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Default Who taught you to cook?


"kilikini" > wrote in message
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> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sat 12 Jul 2008 09:14:35p, hahabogus told us...
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>>> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
>>> 6.120:
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>>>> My dad was master of the great behemoth of a stone barbecue he had
>>>> built back in the 1950s. It was a huge thing that he burned hickory
>>>> logs in. He also made great oatmeal. :-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> My mom was a great cook...so I liked food...Myh ex couldn't cook to
>>> save her soul, I liked food therefore I learned to cook.

>>
>> My mom was a great cook, too, and I learned a lot from her.
>>

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> My mom wasn't a great cook, but she got us interested in cooking by the
> time we were about 3. She could bake, though. We always helped with
> cookies or cakes (she always cooked from scratch) and she made it fun by
> letting us lick the bowl or the mixers after we helped. Oh, and she used
> to make all kinds of puddings and custards - dang, the memories!
>
> She served typical dinners, though. Meatloaf, chop suey, chicken
> cacciatore, chicken noel, fried cod, and the ever-famous tuna noodle
> casserole. My dad, every Sunday, rain or shine, snow or sleet, grilled on
> Sundays. It could be -36F outside, and my dad would be grilling.



Steak always tastes better in a snowstorm.
Cook out during a snowstorm and every person that walks by, walking the dog,
will say 'Damn that smells good'.