On Thu 03 Nov 2005 09:36:32a, Andy wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Joyce Marble wrote:
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>> My late husband and my oldest daughter love cooking and all the
>> utencils and appliances that go with it.
>>
>> jm
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> At first Mom couldn't cook.
>
> Pop bought Mom 1957 & 1959 volumes of Gourmet cookbooks.
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> Mom becomes a gourmet cook.
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> Soon, Pop starts having heart attacks.
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> Pop goes on weight watchers for years. We suffer.
>
> Andy
> Keeper of Mom's kitchen collection

I can't help but smile at this.

As the daughter of an affluent family of the old South, my mother was never
even allowed in the kitchen. They had a cook. While my grandmother was a
very competent cook, she didn't cook. My mother never learned while at
home.

When my parents married in 1937, my mom literally couldn't make Jell-O. My
dad sent her to a cooking school in Seattle where they had moved. Her
meals became legend.

My dad passed away from the effects of arterial blockage, but it took
years. He was 81 years old.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!