Colin Watson
Stuart LangridgeOnce upon a day of beauty, while constructing conserves fruity
In a jam-pan overflown with sugar sweet and damsons raw
Gathered I your plums nutritious from the ice-box: cold, delicious
And I knew you'd be suspicious but this jelly you'd adore
E'en the gods do grant forgiveness bribed with buttered toast galore
Tea comes with it, furthermore.
ppk 🇪🇺@sil New word learned: damsons. Had to look it up. Comes from Damascene. Interesting.
@ppk I didn't know that was the etymology! Damsons are basically small sour plums; they get used a lot for cooking, I believe, although this is not my area of expertise :)
Charles Roper
@charlesroper @sil I don't want mysterious flavours in my jam, thanks so much.