"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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> MaryL wrote:
>>
>> Ahhh. That's really sad. I don't know anything about this seasoning,
>> but I do know that my father would have eaten *anything* I made for him
>> and would have found something good to say about it. He was always happy
>> when we did things for him, and he let us know it. Both of my parents
>> were very caring, giving parents (I'm *not* saying the situation is
>> different for Angela), and I think that attitude was part of the love we
>> always felt. Can you suggest to him to "lighten up" and let Angela know
>> he appreciates her attempt?
>>
>> MaryL
>>
> Mary, very well said
>
> i remember my first attempt at cooking dinner for the family
>
> GAWD it was AWFUL
>
> and everyone ate and said 'thank you'
>
> the next time they said 'wow, that was excellent, thank you!'
>
> kate
>

Ironically (considering the context of this thread), all of this brought
back a very special memory to me. When I was 10 years old, I wanted to bake
a cake for my father "all by myself." His favorite cake was angel food, and
I can still remember carefully and tediously separating 12 eggs--and
breaking a couple. Fortunately, my mother had suggested that I break each
separately into a cup and put that in the mixing bowl instead of cracking
them all into the same dish. My father absolutely raved over that cake and
told everyone it was the best cake he had ever tasted. Well, I don't
remember how it actually tasted, and I'm quite sure that my first attempt
would not have been the equal of my mother's, but I remember very well the
warm feeling that gave me to know how pleased my father was. That memory is
worth untold wealth, and I'm sorry Angela could not have had a similar
memory.

MaryL