On May 31, 7:15*pm, Rusty > wrote:
> On 5/31/2011 7:59 PM, sf wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 31 May 2011 12:27:42 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> > > *wrote:
>
> >> Did I mention my mother was a lousy cook?
>
> > Mine too. *
>
> Oh please --- I hate to hear that.
>
> Someday when you are older (like me at age 76) and you children say - my
> mother was a lousy cook --- it will hurt.
>
> We all try the best we can. *I'm sure all mothers made the best meals
> they could for their family. *My daughter said - she learned to cook
> from her mother-in-law. *I guess she forgot all the times I spent with
> her teaching her how to cook chicken 101 & 1 ways each Sunday and how I
> helped her get her cooking badge in girls scouts.
>
> Someday they (and you) may remember.
>
> Sorry - it's been a bad day and I'm feeling sorry for myself.

My mother made very good things, and very bad things. I still love
her tomato sauce with meatballs, which was heavy on the bay leaf, with
few other seasonings. The tomato flavor was intense, and the
meatballs were made with ground beef and pulverized saltines,
thoroughly browned, then simmered in the sauce. Her fried fish was
simply coated with corn meal, another thing I still do and love, but
my mother's best points were not her cooking. I have nice memories of
her, and the fact that much of the food she prepared for dinners was
not to my liking is really insignificant. It didn't seem to make her
feel inadequate, but made her think that I was overly picky. If it
made her feel bad, then I wish that it hadn't, but I wasn't going to
lie to her. It was important to me that I showed her love, but much
more important to me that I showed her respect, which in my mindset
meant never lying to her, not even "little white lies."
>
> Rusty in Md

--Bryan