[PW] poem on firewood and cooking

[Burton, Donna]

Is this one of interest? It doesn't mention a whole lot of food in it, and it's uncredited:
 
Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year,
Chestnut's only good they say,
If for logs 'tis laid away.
Make a fire of Elder tree,
Death within your house will be;
But ash new or ash old,
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold.

Birch and fir logs burn too fast
Blaze up bright and do not last,
it is by the Irish said
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E'en the very flames are cold
But Ash green or Ash brown
Is fit for a queen with golden crown.

Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke,
Apple wood will scent your room
Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom
Oaken logs, if dry and old
keep away the winter's cold
But Ash wet or Ash dry
a king shall warm his slippers by.
 
Donna Burton
Schaffer Library, Union College
Schenectady, NY 12308
burtond at union.edu
 

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Subject: [PW] poem on firewood and cooking



Would anyone know of a poem, written by a Maine author that appears in a poetry collection, on the subject of which types of firewood to be used for particular foods?

Would appreciate any assistance from the list.