Cookbook Giveaway at SimpleSpoonful.com

Happy New Year everyone! My friend Laurel at SimpleSpoonful.com is starting the new year on a fresh note by giving away some vegetarian cookbooks. The giveaways are a great addition to any kitchen...Moosewood selections and others. To enter the giveaway, Laurel is asking you to write a poem about a vegetable....but hurry, the deadline is midnight tonight Pacific time.

We are hoping a rap counts as a poem because this is our entry:

DJ Kimmus (featuring beetNick)

Yo, DJ
don’t kick da beet!!

da pppptttt-pppptttt tssssst
da pppptttt-pppptttt tssssst

here’s a little rap,
with a succulent beat,
about a tasty root
so earthy sweet!!

This little beet
is a double treat
greens on top,
and underneath
a juicy feat!!
Saute their greens,
and cook the meat.

red or gold
Yo,
behold!!
boiled… broiled…
this beet ain’t
SPOILED!!

Slice it
Dice it
throw it in a
Soup
suckin down some borscht
while ya sit on yur
STOOP!!

red and ROUND,
my hands stained
PINK
No matter yo
‘cuz this beet
STANKS!!

Yo, Check da beet…
da ppppttt-ppppttt tsssst
da ppppttt-ppppttt tsssst