Wednesday, December 21, 2005
No cooks in my family!
Well, thanks to Babs, I now have two traditional (one sinful) recipe for holiday meals or meals at other times... I got tot thinking how I don't have any recipes handed down to me, mainly because my mother did not know how to cook... she grew up as the spoiled only child in a household where my grandfather worked as an accountant/bookkeeper for a very wealthy man; hence, they had "help" in the household and cleaning and cooking were not required. They lived in the NYC area six months out of the year, and wintered in Central Florida for six months of the year. My grandmother (loved her dearly, she could do no wrong in my eyes) also came from a background where she had no recipes passed down to her, either. She was the youngest in a family of 13 children; her mother died while she was still in grade school, hence her older sister reared her. Her older sister spoiled her rotten and never showed her how to cook. Interestingly, when I would visit my great aunt with my grandmother, the meals were wonderful, old southern style cooking. Wish I would have had enough brains to gather some recipes from her, but I was still in grade school myself on these visits. My mother did cook for us, when sober, though not often; her meals left a lot to be desired. My husband was forced to eat her cooking early in our marriage while I was in the hospital for about 10 days, and he despised her cooking...
Funny how things work out. I like to cook, but stay pretty much within my comfort zone, mainly for lack of time, though once in awhile I'll try something new; works out about half the time.
Thanks for your support, Babs! Thanks for the kind words, Paul (Sooner). I appreciate the friends I have on this site, more than you realize.
Posted JDaaris @
6:33 AM ::
4 chocolate drops
Gimme some chocolate!
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