On Sun 11 May 2008 10:06:41a, Janet Wilder told us...

> Andy wrote:
>
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>> Mom passed away in 1990. She was a special education teacher, and a
>> gourmet cook.
>
> I lost my mom in 2004. She was one of seven sisters who, except for one,
> were all gourmet cooks.

My mom was the oldest of two sisters and a brother and the last to pass
away, in 1998. She was the only gourmet cook and baker of the lot.

> I often think of my mom when making something she taught me or one or
> the other of my aunts when preparing a dish I learned from them.

I do the same. I could never enumerate all the things she taught me. She
had many of her recipes written down, but those she didn't I transcribed
through discussions with her. I think I have everything.

> Texas Janet, thousands of miles from her children who managed to phone
> toady.

Obviously your children think of you dearly. Perhaps time to begin
planning a big old-fashioned family reunion.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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