A semi-found poem based on the OECD Studies on Tourism and the Tourism Experience: The OECD-Korea Workshop[1] taken from the article ‘tis the season for a serving of sheep’s head? posted on dangerous minds[2]
burn away the wool from the head
leave the skin intact & brown
split the head into halves by axe
remove the organs but the eye & tongue
clean, salt, & dry for days
then smoulder on a cold smoke
of juniper, dry oak or alder
having been both salted & smoked
the head could be preserved in an airy place for months
to serve the dish
water & steam the head for three hours
then present with stewed Swedish turnips
& potatoes boiled in the skin
First published in Tincture Journal, November, 2015
[1] OECD Studies on Tourism and the Tourism Experience: The OECD-Korea Workshop, OECD Publishing 2012, ISBN 978-9264171923
[2] http://dangerousminds.net/comments/a_serving_of_sheeps_head
