QOTW: Was your mom a good cook?

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Time for a new batch of questions of the week.

Please share your answers with us if you find time.

 

QOTW for May 11th - 17th, 2008:

 

1. Was your mom what you would consider now a

good cook when you were growing up?

 

2. Did your mom share recipes, cooking advice, or

teach you some bits of kitchen wisdom you still use

now? What were they?

 

3. What is your favorite dish of all that your mom made?

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> Time for a new batch of questions of the week.

> Please share your answers with us if you find time.

>

> QOTW for May 11th - 17th, 2008:

>

> 1. Was your mom what you would consider now a

> good cook when you were growing up?

 

NO

>

> 2. Did your mom share recipes, cooking advice, or

> teach you some bits of kitchen wisdom you still use

> now? What were they?

 

Not really...she is a three times-a-day flesh eater.

>

> 3. What is your favorite dish of all that your mom made?

>

We looked forward to eating out...lol

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QOTW for May 11th - 17th, 2008:

 

1. Was your mom what you would consider now a

good cook when you were growing up?

 

i always thought she was a good cook. my family was vegetarian and poor and she

kept things simple and didn't branch out much. we ate a lot of beans and

vegetables.

 

2. Did your mom share recipes, cooking advice, or

teach you some bits of kitchen wisdom you still use

now? What were they?

 

when i started out on my own, i always called her for my favorite recipes. i

don't recall any advice or kitchen wisdom she shared.....she's not really one to

offer advice or wisdom. LOL.

 

3. What is your favorite dish of all that your mom made?

her eggplant parmesan and lentil burgers were my favorite meals.

 

 

 

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Mom a good cook - no. With her it was meat, meat, meat and more meat and rarely

vegetables. Blech.

 

Favorite dish she would make - actually it was a huge mistake. She used too

much poultry seasoning in her poultry seasoned potatoes and I loved them. Still

crave them at times, too.

 

Cooking advice from her - clean as you go

 

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Time for a new batch of questions of the week.

Please share your answers with us if you find time.

 

QOTW for May 11th - 17th, 2008:

 

1. Was your mom what you would consider now a

good cook when you were growing up?

 

2. Did your mom share recipes, cooking advice, or

teach you some bits of kitchen wisdom you still use

now? What were they?

 

3. What is your favorite dish of all that your mom made?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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> 1. Was your mom what you would consider now a

> good cook when you were growing up?

 

My mom was a very good cook while I was growing up and am happy to

say she still is now at 75.

>

> 2. Did your mom share recipes, cooking advice, or

> teach you some bits of kitchen wisdom you still use

> now? What were they?

 

Mom and I still share recipes along with my 2 brothers. Older one is

a carnivor, younger one, my mom and myself are vegetarian.

Bits of wisdom, don't over purchase, only get enough that you will

use in a week so not having to throw a lot in the composter. It is

cheaper to cook and eat at home then go to a restaraunt. Make good

holsome food and use the left overs to make something different

tomorrow.

>

> 3. What is your favorite dish of all that your mom made?

There are too many to think of just one, but Lasagne in the

microwave, stuffed green peppers and homemade soups.

 

 

And mom tried the eggplant non-meatballs last night and she really

enjoyed them. asked me for the recipe. Mom only lives 5 mobile

homes away so we get together quite often.

We will be making them for my younger brother this week, someone else

to pass the recipe on to. Thank you Donna for this recipe.

 

Happy Mothers day to all the wonderful moms on the list.

>

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<feralvegetarian_moderators wrote:

>

> Time for a new batch of questions of the week.

> Please share your answers with us if you find time.

>

> QOTW for May 11th - 17th, 2008:

>

> 1. Was your mom what you would consider now a

> good cook when you were growing up?

>

> 2. Did your mom share recipes, cooking advice, or

> teach you some bits of kitchen wisdom you still use

> now? What were they?

>

> 3. What is your favorite dish of all that your mom made?

>

 

My mother taught me to cook , at seven years I was cooking a full

baked lunch for a family of five , and whomever else showed up .

 

We lived in the mountains of Victoria , Australia and the vegetables we

roasted were from the bush around us as we lived about 50 miles from any

town . Most of our vegetables were from bush gardens that the

aboriginals had inanverdantly grown from the seeds they dropped after

eating or threw into a fire pit . I still cook produce from the area

whenever I can get back to nature and live as I did back 50 years ago.

 

Rgards

 

Alan R, Kinsmore

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1. Was your mom what you would consider now a good cook when you were

growing up?

 

It's hard to answer that because she centered her cooking around flesh

foods, and was an even pickier eater than I was (and still am, but less

so as a vegetarian). However, she was a fantastic baker.

 

2. Did your mom share recipes, cooking advice, or teach you some bits

of kitchen wisdom you still use now? What were they?

 

My mother shared recipes, cooking tips, and allowed me to watch her

cook, but I was not allowed to cook or bake in her kitchen because she

was a perfectionist who didn't want me to do anything wrong or

differently than she did. I actually learned to cook from my first

apartment roommate in college at the age of 19. As the years went by

and I learned more about cooking and baking, I would ask my mother

questions and she provided much useful advice. The most important thing

she taught me was how to approximate amounts and cook without measuring

and specific recipes.

 

3. What is your favorite dish of all that your mom made?

 

Potato Rivel Soup, a Pennsylvania Dutch soup of potatoes and egg

dumplings called rivels. I plan to try to adapt this to vegan one day

soon, but I'm afraid it will taste horrible without butter and eggs.

Here is my lacto-ovo version that I changed somewhat from my mother's,

who did not use a recipe. I doubled the amount of rivels, whci are my

favorite part.

 

Potato Rivel Soup

 

3 medium potatoes, peeled

1 medium onion, chopped

1 stick butter (1/2 cup)

5 3/4 cups water

Salt and pepper to taste

2 eggs

3/4 cup flour (approximate)

1 tsp baking powder

Dash salt

 

Cook potatoes, onions, butter, salt and pepper in water for 15 minutes

at high heat. During that time, beat the eggs and add flour, baking

powder and a dash of salt. Mix with a fork until small balls of

irregular size are formed. Add more flour as needed. Add rivels to soup

and cook for 15 minutes at medium heat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Very well then I contradict myself,

(I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman

 

 

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1. Was your mom what you would consider now a

good cook when you were growing up? Sorry Mom but your food was okay.

 

2. Did your mom share recipes, cooking advice, or

teach you some bits of kitchen wisdom you still use

now? What were they? Pretty much learned what not to do(my mom has other

wonderful traits)

 

3. What is your favorite dish of all that your mom made? Porcupine balls(I need

to find a veggie way of making this)

 

 

Sarah B.

 

 

 

 

 

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>

> QOTW for May 11th - 17th, 2008:

>

> 1. Was your mom what you would consider now a

> good cook when you were growing up?

 

I grew up in a standard midwest town eating meat and potatoes. My Mom

was a great cook because she fed 7 people (5 kids & the folks) on my

Dad's salary and still managed new and creative meals. It is because of

her creative/adventurous cooking that I am not a picky eater and didn't

have trouble switching over to a vegetarian lifestyle. I've never felt

that my options were limited.

>

> 2. Did your mom share recipes, cooking advice, or

> teach you some bits of kitchen wisdom you still use

> now? What were they?

Her specialty was baking so I know the best pie crust recipe. Although

she still cooks meat, she calls when she finds a vegetarian recipe that

sounds good and doesn't cook meat when I go home for dinner.

>

> 3. What is your favorite dish of all that your mom made?

> When I was a kid, it was meatloaf. Now it's her three bean casserole!

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Hi All,

Growing up, my mom worked long hours and didn't cook

much. At that time she didn't share much of her

cooking knowledge and I didn't ask. As a kid, I was

more interested in books than in cooking.

Now that I'm older she cooks a lot more and I can

appreciate just how great she really is. And since

I'm more interested in cooking today than when I was

younger, she also gives me pointers to help me improve

my skills. For example, one of the best tips that my

mom gave me about cooking was to be willing to try new

things, or even use different ways of cooking the same

dish. This helps me a lot because it encourages me to

stay creative and risk making mistakes in my cooking.

From her I learned that if a recipe isn't working out

as written, see if it can be modified or adapted in a

way that will get me the results that I want.

--April

 

 

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> 1. Was your mom what you would consider now a

> good cook when you were growing up?

 

Oh yes! I always thought my mom was a great cook.

She did cook meat & potatoes type meals, but they

were not vegetarian. She was very open to new recipes

though, and did like to try new things; I think that is

another hallmark of a great cook.

 

> 2. Did your mom share recipes, cooking advice, or

> teach you some bits of kitchen wisdom you still use

> now? What were they?

 

Not really. Even she admits she never taught my sister

or me a thing about cooking, but she hoped her cooking

gave us good " taste " . Both my older sister and I love to

cook and try new things, so our mom's adventurous

cooking nature was passed on to us.

 

> 3. What is your favorite dish of all that your mom made?

 

Her lasagna!

 

~ PT ~

 

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful,

more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her

inventions, nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.

~ Leonardo da Vinci, painter, engineer, musician, and scientist (1452-1519)