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2022 Traditions Contest: Together: Like Beef and Noodles MAG

January 23, 2022
By yinm988 SILVER, Trenton, New Jersey
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It’s so much warmer to stay inside

And watch the slow snow fall

Blowing on my hot spoonful

My steaming udon noodles               

                                                      

I drink comfort, slurp satisfaction

My body radiates invigorating warmth

Rich spices together

Synergized in slow brewed broth

 

Hand stretched egg noodles

Made the old loving way with tradition

I can taste the caring hard work

a meal done right

 

Potatoes, carrots, scallions

Evoke a past autumn harvest

Slow stewed hearty beef

Makes for red chili burps

 

My chopsticks lift the noodles

Out of the golden soup, my tongue

Savors the flavors, warmth

Seeping through bone into soul

© MacMillan

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