What to eat and How to eat It.

To eat or not to eat is what is pestering my mind
to peel it from the top or to tear it from behind?

To eat it boiled or roasted or fried
in gravy , in sauce or cold and dried.

To chew it, suck it or may be swallow it whole
in slices, pieces or a tied up roll.

Brown when hot , yellow when cold
older the better , but not too old.

Fresh or stale or preserved in ice
bland , plain or a kin of some spice.

Chilled, Boiling, red hot for some
soft for some and for some to crump.

To be had with wine and sometimes water
great in the company of the Boss' daughter.

At noon,at dawn , at dusk or when it sets
a mood pensive or in midst of threats.

Easy, fast or quick if you may like
a salmon, a trout or take a pike.

In oil , without it, with it but without
wrapped in velvet or in a clout.

Eat it while you can dear Sir
for they say each year brings more doubt.