nice work!
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reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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I come from an Irish heritage, so I clicked on it as soon as I saw potato lol. The poem flows well, however there are a few things I would change. The second stanza starts by saying, "But restraints there are to completing this task." It doesn't sound quite right. You might want to say "But restraints foreseen with this simple task" or even simply "But there are restraints to completing this task." Just my thoughts. Secondly, the last line in the second stanza, "And time involved is like running a race." didn't seem to flow well. Maybe change it to something ending with the word pace? Just my two cents. I liked the poem overall. I just thought I would mention this. Nice work!
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The highest and the lowest rating are not included in calculations.
Comment Written 17-Dec-2016
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2016
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Thank you for taking the trouble to read and carefully inspect my poem.
