Guest guest Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 I can tell your baking heritage - every time I do one of your breads it's wonderful! Mom's salad used the gelatin in powder form, not jelled, so she just mixed everything up in a big bowl - orange jello with oranges & pineapple, strawberry w/ strawberries *shudder* Disaster is right lol. Peace, Diane , Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower wrote: > > Luckily I came from a long line of pasty experts and bread makers. Mom's dinner menu was always terrible but you could count on breads and delicious pastries if she had time to bake and she only gave you 2 or 3 cookies and a slice of bread. That was never enough for me. > I have seen this gelatin cottage cheese salad, isn't it usually made in a bundt pan? It sure looks like a disaster to me. > I had to learn how to make mashed potaties and boil pasta at a very young age. Mom always boiled pasta until it turned into glue, was almost worst than canned spaghetti and the mashed potatoes were full of lumps. > Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Donna It sounds like you are making up for it now. GB In , Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower wrote: > > Luckily I came from a long line of pasty experts and bread makers. Mom's dinner menu was always terrible but you could count on breads and delicious pastries if she had time to bake and she only gave you 2 or 3 cookies and a slice of bread. That was never enough for me. > I have seen this gelatin cottage cheese salad, isn't it usually made in a bundt pan? It sure looks like a disaster to me. > I had to learn how to make mashed potaties and boil pasta at a very young age. Mom always boiled pasta until it turned into glue, was almost worst than canned spaghetti and the mashed potatoes were full of lumps. > Donna > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 And cook peas and green beans out of a can until they turn to mush!!! YUCK!! Marilyn Daub mcdaub Vanceburg, KY My Cats Knead Me!! - Donnalilacflower Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:55 PM bad meals at home Diane Luckily I came from a long line of pasty experts and bread makers. Mom's dinner menu was always terrible but you could count on breads and delicious pastries if she had time to bake and she only gave you 2 or 3 cookies and a slice of bread. That was never enough for me. I have seen this gelatin cottage cheese salad, isn't it usually made in a bundt pan? It sure looks like a disaster to me. I had to learn how to make mashed potaties and boil pasta at a very young age. Mom always boiled pasta until it turned into glue, was almost worst than canned spaghetti and the mashed potatoes were full of lumps. Donna strayfeather1 <otherbox2001 wrote: My mom wasn't a (good) cook either. My sister & I always joke that we learned to cook in self-defense She used to make this salad in the summer that was cool whip, cottage cheese, flavored gelatin powder, mandarin orange slices(canned) and canned pineapple. Everyone hated it but she would always make it. And this awful egg, noodle, cheese & onion crockpot thing that had that nasty budding sliced meat in it too. It was so thick and pasty it would stick to the spoon in a big wad. Later in life though she has developed better skills and now does really good pumpkin pie every holiday & her bean soups are great, so there's almost always hope. Peace, Diane (sorry if I spoiled any appetites ) , " Sue " wrote: > > Ha! Mom and I lived alone from the time I was 12, and she was not a cook. > Burgers, fried chicken, meatloaf were about the extent of her cooking. I > can't remember her cooking anything I didn't like. > sue > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Well, I make my mashed potatoes smooth. The first dinner my daughter-in-law had with us, she commented that her family preferred their mashed potatoes lumpy. Don't really think it matters. I, personally, like them best with roasted garlic mashed into them. Delicious! Diana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 My great discovery for making smooth mashed potatoes is a potato masher that is a round circle base, with a little holes in it, for the potato to squeeze thru when you mash. It works great!!! It reminds me of a ricer that some folks use to mash their potatoes. - diana scott Thursday, August 10, 2006 8:13 AM Re: bad meals at home Diane Well, I make my mashed potatoes smooth. The first dinner my daughter-in-law had with us, she commented that her family preferred their mashed potatoes lumpy. Don't really think it matters. I, personally, like them best with roasted garlic mashed into them. Delicious! Diana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 LOL, Donna? I luv my mashed potatoes with lumps! sue ---- Donnalilacflower 08/09/06 22:55:28 bad meals at home Diane Luckily I came from a long line of pasty experts and bread makers. Mom's dinner menu was always terrible but you could count on breads and delicious pastries if she had time to bake and she only gave you 2 or 3 cookies and a slice of bread. That was never enough for me. I have seen this gelatin cottage cheese salad, isn't it usually made in a bundt pan? It sure looks like a disaster to me. I had to learn how to make mashed potaties and boil pasta at a very young age. Mom always boiled pasta until it turned into glue, was almost worst than canned spaghetti and the mashed potatoes were full of lumps. Donna strayfeather1 <otherbox2001 wrote: My mom wasn't a (good) cook either. My sister & I always joke that we learned to cook in self-defense She used to make this salad in the summer that was cool whip, cottage cheese, flavored gelatin powder, mandarin orange slices(canned) and canned pineapple. Everyone hated it but she would always make it. And this awful egg, noodle, cheese & onion crockpot thing that had that nasty budding sliced meat in it too. It was so thick and pasty it would stick to the spoon in a big wad. Later in life though she has developed better skills and now does really good pumpkin pie every holiday & her bean soups are great, so there's almost always hope. Peace, Diane (sorry if I spoiled any appetites ) , " Sue " wrote: > > Ha! Mom and I lived alone from the time I was 12, and she was not a cook. > Burgers, fried chicken, meatloaf were about the extent of her cooking. I > can't remember her cooking anything I didn't like. > sue > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 I love em any way you can make em! But they are the best when the skins are left on. All the nutrients are in the skins. --- Sue <kup wrote: > LOL, Donna? I luv my mashed potatoes with lumps! > sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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