On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 19:30:41 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 7/14/2014 12:09 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:40:09 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:
> >
> >> Arroz con Pollo, steamed broccoli florets and a baguette. Strawberries and
> >> pound cake for dessert.
> >
> > Oh, that sounds good! I've never made arroz con pollo, but I love
> > eating it when other people make it.
> >
> > The neighbor I had who came from Nicaragua used to make it.
> > Unfortunately, I never learned how to do it from her. I always told
> > her I wanted to, but she was one of those people who didn't like to
> > cook and just did it for parties. She was my mother's age and based
> > on what Jill and Julie say, I'm beginning to think it was the
> > prevailing attitude of a lot of women from that era.
> >
> Oh, Mom cooked when we were kids but she definitely didn't like doing
> it. She was thrilled when those family-size freezer entrees came out.
> Then all she had to do was make some Minute Rice or instant mashed
> potatoes and open a can of vegetables. I couldn't tell you what my
> parents ate after my brothers and I weren't living with them. Then, she
> only did the holiday dinner thing. Dad wasn't picky; I'm sure he ate
> whatever she put on the table.
>

I didn't mean to imply that she didn't cook, she did and she did it
well. She cooked for her friends and family, family grew up so she
cooked for her husband and extended family when they visited.
Everybody got old, her cousins died, her husband died and she switched
to subsistence cooking. She moved to a retirement community. It was
a nice one bedroom apartment - but meals in the dining room were
included. When I visited her two years later, she said she had never
cooked in her apartment kitchen.

I have one friend who says she doesn't like to cook either. Her
husband does the brunt of the cooking when they have guests over.
Sorry to say it, but I'm always shocked when I eat something delicious
and she's the one who made it. She's a very good cook in spite of
claiming not to enjoy it.

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All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.