tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post4139369995269246732..comments2024-03-27T20:22:42.005-06:00Comments on light-in-leaves: Rose Petal Jelly, and Rose and Lavender SyrupsMarilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17085334272613025173noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-54698393862790800472012-10-05T22:56:39.251-06:002012-10-05T22:56:39.251-06:00I suppose it is futile to complain that no one sho...I suppose it is futile to complain that no one should be able to do both cooking and poetry - and that cooking poetry or poetic cooking is simply show-offy and over-lucky - and smart and brilliant and artistic. Now I want to taste the jelly, but I'd have to make it myself, and - as I tried a new recipe for spiced fried cheese sticks (football food) only last week, I am not scheduled to cook anything else for another year and a half. It was not poetry. I wasn't even food for us. But melty cheese is certainly lovely in its own right. The flowers look so beautiful in their trays, and the results are so fresh in color - but the best part are those faces, boys who paint petals with sugared egg. Even writing that makes me feel clever and delicate.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040714440875408436noreply@blogger.com