On Sun 11 May 2008 10:16:12p, Golden One told us...

> On May 12, 1:14*am, Wayne Boatwright >
> wrote:
>> On Sun 11 May 2008 10:06:41a, Janet Wilder told us...
>>
>> > Andy wrote:
>>
>> >> 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.
>
> Reading this thread there seems to be a recurring theme. All these
> people that like eating and cooking had mothers that cooked very well.
> Did you spend time in the kitchen with your mother?

Yes, I did, from a very young age. When I was very very youg, around 3-
1/2, my mother was prone to debilitating migraines and fainting spells.
The first thing I remember learning was kitchen safety (sharp knives and
the gas range), and how to open and heat a can of tinnned soup, as well as
opening a can of tinned tuna and making a tuna sandwich. (She was afraid
she would be unable to feed me.) At that time my dad was traveling a great
deal for business. Later, when I was first in school, I watched and often
helped with almost every meal she cooked. At 7 or 8 she encoraged me to
bake along side her when she was making pies, cakes, and cookies. It just
went on from there. I was always fascinated with things in the kitchen.

My grandmother taught me a lot, too. And she would often enlist my "help"
saying she just didn't have time to get everything done in time for a big
family meal. I realized later that she was ofen watching me and offering
tips moreso than tending to whatever else she said was keeping her busy.
:-)

> My youngest sone spent a lot of time in the kitchen with me and also
> with my mother, even from very small there is something you can teach
> them to do. He went on to become a chef.

Oh, I think that's great! At one time I was tempted to follow into
professional cooking, but I realized that I was much to pokey to be
successful at it. :-)

>
> My grandsons (8 & 9) live with us and spend time in the kitchen with
> me. One is keener than the other, but they both do not mind doing the
> drudge work like peeling spuds. They like to have a job to do, not
> just watch.

They'll never go hungry, that's for sure, and developing an early interest
will encourage a love for good food.

>
> JB
>

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Wayne Boatwright
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