Third Annual Love Food Haiku Challenge
New research has found that activities that engage the mind, such as reading and performing crossword puzzles, seem to help offset the early symptoms of dementia. In the spirit of keeping the mind nimble, we bring you our 3rd annual haiku contest.
How to enter:
Write a haiku ( 3 lines, 5-7-5 syllables) that describes your experience of once hating a certain food that you now love (or vice versa) . Wow. I know. Talk about distillation. You can do it. Here’s help: Write-a-haiku. Type your haiku as a comment to this post. Entries due by 6pm September 14th.
How winner is chosen:
This is a jury-ed contest (not a random drawing). At least 5 of us will read all and give our top three picks. The 3 haiku with the most votes will win. We will pick THREE WINNERS.
What will you win:
A copy of Feeding the Whole Family mailed directly to your door. Winners will be notified by email on September 15th and will have 24 hours to reply to the “winner” email ( so check your email on the 15th!). If there is no reply, we will choose another winner.
Good luck!
Here’s mine:
Mom served canned veggies
Asparagus taste like slime
Blanched with butter, yum!
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Bay leaf, pepper, dill,
Vinegar, garlic and cukes —
Pucker up, Baby
Comment by Eileen R — September 8, 2010 @ 8:02 am
Mama tried stealth, dried
flakes in meatloaf. Horror! Now,
food starts with onions.
Comment by Anna — September 8, 2010 @ 8:45 am
Ambrosia fruit
Salad looks like angel guts–
The Gods have no taste
Comment by Anne H — September 8, 2010 @ 8:58 am
Mom loves eating them
I finally came around
Yummy Brussel Sprouts
Comment by Judy R — September 8, 2010 @ 9:08 am
Gritty lima beans
I hid them under my knife
Well hey, I still do!
Comment by Judy R — September 8, 2010 @ 9:11 am
Once forgone onion
Left forgotten in the pan
Brown tips like sugar
Comment by Hester — September 8, 2010 @ 9:23 am
Child shuns the olive
That green flesh is too salty
Now, I relish them
Comment by Regis Lacher — September 8, 2010 @ 9:24 am
Brussel sprouts, halved: yuck!
Browned in oil, garlic, then steamed…
Yummy! They’re the best!
Comment by Valerie Hebert — September 8, 2010 @ 9:39 am
Most beautiful sight.
Canned peaches on the counter.
Sunlight through the jars.
Comment by Michelle — September 8, 2010 @ 11:06 am
Oops! I got all inspired about writing a haiku about preserving, and didn’t read the instructions carefully enough. Here’s my second attempt, actually following directions this time:
Wouldn’t taste for years.
Think of all the time wasted.
Nothing better than beets!
Comment by Michelle — September 8, 2010 @ 11:13 am
beef liver is gross
but grind it with beef at home
delightful burger
Comment by Michelle D — September 8, 2010 @ 11:28 am
skinny little lass
force fed chocolately treats
simply sick of it!
Comment by Theresa — September 8, 2010 @ 11:45 am
in the month of May
bitter dandelion greens
love ‘em now…thanks, mom!
Comment by Patricia — September 8, 2010 @ 11:51 am
Gloopy instant oats
Elmers glue with less flavor
Creamy steel-cut, Yum!
Comment by Angie — September 8, 2010 @ 12:04 pm
I used to hate fish
But fresh grilled fish with lemon
Now that is a dish
Comment by Kenly Brozman — September 8, 2010 @ 3:31 pm
in suburbia
white bread was quite a “wonder”
now we know better
Comment by Patricia — September 9, 2010 @ 11:02 am
thanks for the contest
I already have the book
I’ll write anyway
Comment by Nicole — September 9, 2010 @ 12:22 pm
Married “brussel man”
Sprouts taste best in garlic, yum!
Now, “brussel madame”!
Comment by Shannon — September 9, 2010 @ 3:10 pm
The baby won’t eat food
He can’t just nurse forever!
At least he likes fries.
Comment by Lara Alexander — September 9, 2010 @ 3:44 pm
sweet potatoes, yuck!
gagging down, now roasting slow
celebrating fall
Comment by sara — September 9, 2010 @ 3:53 pm
sun dried tomatoes
a chef’s enjoyable treat?
smells like dirty feet!
Comment by Terrie — September 9, 2010 @ 5:43 pm
how could I deny
pockets full of lima beans
hidden from mother
can I write more than one?!
Comment by tyler — September 9, 2010 @ 7:57 pm
On behalf of my 1 year old son, Oliver..
Used to throw them out.
Those tiny peas that go *pop!*
Now I eat them all!
Comment by Suzanne Teller — September 10, 2010 @ 6:01 am
Fall is felt at night
pumpkins coming what a fright
time for spicy pie!
Comment by Jennifer Sanders — September 10, 2010 @ 7:32 am
mushrooms, once dirty
inedible earlobes, now
spring to be burgers.
Comment by Tim — September 10, 2010 @ 12:33 pm
How could I not know
the glory of raw garlic?
I have missed so much!
Comment by Margaret — September 10, 2010 @ 12:42 pm
“Kale” was an unknown -
Never crossed my mind or plate.
Now it’s a green fave.
Comment by Nancy — September 10, 2010 @ 4:00 pm
spinach so bright green,
a color I didn’t like,
colors my smoothie
Comment by Tara — September 10, 2010 @ 5:24 pm
An olive-green mess,
Peas from a can can’t compare
To those freshly picked!
Comment by Barb C — September 10, 2010 @ 5:51 pm
O Bok Choy O Boy
Once Dinner Plate Castaway
Now CSA Joy
Comment by Marc — September 10, 2010 @ 6:29 pm
Ten foot pole too close
Pepsi helped me wash them down
Yum now, brussels sprouts!
Comment by Vicki M — September 10, 2010 @ 6:54 pm
“mountain raspberries”
“they’ll make your hair curl” mom said
love those beets, thanks mom.
Comment by Madeline — September 10, 2010 @ 8:11 pm
Massaged Kale Salad?
Daughter made and I then knew
Healthy and Delish!
Comment by Sandra F — September 11, 2010 @ 7:05 am
danish, cakes, breads, rolls
coughing, chest pain, reflux kills
gluten-free, pain free
Comment by Janet — September 11, 2010 @ 9:25 am
yellow, white, red, green
onions raw makes stomach ache
add oil and heat
Comment by sadie — September 11, 2010 @ 10:29 am
soggy, long, stringy
slabs of sulfurous onions
now smooth, sweet, silky
Comment by sarah k. — September 11, 2010 @ 4:50 pm
how many times can we enter
Comment by sarah k. — September 11, 2010 @ 4:50 pm
Mom’s bread, brown like dirt:
dense, barely edible lump.
Delicious buttered.
sprouts: bitter, slimy.
scales of ignorance fall. now:
piquant, unctuous.
Comment by sarah k. — September 11, 2010 @ 5:10 pm
I neglected to define that! My advice however is to choose your best one and enter once.
Comment by Cynthia — September 12, 2010 @ 8:13 am
Wait…..I messed up…disregard first post!
Look at your wee head.
You are stinky but delish!
Brussel Sprout delish!
Comment by Emily Smith — September 12, 2010 @ 2:05 pm
my little Lily
first taste of ripened mango
in love at first taste
Comment by mauli — September 12, 2010 @ 2:54 pm
Steak cooked so well-done
the poor cow has been stripped of
all its dignity.
Comment by Becky Boutch — September 12, 2010 @ 8:01 pm
No matter how small
green peppers must be picked out
now I taste the depth
Comment by Christina — September 12, 2010 @ 8:59 pm
Beets! As I kid I
tried feeding you to my dog…
…Then I fell in love!
Comment by Jill — September 12, 2010 @ 10:46 pm
Oh squash, I loathed you!
Stringy, slimey, yellow goo.
Now squash can’t be beat!
Comment by David — September 12, 2010 @ 10:59 pm
Canned corn. What a bore.
On the cob the taste explodes
Yum, corn on the cob!
Comment by Barbara Yanoshek — September 12, 2010 @ 11:26 pm
Picked off all onions
from every food surface
Now I know better!
Comment by Becky — September 13, 2010 @ 9:44 am
Fishy red salmon
Oily goodness within
Once feared, now adored
Comment by Lesley — September 13, 2010 @ 10:15 am
Little green pea pile
Cooked balls of childhood horror
Now, soup is de-lish!
Comment by Karen M. — September 13, 2010 @ 2:31 pm
Kale dark, green not pale
Cookus Interruptus: boil
four minutes, no more
Comment by Amy Rose — September 13, 2010 @ 3:35 pm
Oh how I hated
Tomato sauce chunky…
Bring on the chunks!
Comment by Lauren Grimshaw — September 13, 2010 @ 5:25 pm
Eggs: poached, hard, sunny,
brown, green, quail, ostrich. “Rotten!”
Bhurji broke my yoke!
Comment by Chad — September 14, 2010 @ 6:57 am
Green beans and taters
Boiled into submission
Heavenly roasted
Comment by katy s — September 14, 2010 @ 9:45 am
Yuck, bitter melon!
Bitter melon omelet,
Dipped in ketchup, Yum!
Comment by Vanessa R. — September 14, 2010 @ 10:51 am
Hope I’m not too late . . . needed to get the baby to sleep before I could logon.
We just returned from a trip to CA, and the heat of late summer fruit there . . .
Pierce ruby jewels
Sweet tangy bitter burst
Pomegranite bites
Comment by Susie Fox — September 15, 2010 @ 8:53 pm