Katz Quadrille
Cabbage calls
Honey moons
Grapes grope
Scoby sirens sing
Flour water waits
Attuned for
Wild whooshes
Yowling yeasts descend
Bashful bacteria nuzzle up
Sauerkraut kimchi cha-chas
Meandering mead
Charismatic chablis
Kiwi kombucha kicks
San Franciscan sourdough
Fermentation frenzy
Build it and they will come
To learn more about Sandor Katz and Wild Fermentation, go here.
Kim, Writing from North Norfolk, is today’s host for dVerse. Kim says:
This week I’d like you to take any meaning, form or compound of the word wild, and write a poem of exactly 44 words (not counting your title), including the prompt word.
image link here
This sounds like a dance!
LikeLiked by 2 people
And it is in a way, glad you can see it.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I do make my own sauerkraut… I think that might be the easiest thing you can ferment, and it’s delicious to serve alongside.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Good for you, Bjorn (see chart) and fun and taking your health into your own hands. I’ve made them all except for the chablis, and the sourdough was from wild yeast floating in the air.
LikeLike
I’m afraid I’m not a big fan of fermented things, except maybe that San Franciscan sourdough and a little hard cider. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Did you know that chocolate is a fermented food? 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
I refuse to believe that. 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
We’re having sauerkraut on Wednesday! I love it. This was a fun quadrille, Jade, jazzy and wild! I love the idea of bashful bacteria nuzzling up in a fermentation frenzy.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yum, sauerkraut on mashed potatoes is my favorite! 🙂 ❤ on your comment.
LikeLiked by 1 person
With apple sauce!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I wanted to end with Cha,cha cha! Wonderful Lisa.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Linda!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ah, I love this so much. I’m a fan of all of these, and it’s so amazing how full the larder is even with a 44-word limitation! All of this dancing fizzing food just makes me wild!
LikeLiked by 2 people
I’m so glad, Victoria! ❤
LikeLike
Very fun to read – lots of good lines there. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks!
LikeLiked by 1 person
The gardener in you emerges! Delightful!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you, Vivian, and the fermenter as well!
LikeLike
Fermentation frenzy — build it, they will come…
“Sauerkraut kimchi cha-chas
Meandering mead
Charismatic chablis
Kiwi kombucha kicks”
LOVING these lines!
My son-in-law is very much into the fermentation aspect you describe here. We laughed and snapped a photo of a sign we saw last Sunday at a vendor’s booth at the local farmers’ market in San Diego:
T. G. I. F.
Thank God it’s fermented
🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh so cool, Lillian. I like the idea of young people using the old ways. The thing I’ve found most resistance to be others is the kombucha. The only thing they connect to is when I tell them how much a bottle of it costs from the store. Thanks for the new meaning for TGIF.
LikeLike
Nice line about bacteria: “Bashful bacteria nuzzle up”
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Frank 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
This was such fun to read.
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂 I’m glad to have been of service in your fun.
LikeLike
A clever take on the prompt.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you.
LikeLike
It sounds like you know what your are doing. This was fun to read.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, Truedessa 🙂
LikeLike
This is such a delightful read! 💝💝
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks so much, Sanaa.
LikeLike
this is obviously a passion for you and it comes through with your enchanting lines!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Kate, it is.
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
oh your lines are lilting and dancing and twirling jovially! love this rhymical recipe!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks so much and glad you liked it.
LikeLiked by 1 person
A delightful fermentation dance!
I baked some artisan bread from dough that had been in the refrigerator for several days, so that’s my little bit of fermentation. 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂 Glad you enjoyed the poem, Merril.
LikeLiked by 1 person
This is wonderfully written, Jade. I love the alliteration! My favorite line is “Sauerkraut kimchi cha-chas”
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you much 🙂
LikeLike
So much fun wordplay here, Jade! And it’s making me hungry, too!
LikeLiked by 1 person