


The recipe looks
Unlike most shortbread I’ve seen
What am I making?
I candied ginger.
I could not find it at store.
So boiled it for hours.
Next, chopped up the root,
mixed it with oats and I baked.
What now, should I taste?
Gingery flavor,
but alas, texture of sand.
With frosting better.
Perhaps not the best
Linda Collister I ask,
“Why include this one?”