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jmcquown[_2_]

On 8/26/2012 4:42 PM, wrote:
> On Aug 26, 7:43 am, jmcquown > wrote:
>>
>> On 8/25/2012 11:20 AM, z z wrote:
>>
>> My family never did soup-I don't know if that was because we were all
>>> big people and felt we needed more sustenance?
>>
>> (snippage)
>>> Do you do soup?
>>
>> Do I do soup. What a question.
>>
>> No sustenance? I make chicken soup that is chock full of chicken and
>> vegetables... sometimes I add noodles, sometimes dumplings. Beef &
>> barley soup is wonderful. I make my father's navy bean soup with a
>> meaty ham bone. One of my signature dishes is potato leek soup served
>> in toasted sourdough bread bowls. Also roasted butternut squash soup.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
> Some people can't make soup no matter how hard or not they try. Her
> mom's effort must have turned out like dishwater and she never tried
> again. Soup can be quite filling and a hearty meal, but a person has
> to put a little effort in to the pot. From her statements in the past
> about mom's cooking I gather she's a plain, bare bones, get the meal
> on the table and be thankful I even cooked type of person.
>

I don't know about the OP but my mom admittedly hated to cook. She did
it because she had to. She asked me once, "Where did you get your
cooking gene?" Beats me. In the 1960's she became all about
convenience foods. Boxed mashed potatoes. Banquet sliced turkey in
gravy. And what do we have here? Fish sticks!

I learned to cook in self defense.

Jill