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In reply to the discussion: Those who cook will understand. [View all]SallyHemmings
(1,821 posts)37. My Mum
My Mum, God rest her soul, was not noted for her culinary skills. HOWEVER, she could always put together amazing Holiday meals.
If the Eagles played, her only rule was we had to eat at the table. She never asked for much, this request was honored.
I took over the cooking with the birth of my daughter. Mum passed in 2019 after a long dementia goodbye. Oh how I miss her.
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I've learned to cook the roux until it is the color of Vernors Ginger Ale. No lighter.
Siwsan
Nov 2022
#39
I know this will sound sacreligious, but I like to put a tube of Jimmy dean's sausage meat...
Karadeniz
Nov 2022
#6
I was thinking about oyster stuffing earlier... but I can't even be in the same room with a raw
Karadeniz
Nov 2022
#42
Bike ride first thing (have to get the exercise in) then put the pieces together.
plimsoll
Nov 2022
#9
I hear you. I am continuing the tradition and every year I wake and start cooking.
cayugafalls
Nov 2022
#13
Onions, celery, sage sauteing in butter--smell is a powerful tool to wake up memories
randr
Nov 2022
#14
Such love from ancestors lives with us all our lives. May we be worthy of them, and be
ancianita
Nov 2022
#18
OMG Atticus, you just answered my stuffing question. I will saute the onions/celery before I put
AnotherMother4Peace
Nov 2022
#34
Great memory and tribute Atticus! I have dishes and recipes that bring it back. Happy Thanksgiving!
Evolve Dammit
Nov 2022
#46