WHISTLE BERRIES

Having lived in Arizona for over fifty years, I qualify as a “Desert Rat”! Technically I am not a native Arizonan, but I sure feel like one. A favorite among the natives and long-time residents like myself are pinto beans.  Pintos are the main ingredient in recipes for cowboy beans and also used as a side dish with many Mexican entrees  . . . . “los frijoles refritos” (refried beans)

The idea to write a beans poem came to me after making a large pot of cowboy beans with ham  . . . spiced up with jalapeno chilies. . . . .Yummmmm.

The photo was found on the internet with a Google photo search……Thank you, Google!

Enjoy the poem . . . . .

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Pintos, black beans and a ham hock

Simmered slowly around the clock
A big cast-iron pot of cowboy stew
Enough to feed a hungry trail crew

The crew chows down as cowboys will
They eat until they reach their fill
Oh, how cowboys love eating their beans

Putting a strain on their tight-fitting jeans
 

Tired and belly full, they all bed-down

A peaceful scene with nary a sound 

Calm interrupted by an occasional snore
Then beans kicked in and it’s quiet no more

Beans, beans . . . . The wonderful fruit

The more you eat the more you “toot”

The more you toot, the better you feel

So eat those beans with every meal!!!

                                              Poem by Herm Meyer

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STUFF:

Pinto beans have a few slang names.......Whistle berries, Pecos strawberries and Fart-n-Darts to name a few. The following comical drawing points out the side effect of the beans . . . . .

I have to admit . . . . The last verse of the poem is an old western jingle that's been around for many years. I borrowed it for the ending as it was too good not to share........Herm

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