November 13 is National Indian Pudding Day. Last year, I (belatedly) wrote and blogged a poem about Indian Pudding. This year, I am sharing an Indian Pudding poem that I wrote in response to a prompt in the fall session of the Binghamton Poetry Project. Will Indian Pudding poems become a tradition at Top of JC’s Mind or next year will I move on to pies? Stay tuned!
Aunt Gert’s Indian Pudding
– by Joanne Corey
Hand-written from the recipe box
with a molasses stain
in the right corner
Promised to my daughter
who will travel five-thousand miles
to be with us this Thanksgiving
Generations of family tradition
steaming and fragrant
with a melting scoop of vanilla ice cream
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National Pudding Day? Interesing, I am going to have to google Indian Pudding now. I like the poem, makes me hungry 🙂
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National Indian Pudding Day – other kinds of pudding might have their own day, too? 😉 I grew up in New England, where Indian Pudding is a reminder of colonial times when English recipes were adapted to fit ingredients available, like Indian corn (maize).
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