My mother liked butter, good creamy yellow farm butter, "Butter's better" she used to say, "Bet on it" - She liked marble too, so this is for her:
THE BUTTER BET
When the churn gives up its gold
The pats will last the better cold
Jugs with ale or cyder filled
Give of their best when slightly chilled
So do not pine for softwood planks
Bracketed in rising ranks
Please use marble in the larder
Nothing's smoother, nothing's harder
Makes the pastry nice and cool
Helps preserve the gooseberry fool
Persuades your apple jam to set
Yes marble is the butter betCopyright The Mundesley Hermit ©2004. All rights reserved
