Apples (2) - September 26, 2014

A second round for apples ... when I lived in Northern Africa, I discovered that the only apples that could be found were imported from the cooler European climes. An agronomist explained, that the fruit won't form unless the tree had undergone a winter freeze. 

American Verse

Mock apple pie in Chad - cinnamon, sugar and thin sliced eggplant.

American Haiku

bright red apples
gift of the winter
received in autumn

Haiku

bobbing for apples
a jack-o-lantern looks on
children laughing

Apples - September 24, 2014

For today Jane Reichhold's kigo at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is apples ..

Anyone who's read my posts lately know that we've received a basket of first apples from a friend.  They're a tad green and very tart.  The smell of those apples though filled the room ('til we put them out in a cool dry spot) reminding me of the poor dwarfs in the Hobbit who had escaped from the Elves in barrels that had been used to store apples ... when I read this the first time, I was eating an apple, it brought the story alive!

apple trees heavy
farmers harvest first fruits
ah ... tart and tangy

tart cooking apples
mixed in with spices and yogurt
Madras chicken

cinnamon and sugar
apples slices and raisons
strudel for supper