SALT AND PEPPER'S ONLY FOR WHEN VEGETABLES ARE BLAND

(Music: SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, Lennon-McCartney) (info./disclaimers) (glossary) (index) (gardening guide)

It was twenty years ago today
I started eating in a different way
Started spicing with a different style
Subtler flavors that'll make me smile
Now let me introduce to you
A fact that may arouse some fears:
From my table, salt and pepper are banned

Well, salt and pepper's only for when vegetables are bland
And that should never be the case
Salt and pepper's only for when vegetables are bland
But my garden it is no disgrace

Salt and pepper's only, salt and pepper's only, salt and pepper's only for food that's bland

It's wonderful to raise your own
It's certainly a thrill
Nutrition is superior
And tastes are incredibulous
From food that's grown at home

I don't really want to rock your shoe
But your diet can be something new
You can resensitize your tongue
Go from worn-out, to being young
If you wean yourself from pepper and salt
And oil-and-sugar syrup malt
You'll start to taste the beauty of the land

Comments: The Beetless pull no punches in their ode to natural flavors.

 
Excerpted from The Beetless' Gardening Book: An Organic Gardening Songbook/Guidebook, copyright 1997 by Chris Roth (info./disclaimers) (glossary) (index) (gardening guide)