Happy Weekend!
Has does your style of cooking resemble how your mom cooked? Do you cook like she does/did? How different do you cook?
I have many of my mom's favorite recipes and I use them. Some of them have been handed down from my grandmother and aunts. Her Old Black Joe cake is delicious, for example, and so is her Hot Milk Sponge Cake. She primarily cooked from scratch when we were kids, although she wasn't very adventurous, both because Dad was a big meat and potatoes fan and because she never seemed to have a lot of time. She was a good cook; I loved her fried chicken and waffles. She made the best meatloaf in her electric skillet, no loaf pans. I didn't care for her ground beef bbq or her spaghetti. But, oh man, her potato salad? Best ever.
I didn't learn to cook from Mom. She really didn't want us in the kitchen when she was cooking. I'm more of an experimental cook and love trying new recipes. I found out, too, that I could make something that Mom swore Dad wouldn't touch and he'd come to our table and eat it and come back for seconds. I'll never be able to duplicate her potato salad and have finally figured out that I make a good potato salad and let it go at that.
What about you? Do you cook like your mom did?
Has does your style of cooking resemble how your mom cooked? Do you cook like she does/did? How different do you cook?
I have many of my mom's favorite recipes and I use them. Some of them have been handed down from my grandmother and aunts. Her Old Black Joe cake is delicious, for example, and so is her Hot Milk Sponge Cake. She primarily cooked from scratch when we were kids, although she wasn't very adventurous, both because Dad was a big meat and potatoes fan and because she never seemed to have a lot of time. She was a good cook; I loved her fried chicken and waffles. She made the best meatloaf in her electric skillet, no loaf pans. I didn't care for her ground beef bbq or her spaghetti. But, oh man, her potato salad? Best ever.
I didn't learn to cook from Mom. She really didn't want us in the kitchen when she was cooking. I'm more of an experimental cook and love trying new recipes. I found out, too, that I could make something that Mom swore Dad wouldn't touch and he'd come to our table and eat it and come back for seconds. I'll never be able to duplicate her potato salad and have finally figured out that I make a good potato salad and let it go at that.
What about you? Do you cook like your mom did?