When Rick was a child, he said he knew what his mom would be making for dinner simply by what day of the week it was. If it was Monday, they would have pot roast for dinner. Tuesday was usually fried chicken, and so on. In fairness to his mother, she worked full time and she was always very busy keeping up the house and such. She loved to cook, but didn't have a lot of time.
When we first got married and I made my first pot roast, I was so proud. It was all perfectly prepared, cooked perfectly, it even looked perfect on the platter. I remember Rick came home from work and when he looked at my beautifully prepared platter, his face fell and he said, "Oh. Pot roast." I was devastated. Here I had worked all day (and it was pretty much all afternoon because I was such a novice cook) to make a good dinner and he didn't want it. And that's when he told me that, "If it's Monday, we're having pot roast." He said he really never wanted to see a pot roast again.
My mother was not an adventurous cook, nor was my father an adventurous eater. She had a few meals that she rotated, but I don't ever remember thinking that if it was Monday, then we would be having "whatever" for supper that night. I do remember eating nothing but rice and milk with cinnamon sometimes or potatoes with bacon and eggs; my parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never starved. Mom and Dad made sure we had something. Dad was such a meat-and-potatoes man; my mother never made lasagna or tuna and noodles. We hardly ever even had spaghetti. I never had a slice of pizza until after I got married (and that was when Rick's mom made a Chef Boy ar Dee Pizza mix one night). It was always some kind of meat with potatoes and a side dish. Dessert was usually some kind of cake or drop cookies; Mom made the best hot milk sponge cake ever and it was a favorite in our house. It kept Dad happy and Mom didn't have time for much more than that as she worked full time, too. She didn't want us in the kitchen because we would make a mess. So I never cooked a thing until after we got married. Needless to say, learning to cook was a long process for me!
How did your mom cook? Did she have her standard meals or did she have a good variety of main dishes that she used. Did she try new recipes? Did you know that, if it was Monday, you would have pot roast for dinner?
When we first got married and I made my first pot roast, I was so proud. It was all perfectly prepared, cooked perfectly, it even looked perfect on the platter. I remember Rick came home from work and when he looked at my beautifully prepared platter, his face fell and he said, "Oh. Pot roast." I was devastated. Here I had worked all day (and it was pretty much all afternoon because I was such a novice cook) to make a good dinner and he didn't want it. And that's when he told me that, "If it's Monday, we're having pot roast." He said he really never wanted to see a pot roast again.
My mother was not an adventurous cook, nor was my father an adventurous eater. She had a few meals that she rotated, but I don't ever remember thinking that if it was Monday, then we would be having "whatever" for supper that night. I do remember eating nothing but rice and milk with cinnamon sometimes or potatoes with bacon and eggs; my parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never starved. Mom and Dad made sure we had something. Dad was such a meat-and-potatoes man; my mother never made lasagna or tuna and noodles. We hardly ever even had spaghetti. I never had a slice of pizza until after I got married (and that was when Rick's mom made a Chef Boy ar Dee Pizza mix one night). It was always some kind of meat with potatoes and a side dish. Dessert was usually some kind of cake or drop cookies; Mom made the best hot milk sponge cake ever and it was a favorite in our house. It kept Dad happy and Mom didn't have time for much more than that as she worked full time, too. She didn't want us in the kitchen because we would make a mess. So I never cooked a thing until after we got married. Needless to say, learning to cook was a long process for me!
How did your mom cook? Did she have her standard meals or did she have a good variety of main dishes that she used. Did she try new recipes? Did you know that, if it was Monday, you would have pot roast for dinner?