Pickled Beets

a recipe poem (Paulette and I wrote many of them. We wanted a book)

Gorgeous beets

at the farmer’s market:

yellow orange red.

Beet greens beautiful too.

I bought them to pickle.

Never pickled beets before

but I knew it was easy

and the Greek supermarket

was selling pickled beets

with fava beans which seemed

perfect so I roasted the beets

for an hour or so then cleaned

and sliced them. Meanwhile

boiling a cup of balsamic vinegar

with a cup of water and some

spices and mustard and

a little bit sugar. Sautéed the greens

and put beets and dressing and greens

together in a bright yellow bowl.

Refrigerated for an hour then

added some fava beans.

(More or less perfect)