{"id":6839,"date":"2013-01-28T11:03:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T16:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=6839"},"modified":"2017-04-20T14:15:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T18:15:18","slug":"to-an-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=6839","title":{"rendered":"To An Egg"},"content":{"rendered":"

(My friend and fellow Robert Burns admirer, Argyle Schield, continues to search for undiscovered\u00a0 collections of Burns’ work.\u00a0 Not long ago he discovered, in a dust covered chest in some attic or cellar in Scotland, a set of what he believes to be original and heretofore undiscovered works of Burns.\u00a0 After painstakingly transcribing many in that collection, he gave me permission to share this one publicly.\u00a0 I debuted it this past Saturday at our fifth annual Burns Supper and I now share it with a wider audience.\u00a0 You have to admit that after reading, well, I dunno, say, Burns’ famous poem, To A Mouse<\/a>, how much this one resembles it.\u00a0 It’s gotta be Burns, don’t you think?)<\/p>\n

To An Egg<\/p>\n

White ovoid bundle of versatile wonder,
\nYour riches I would love to plunder,
\nWhether thou art intact or torn asunder:
\nThe perfect food.
\nIgnoring thee would be a blunder
\nAnd somewhat rude.<\/p>\n

I love you scrambled, hot on the plate
\nFor that great meal I wouldna be late,
\nBut also with bacon, the right proper mate,
\nFried nice, easy.
\nNow there\u2019s a dish that carries weight,
\nThough a wee bit greasy.<\/p>\n

Or in an omelet you canna be beat
\nFull a\u2019 onion, cheese, pepper, and meat.
\nOr maybe w\u2019 haggis?\u00a0 Perfect!\u00a0 Neat!
\nMy mouth\u2019s a-waterin\u2019.
\nResisting you\u2019s an impossible feat,
\nMy will power\u2019s falterin\u2019.<\/p>\n

Soft-boiled or sunny-side, either\u2019s fine,
\nYour hot drippin\u2019 yolk is better \u2018n wine.
\nTo savor, to gobble, ah, truly divine!
\nOh what a giftie!
\nYou buck up my spirits and straighten my spine
\nGive quite a liftie.<\/p>\n

God bless crispy Scotch Eggs, a national dish
\nAre Egg McMuffins Scottish?\u00a0 You wish!
\nWe Scots sure like drinking: try a flip or gin fizz
\nPuts us in a roister.
\nDon\u2019t forget eggnog, beverage delish.
\nNeed a Prairie Oyster?<\/p>\n

How about wonderful creamy egg salad
\nA delectable treat worthy of a Scots ballad.
\nHard-boiled and deviled: also quite valid.
\nGive me some now!
\nNot eating these treats makes me pallid
\nAnd jumpy, somehow.<\/p>\n

Eggs international, Huevos Rancheros
\nEggs Muldoon and Neptune, Farafa de Ovos.
\nEgg-Drop Soup and Foo-Young, do you care-os?
\nAnything to suit.
\nEggs Florentine, Fitzpatrick, Huevos Motulenos,
\nCan you stomach balut?<\/p>\n

Shirred, coddled and basted or served in a quiche,
\nLoco moco, fritata, I don\u2019t care in the least.
\nBenedict, souffle, please serve me a piece,
\nCan\u2019t get enough.
\nEgg kaka, breakfast casserole, sheesh!
\nWonderful stuff!<\/p>\n

Also in cooking, pancakes and crepes,
\nHelps puddings, custards, my mouth hangs agape.
\nAlso fluffy meringues, such angular shape.
\nSauce Hollandaise.
\nCookies and cakes and gratins to scrape,
\nAlso mayonnaise.<\/p>\n

Oh bonnie wee eggy you help me walk tall,
\nThe Maker\u2019s great wondrous gift to us all.
\nWe\u2019ll stay close to you and surely not fall.
\nSo shall ye see.
\n(Is \u2018t odd the egg, would hold me in thrall?
\nThe yolk \u2018s on me.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(My friend and fellow Robert Burns admirer, Argyle Schield, continues to search for undiscovered\u00a0 collections of Burns’ work.\u00a0 Not long ago he discovered, in a dust covered chest in some attic or cellar in Scotland, a set of what he … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,519],"tags":[32,33,571,1066,1065],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6839"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6839"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7124,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6839\/revisions\/7124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}