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Were any of your parents lousy cooks?
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:42 pm
Feeling nostalgic. My mom was the worst cook in the history of south La. Typical menu when I was a kid:
Breakfast: Slice of toast with butter. Cup of coffee. Yep, I started drinking coffee at 5 yo.
Lunch: Liver Cheese sammich on white bread with mayo. Glass of OJ.
Dinner: Canned green beans, Heat-n-Serve dinner rolls with butter. Rice with catsup (no gravy since no meat).
This was Monday thru Friday. Then dad cooked on Sat and Sun:
BBQ chicken or burgers, gumbo, etoufee, crawfish, crabs, fried catfish, courbillion, etc.
Breakfast: Slice of toast with butter. Cup of coffee. Yep, I started drinking coffee at 5 yo.
Lunch: Liver Cheese sammich on white bread with mayo. Glass of OJ.
Dinner: Canned green beans, Heat-n-Serve dinner rolls with butter. Rice with catsup (no gravy since no meat).
This was Monday thru Friday. Then dad cooked on Sat and Sun:
BBQ chicken or burgers, gumbo, etoufee, crawfish, crabs, fried catfish, courbillion, etc.
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Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:52 pm to Zach
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Breakfast: Slice of toast with butter. Cup of coffee. Yep, I started drinking coffee at 5 yo.
Lunch: Liver Cheese sammich on white bread with mayo. Glass of OJ.
Dinner: Canned green beans, Heat-n-Serve dinner rolls with butter. Rice with catsup (no gravy since no meat).
if that is really true i feel bad for you!
my mom was an "ok" cook...she made about 10 different things and would always rotate them. nothing flashy...but she did make sure we had a meat, a veggie, and a fruit each meal. i do the same thing for my kids, just with a bit more flare and more options. she never did fast food; i'll do it once every few months...we also never got dessert as kids; atleast once a week i give my kids something sweet (even though sometimes its just yogurt, fruit and coolwhip).
Posted on 9/17/09 at 8:58 pm to Zach
Damn dude...I really do feel bad for you
Posted on 9/17/09 at 9:04 pm to Zach
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Breakfast: Slice of toast with butter.
Lots of Cubans have this for breakfast, and dip the toasted Cuban bread into their cafe con leche.
My parents are great cooks.
Posted on 9/17/09 at 9:06 pm to Jabberwocky
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if that is really true i feel bad for you!
When I turned 18 I registered for the draft (during Viet Nam). I still have my draft card. It says:
5-8, 112 lbs. In retrospect I guess I suffered from malnutrition. While it was happening I just thought "Wow, this food really sucks."
Posted on 9/17/09 at 9:08 pm to Afreaux
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My parents are great cooks.
Is there anything they made when you were a kid that they stopped making? As I get older I forget stuff that I made years ago that my kids remind me of.
Posted on 9/17/09 at 9:10 pm to Zach
My parents are both great cooks. I'd rank my Mom as outstanding. Eating her meals are like eating in a fine restaurant.
Posted on 9/17/09 at 9:15 pm to Zach
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While it was happening I just thought "Wow, this food really sucks."
both my parents were/are good cooks. i wish i appreciated a hot meal every night back then. i've since told my mom thanks for cooking so much
Posted on 9/17/09 at 9:39 pm to Zach
My mom would go back & forth between crap & really good stuff.
The crap was often cheap, easy meals: boxed mac & cheese with a can of tuna fish or cut-up hot dogs was pretty standard.
Good stuff she made: awesome stuffed fish, manicotti/canneloni, baked chicken in wine sauce.
The crap was often cheap, easy meals: boxed mac & cheese with a can of tuna fish or cut-up hot dogs was pretty standard.
Good stuff she made: awesome stuffed fish, manicotti/canneloni, baked chicken in wine sauce.
Posted on 9/17/09 at 9:39 pm to ksayetiger
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Lots of Cubans have this for breakfast, and dip the toasted Cuban bread into their cafe con leche.
My friends family is Cuban..his mom or grandma would fix this for us after we got back from the bar. I like to dip the crust in the coffee....good stuff
Posted on 9/17/09 at 10:11 pm to Geaux2Hell
my mom is an awesome cook, my dad can be good but often times can frick it up.
i find what separates good from bad cooks is cutting corners. people who feel that you can always cut corners can't cook worth shite. The people that take the time to not always cut corner do pretty good
Sometimes you need to cut corners, but you can't make it a habit otherwise you can't cook.
i find what separates good from bad cooks is cutting corners. people who feel that you can always cut corners can't cook worth shite. The people that take the time to not always cut corner do pretty good
Sometimes you need to cut corners, but you can't make it a habit otherwise you can't cook.
Posted on 9/17/09 at 10:16 pm to Zach
my dad has no frickin clue how to cook anything if not for my mom grandma and uncle I never would have learned to cook
Posted on 9/18/09 at 12:29 am to LSUCreole
My mom is a terrible cook. I remember growing up my dad hid her anniversy gift in the oven once because he knew shed never find it there.
Posted on 9/18/09 at 5:46 am to RedFoxx
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I remember growing up my dad hid her anniversy gift in the oven once because he knew shed never find it there.
Edit..my mom's best dish was vienna sausage. She opened up a can, but them on a small plate and I ate them with mustard.
This post was edited on 9/18/09 at 5:48 am
Posted on 9/18/09 at 6:37 am to Zach
zach, you gonna have to go lay down on a couch and pay someone by the hour to pull all that "poison" out of you about your mother.. Good luck and prayers sent...
Posted on 9/18/09 at 7:32 am to Zach
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Rice with catsup (no gravy since no meat).
Damn Zach, you were abused. My mom used to be a great cook, now not so much. Here spaghetti now tasted like battery acid. I have to keep coming up with excuses why I don't want any of it.
Posted on 9/18/09 at 7:46 am to Zach
My Brazilian wife says that buttered bread is a very common breakfast in her culture. Sounds pretty boring to me.
Posted on 9/18/09 at 7:48 am to Zach
Dad could not boil water
Mom(rest in peace) claim to fame was her tuna casserole...tuna cheese and potato chips...life was better when hamburger helper came out...before that I nurtured a taste for peanut butter....of course we were poor...I remember the whole family splitting a grit for breakfast.
Mom(rest in peace) claim to fame was her tuna casserole...tuna cheese and potato chips...life was better when hamburger helper came out...before that I nurtured a taste for peanut butter....of course we were poor...I remember the whole family splitting a grit for breakfast.
Posted on 9/18/09 at 7:50 am to OC Tiger
mom is a great cook.i'm still learning
Posted on 9/18/09 at 8:05 am to bctigagirl
My mom cooked but I don't remember much of it since I moved out at 15. I try to avoid her cooking nowadays, since she refuses to use any seasonings.
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