Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Thu 03 Nov 2005 09:36:32a, Andy wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> Joyce Marble wrote:
>>
>>> My late husband and my oldest daughter love cooking and all the
>>> utencils and appliances that go with it.
>>>
>>> jm
>>
>>
>> At first Mom couldn't cook.
>>
>> Pop bought Mom 1957 & 1959 volumes of Gourmet cookbooks.
>>
>> Mom becomes a gourmet cook.
>>
>> Soon, Pop starts having heart attacks.
>>
>> 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,

That's remarkable. Our Mom's were so similar I'd say! I can't help but
smile either!

Great!!!

Andy