Pot-au-feu is a traditional French dish my grand mother cooked through the crucial seasons of my early childhood.
Pot-au-feu
Stock memories inside a pot
wide, deep enough to
let the marrow from
the bone melt and
flavour what
you
picked up from
the garden,
what you harvested through
the years –
sprinkle with salt, pepper and
thyme,
tie-in fresh parsley and
bay leaves,
nail them with
cloves,
let
all simmer for a lifetime.
Scoop and savour hot
with
mustard.
NH 2019