On 6/1/2011 1:12 AM, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On Tue, 31 May 2011 20:15:15 -0400, >
> arranged random neurons and said:
>
>> 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.
>
> <snip>
>
> 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


I must have lost my sense of humor the other day.

Thanks,Squeaks, for bringing me back to reality.

Yes, I got teased for serving the dreaded Tuna Noodle Casserole every
other Friday. I would alternate it with frozen Fish Sticks, frozen
French Fries and catsup as the vegetable!! Those were the days.

I guess any memories of Mom's cooking are good memories.

Rusty in MD