Ode to Fall Foods and How I Love Thee
Ode to Fall Foods and How I Love Thee
Ode to Fall Foods,
And how I love thee,
Because o’ fare of autumn,
you are undoubtly the most tasty.
It seems that all my favorite foods,
become popular in fall,
particularly apples,
which besides pumpkins,
are my favorite most of all.
There’s apple pie and apple cake,
apple cinnamon muffins and cookies,
apple tarts with little pastry leaves and apple stuffed chicken or pork,
caramel apples or caramel apple pecan pies…
(Anything dripping with caramel is a winner in my book.)
My second favorite fall foods have to do with pumpkin,
Which you can’t deny,
is both delicious and healthy,
Which means whatever treats I desire, I can have twice as many!
Photo courtesy of Taste of Home.
There are pumpkin bars smothered in cream cheese icing,
Pumpkin cinnamon rolls or pumpkin muffins with cinnamon streusel,
pumpkin cakes and pumpkin pies,
Even pumpkin empanadas for those of us dwelling in the land of cacti.
If I wanted to, actually, I could have pumpkin for every meal for a day,
Pumpkin waffles or pancakes for breakfast,
Pumpkin bread for sandwiches for lunch,
Pumpkin muffins or cinnamon rolls for dinner,
And pumpkin pie for a small smackeral after–
Oh, what a glorious day that would be…
don’t you agree?
My mother’s pumpkin bread is a favorite,
that I look forward to all year.
It’s famous from years of PTA breakfasts, office parties and most gatherings,
and what I give to the neighbors each year for Christmas.
And let’s not forget the other fall fave,
Pecan pie.
Just one bite, one morsel,
And you’ll be so happy you want to die.
(I promise my father feels that way. He’s just so emotional like that.)
And if you really want to kick up your pecan pie a notch,
drown it in cinnamon roll “gravy”, as we say around here.
Your dentist will rejoice, your cardiologist will dance,
And your tailor will swear at you,
as you’ll no longer fit in your pants.
(A small price to pay for such tasty joy, I say.)
And we’ve hardly touched all the other fall foods I adore,
Like stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes,
Sweet potatoes (or yams for you Northerners),
Pears and lucious dinner rolls…all that and more.
Ode to fall foods,
and how I love thee,
From pumpkins to cranberries,
apples to pears,
Stuffing to sweet potatoes,
and pie to pancakes–
Only you,
my dear autumn treats,
can make me eat,
myself into defeat.
Ode to Fall foods,
And how I love thee,
For in fall, I find everything,
Simply wonderfully tasty.
Stay tuned, Invisible Friends! We have a new Isadora tomorrow (it’s almost the end!) and a tasty new recipe Thursday! A new Dallas Jean Friday and some more fall fun Sunday! Stay tuned!
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:01 am
Haha what you said! I totally agree, fall foods are brilliant
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:39 am
Oh how this taunts me!
I am currently 3 days into a No Sweets/Dessert Month – why did I read this?! I could so eat a piece of pie right now, mmmmmm pie…..
Popped over from SITS, have a great day
x
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:55 am
what a perfect list of goodness.
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:09 am
I love everything is made from pumpkins.
The poems are just beautiful ,selection of foods, picks, everything!!
Now you made me hungry!!
hugs hugs
P.S. There are some other awards coming out!! Be in touch!.
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:51 am
Too much good stuff all at once! All I made over the weekend was a pumpkin cheesecake, and I almost didn’t make it because the stores had run out of pureed pumpkin. I did find a can tucked away in the back of my pantry after crawling on all fours.
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:00 am
I am now officially starving and craving everything here! *drool*
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:05 am
“Gravy” huh? sounds DIVINE!!!
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:26 am
F.F.F.F.= Fall Foods Filling Fun!
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:32 am
Okay i am drooling now. Look at all that delicious grub!!!!
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:42 am
So cute! But darn it, I’m hungry!
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 am
Yep…you definitely need to go to the food museum…lol!
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:55 am
I knew this was gonna be a sweet filled post! Yummy!
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:02 am
I think I’m drooling…
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:08 am
Yes, fall foods are definitely worth singing about!
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:16 am
I’m craving every thing here!!!!
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:32 am
Yum! I am ready for Thanksgiving now. That apple pie in the second picture looks delicious!
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:37 am
It’s official, I think we’re on for a “sweatpants party”- sp you ask? you have to wear them b/c it’s essentially a food binge! oooooh wouldn’t that be fun?!
kHm
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:42 am
I made cranberry-sweet potato bread last night, and it was wonderful. Of course, I had to make cranberry sauce to use the rest of the bag. And your father always looks so thrilled about everything; it makes me laugh. I’m waiting for the boys to bring me apples for some pie!
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:02 am
WOW! You will need to diet after Christmas! These goodies look fantastic! I love cranberries and pumpkin, and we have had a really good year for apples and pears! Caramelised pears are just yummy too!
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:14 am
The apples, oh the apples, so many apples and so little time! Wait until you see the apple pie i post later this week!
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:17 am
Fall food is the best. In fact, fall is the best, all the way around!
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:33 am
Miss Miranda, I have an award for you! Stop by to pick it up when you get the chance.
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:44 am
YUM YUM YUM! This made me so hungry, and I have to wait another hour for lunch!
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:47 am
Not only have you made me incredibly hungry, you’ve made me covet any and all foods made with pumpkin. First up, a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks because: a) I really need some caffeine right now; and b) I don’t have to make it myself, just hand over the money and scoop up my treat!
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:53 am
I’m right there with you! I love it all!
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:17 am
You hit the fall food nail right on center!
Nothing on this list not to love! Let’s get cooking.
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:21 am
Beautiful ode and delicious cakes! The third one is so fantastic, in Italy we say: it’s the end of the world!!
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:22 am
i couldn’t have said it better myself. fall is the best time to eat!
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:32 am
oh i love it!!! this was surely fun..
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:40 am
perfecto – mundo
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:22 am
ALL the food looks great!
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:53 am
I agree Fall foods are my very favorite! especially Pecan pie!
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:56 am
apple pie, apple cake, apple muffins, apple tarts, caramel apples, caramel apple pecan pies. yeah, i’ll take anything apple-y or anything caramel-y, but something containing both just wins.
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:01 am
Sigh, now I’m busy dreaming of ways to eat apples. Oh, apples.
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:52 am
tummies are rumbling for them!! yummm!!
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:00 am
OK YUUUUUUUUUM. I so want that apple pie. Everything looks delicious!
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:17 am
Any ode that includes food like that, I am all over:-)
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Those all look amazing!! Now I’m hungry
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:53 pm
all of these look so yummy!!! fall is for sure the time for comfort food!
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:10 pm
yum. I made a pecan pie for the first time last thanksgiving, and had to add chocolate to it!
I knew about your book signing because you had it on your rollcall post at SITS yesterday. Although it would be fun to be psychic.
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Oh yes, I completely agree! Fall foods are my weakness. I LOVE the sound of that cinnamon roll “gravy”…I would love to become acquainted with with a spoonful of that!
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:35 pm
I love it! Yes, anything pumpkin is the BEST!!
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:49 pm
What a nice tribute to yummy fall foods!
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Fall is the best! I love your families “gravy” that is best tasting gravy I have seen
Also I will make a pumpkin coconut pie for you anytime….but can I have a slice of your sisters pie too 
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:13 pm
I love the fall too. It’s my favorite time of year to cook and bake.
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
That gravy on the pecan pie is divine! I’m so hungry now! I love all these Fall foods!
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:51 pm
I would like a meal that consists of all of the above. Is that piggish?
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:27 pm
I love it all and I would be happy to join you for that pumpkin meal. Especially dinner. Muffins or better yet, cinnamon rolls for dinner and pie for dessert. I’ll bring the pumpkin lattes!
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:44 pm
I love all these!! Look delicious!! gloria
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Fantastic. I made my November shopping list. I think I’m going to cook three turkeys and lots of mashed potatoes and stuffing. And I’ve already started to make pumpkin mini-muffins. I LOVE fall food too!!!
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:53 pm
I could feel my waist line expanding just reading your post. The upcoming fall menu is going to be a yummy one for sure.
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Those photos – so much deliciousness! Autumn food really is great!
November 4th, 2009 at 2:33 am
The pies look so delicious and mouth watering.
November 4th, 2009 at 3:12 am
Well said! Oh, that apple pie looks so scrumptious.
So glad I’ve found you through SITS. Thanks for the morning sugar rush!
November 4th, 2009 at 4:01 am
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! Fall foods are my favorites as well, especially the ones you’ve listed above. Pumpkin especially. I can actually it eat for every meal. And I don’t think I would ever get bored.
November 4th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Oh how delicious! You are making me hungry! I am really craving some pumpkin bread.
November 4th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
It all looks so wonderful! I’ve never had anything “pumpkin.” Only pumpkin seeds. Maybe next year I’ll try to cook something “pumpkin!”
November 4th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
This has made me so hungry – great pictures! Thanks for stopping by my blog
November 4th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Fall foods are my favorite also. Nothing beats apples, pumpkins, cranberries, pecans, and thanksgiving foods. I am so with you on this one, girlfriend!
November 4th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Fall foods are sure wonderful!
November 4th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Now I’m starving!
November 4th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
You’ve just made me very hungry! I love pumpkin and apples too – even though our seasons are reversed, I am happy to make this stuff now. Love the photo of your Dad with his pie and gravy – always makes me laugh.
November 6th, 2009 at 7:59 am
lots of good things there – I’m in love with stuffing too! I just made my kids pumpkin pancakes this past weekend – yummy! Those pumpkin Cinnamon rolls look quite divine!
November 6th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Goodness I’m hungry now….I must to stick to my diet. He!
November 6th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Your wonderful fall food feast is inspiring me to go make something fallish right now! I think….pumpkin cupcakes!
November 6th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Oooohhhh, girl! I gained back 5 pounds just reading this post!
November 6th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
I could not agree more!!! Mmmmmmm……….love it all!!! =D
November 8th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
I totally love fall foods to. This is a perfect Ode to Fall Foods.