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re: What did your mom cook for dinner when you were young?
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:00 pm to Jazzbass13
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:00 pm to Jazzbass13
Mom would have been arrested for child neglect today. The best dinner we had was liver cheese sammich on white bread and a glass of water.
For those of you not familiar with liver cheese it's a step below bologna on the lunch meat scale.
Dad cooked on weekends and that kept me and Bro alive.
But she did instill one habit. When I was 9 years old I woke up early in the morning and stepped out the front door to fetch the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate.
Mom made me a cup of instant Sanka coffee and a slice of toast with a pat of butter. I sat on my dad's comfy chair and read the paper while drinking the coffee and eating the toast before heading off to elementary school.
Today, I walk into Starbucks at 5:30 a.m.; and they make my oat meal and espresso. I get my NYT, WSJ and USA Today and sit in the comfy chair to read before heading off to the gym.
It's like time stands still.
For those of you not familiar with liver cheese it's a step below bologna on the lunch meat scale.
Dad cooked on weekends and that kept me and Bro alive.
But she did instill one habit. When I was 9 years old I woke up early in the morning and stepped out the front door to fetch the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate.
Mom made me a cup of instant Sanka coffee and a slice of toast with a pat of butter. I sat on my dad's comfy chair and read the paper while drinking the coffee and eating the toast before heading off to elementary school.
Today, I walk into Starbucks at 5:30 a.m.; and they make my oat meal and espresso. I get my NYT, WSJ and USA Today and sit in the comfy chair to read before heading off to the gym.
It's like time stands still.
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Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:06 pm to Zach
I think you married your mom, Zach, as far as cooking talents. 
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:08 pm to bdevill
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Grandpaw had a farm and raised chickens, cows, and hogs so we had a lot of fresh meats, eggs and milk. We'd "help" my grandfather milk the cows and my grandmother would pasteurize and bottle the milk herself.
Mr. Balls will make fun of you for that, but I think it's cool. Did you slop the pigs?
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:08 pm to Jazzbass13
pretty standard growing up in north Louisiana:
eggs, bacon, toast
gumbo, jambalaya, spaghetti, smothered pork chops w/ rice & gravy, BLTs, Mexican breakfast casserole, kibbi, stuffed grape leaves, steak & potatoes, in the winter duck and deer .. usually made into a stew or pounded down, fried and smothered w/ rice & gravy, brown bag fried chicken, chicken and dumplins, roast beef
apple pie, blueberry cobbler, jewish coffee cake, pound cake
eggs, bacon, toast
gumbo, jambalaya, spaghetti, smothered pork chops w/ rice & gravy, BLTs, Mexican breakfast casserole, kibbi, stuffed grape leaves, steak & potatoes, in the winter duck and deer .. usually made into a stew or pounded down, fried and smothered w/ rice & gravy, brown bag fried chicken, chicken and dumplins, roast beef
apple pie, blueberry cobbler, jewish coffee cake, pound cake
This post was edited on 7/9/13 at 4:11 pm
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:09 pm to Jazzbass13
Redbeans, Tacos, Rice and Gravy, Pork Chops, Cheesy Spagetti...
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:11 pm to AlxTgr
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Steaks were terrible. Poor quality and cooked until grey. Roast was awesome. Black on the outside and tender/juicy inside. Fish was fried if catfish
Same for the above. My parents still buy crappy steaks. I'd take my moms pot roast ANY day over the steaks they make. She does a great roast.
Spaghetti was a regular. Étouffée.. Jambalaya.. Pork chops.. Baked chicken..
Lots of meat, veg, starch type meals. Some things I loved.. Others not so much. Box Mac and cheese was normal and I hate boxed Mac and cheese (I was a weird kid). But mom always made veggies so yummy.
This post was edited on 7/9/13 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:13 pm to Gris Gris
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I think you married your mom, Zach, as far as cooking talents.
Wow, I never thought about that. My first wife couldn't cook a lick either. I just thought women gave up the concept of cooking when Betty Friedan wrote her book.
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:17 pm to Zach
I can't believe you've never thought of that. I've read other cooking references you've made to your Mom and I think that every time.
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:19 pm to Jazzbass13
Where I come from...
Dinner = Lunch
Supper = Dinner
Dinner = Lunch
Supper = Dinner
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:22 pm to Gris Gris
My first wife cooked one thing... banana nut bread. She put it in the freezer. She wouldn't eat it because she didn't like banana nut bread. So, every month I threw out the old bread so she could make some more that no one actually ate.
When I confronted her about it I got the eyes of Madusa so I just dropped the subject.
My current wife is very happy that she can't cook. "It's your job, Zach, take care of it." Then she does this gesture with her hand like flicking away a fly.
I much prefer a wife who doesn't attempt cooking to one who keeps trying and fails.
When I confronted her about it I got the eyes of Madusa so I just dropped the subject.
My current wife is very happy that she can't cook. "It's your job, Zach, take care of it." Then she does this gesture with her hand like flicking away a fly.
I much prefer a wife who doesn't attempt cooking to one who keeps trying and fails.
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:26 pm to CBLSU316
quote:Yeah
Dinner = Lunch
Supper = Dinner
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:29 pm to Zach
quote:does she at least do the dishes?
My current wife is very happy that she can't cook. "It's your job, Zach, take care of it." Then she does this gesture with her hand like flicking away a fly.
I much prefer a wife who doesn't attempt cooking to one who keeps trying and fails.
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:32 pm to Jazzbass13
My mom was a chef when I was growing up, and always tested stuff on me and my sister for the restaurant before putting it on the menu. She made some stuff today that I would destroy, but an 8 year old doesn't want Cornish game hen. I wanted hotdogs and mac and cheese dammit!
This post was edited on 7/9/13 at 4:33 pm
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:33 pm to Zach
You've picked some women with strange habits etc... to spend your life with, Zach. I could read your stories all day.
I could read your stories all day. Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:34 pm to Neauxla
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does she at least do the dishes?
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:40 pm to Gris Gris
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You've picked some women with strange habits etc... to spend your life with, Zach. I could read your stories all day.
Well, let's just say that none of them have been 'domestic'. That's why I refer to the wife as Lucy. Just like Lucille Ball.. she's tall, thin, intelligent and has no idea what she's doing.
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:52 pm to Jazzbass13
Taco casserole. I still crave that mess!
Posted on 7/9/13 at 5:02 pm to Gris Gris
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Did you slop the pigs
Nah.. They were fed feed. We weren't allowed around the pigs.. They're mean as hell. Especially a sow when she has piglets. A sow will chase you down.. and a little 8 year old can't run fast in rubber boots in knee deep mud.
Posted on 7/9/13 at 5:04 pm to Jazzbass13
rice and gravy most often.
baked chicken
round steak
sticky chicken
hen sauce picante
gumbo
fricasse
all mostly served with a yellow potato salad, corn maque shew, and cucumbers/tomatoes
baked chicken
round steak
sticky chicken
hen sauce picante
gumbo
fricasse
all mostly served with a yellow potato salad, corn maque shew, and cucumbers/tomatoes
Posted on 7/9/13 at 5:07 pm to bdevill
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Nah.. They were fed feed. We weren't allowed around the pigs.. They're mean as hell. Especially a sow when she has piglets. A sow will chase you down.. and a little 8 year old can't run fast in rubber boots in knee deep mud.
I was always on back of a truck or on a horse. I don't think my feet ever hit the ground in the pig pasture.
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