this is just wonderful to read,

Lee
"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 5/31/2011 7:12 PM, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>> My dear, my mother. God rest her, used to *revel* in her "lousy cook"
>> status. She used to say she could "burn water and overcook air." She
>> only ever had 3 reliable meals that would allow the family to approach
>> the table with confidence: pot roast, fried chicken and a Mexican
>> dinner (she was born and raised on the Mexican border in AZ and
>> learned the art from my grandmother's cook). Everything else was off
>> the back of a box or the label of a can. We lived in dread of Lent,
>> when her green turn casserole became a weekly offering, and upon
>> entering the house and sniffing liver, you'd want to run for your
>> life. You could beat someone to death with her liver dinner.
>>
>> And we all remarked upon her miserable cooking efforts with great
>> fondness and we remark upon it still...and would give anything to once
>> again be faced with that damned green tuna casserole.
>>
>> So, Rusty, the teller of the tale may mean in jest and fondness what
>> the hearer of the tale interprets as an unkindness.
>>
>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>>
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>
> My mom was a lousy cook too. Her style was poor-folk island plantation
> cooking. No matter, I spent a lot of time learning to cook/bake and I
> can't remember her ever telling me to get out of her kitchen. When I got
> older, I did much of the cooking for the family. This is still true today.
>
> We did spend time together preparing and baking fruit cake a couple of
> months before Christmas and that was one of the few holiday traditions our
> family had. Now that I think about it, those were pretty special times.
> There's not really too many activities that a son and mother can do
> together. Not like a mother and daughter anyway.
>
> I never much was a fan for the finished cake but still, was pleasantly
> surprised when my auntie gave me a fruitcake using her recipe a couple of
> years ago and again this last Christmas. I guess some people thought it
> was a fine holiday tradition too.
>
> If she had been a better cook, I wouldn't be as confident a cook as I am
> today. She must have felt some pride when her sisters would fuss over my
> cooking skills. In the end, everything worked out just fine.