Kumquat sausage on the grill
Gives your tastebuds quite a thrill.
Grapefruit-mango-meatball stew
Makes a cloudy sky turn blue.
“VERY NICE,” SAID JOACHIM,
“BUT WHEN DO WE GET RADISH CREAM?”
Sandwiches of cherry custard
Are enhanced by lots of mustard.
Better still than pear salami
Is a slice of peach pastrami.
“I’LL YELL AND HOLLER, SHOUT AND SCREAM,
UNTIL I GET MY RADISH CREAM!”
Kiwi gravy in a glob
Goes well with a grape kebab.
Chunks of slow-cooked rhubarb roast
Taste best served on melon toast.
“MY DINNER’S DONE, MY PLATE IS CLEAN,
SO PLEASE BRING IN THE RADISH CREAM!”
Squash sorbet and onion ice
Cleanse the palate—very nice.
Everyone loves cabbage mousse
Drizzled with some eggplant juice.
“ALL DAY LONG I PLAN AND SCHEME
OF WAYS TO GET SOME RADISH CREAM.”
Parsley-pepper pink parfaits
Brighten up those dreary days.
Olives perched on top of it
Finish off a turnip split.
“AT NIGHT I FALL ASLEEP AND DREAM
OF TASTY, TANGY RADISH CREAM.”
Scrumptious is a gooey lake
Of lettuce sauce on lima cake.
Every eye is all agleam
At the sight of radish cream.
“MY HEART IS GLAD, MY JOY EXTREME.
THREE BIG CHEERS FOR RADISH CREAM!”