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What winter meals your Mom made.......

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:00:11 GMT

were your favorites. I remember her chicken n biscuits or chicken n dumplings, roast beef w/her gravy& mashed pot, her vegetable beef soup was wonderful. In high school my best friend always wanted to come when that soup was served. Soup was always served w/fresh crusty bread.

If she had left over roast beef Mom made 2 pie crusts. She put diced or shredded beef, diced potatoes in a pie shell, top with a crust and baked it. When served added hot gravy over it. Veggie as a side dish. Simple but it was good.

No written recipes so I have to wing it.

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Beauty Maven — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:06:04 GMT

My mom made Golumpki (Golabki) aka cabbage rolls. Every time the weather cools, and football is on the TV, I want stuffed cabbage!!

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dex — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:10:26 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 @My mom made everything you said except for the beef pie.I loved those meals too..my mom is in a nursing home now and can’t cook anymore so for thar reason these memories made me a little sad.

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PA Mom-mom — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:20:24 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 As soon as small game season started, Mom would make the best pan fried pheasant, rabbit and squirrel on the planet. She cut them into parts, salt, peppered and floured them, and fried them in butter in her her cast iron frying pan. She served them with either mashed turnips or mashed potatoes. My brother would be SO disappointed if it was mashed turnips!

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:21:21 GMT

@dex I didn't mean to make you feel sad. Mom has been gone for 13 yrs. now but my sister and I always do the "do you remember when Mom made" thing.

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denisemb — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:30:57 GMT

Mom was a FABULOUS baker, but not the best cook in the world, mostly because my dad disliked most seasonings, including something essential and innocuous like SALT. (insert scary emoji here).

Like RLS, no written recipes. "Just add a little of this and that".

So my sister & I can't duplicate her perfect hot German potato salad (evidentally the bacon provided salt). And I loved her oxtail soup, but my beef/vegetable soup doesn't come close. Those darned tail bones must add something, LOL.

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DiAnne — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:27:35 GMT

My mother was not a good cook but we ate out a lot! Everything she made had Campbells soup in it.

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spiderw — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:29:43 GMT

Veal Rollatini, beef stew, tuna casserole, corn fritters, potato pancakes, goulash, roast chicken, gravy red and brown, these were some of the great meals she made. My dad was very fussy and strict with what he ate and we had weekly deliveries from a butcher who knew exactly what types and cuts of meats he liked. As I grew older I realized and appreciated how good a cook my mother was , she did it for my father but when he passed, she hung up her apron and was happy to eat fast foods!

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FlyersGirl — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:30:51 GMT

MMMM fall/winter comfort food.

My Mom was an excellent cook and made outstanding soups, stews, chilis, kugels etc. I especially loved her golumpkis and I loved her kidney stew with mashed potatoes. Oh and her cheese stuffed meatloaf.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:34:47 GMT

My Mom was a great cook but baking was not her thing. She did make a wonderful chocolate cake w/PB frosting and her chocolate chip cookies were great. At Christmas she stored her cookies in Charles Chip cans (cleaned out, of course).

I am a better baker than my Mom was. She said my pies were better.

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PA Mom-mom — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:39:51 GMT

@DiAnne I still find myself occasionally cooking with Campbells. It really helps when cooking for grandchildren who are just string beans!

Hahaha! See what I did there? Campbells soup...string beans?

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PA Mom-mom — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:37:51 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 Charles Chip cans! Yes!

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:43:10 GMT

@spiderw Corn fritters, yes. I just to DD that I wanted to make some.

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Annabellethecat66 — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:47:37 GMT

I never lived with my mother and no I wasn't adopted. So my memories come from living with my grandmother, my maiden aunt and my Dad.

Everything was home make. The most amazing cakes.....you just can't imagine, totally from scratch. Coconut cake, chocolate cake (real chocolate, etc).

My aunt was amazing at everything. She crocheted bedspreads, tablecloths, you name it.

What I made for my family, I learned totally on my own. I went to live with my sister when I was around 12 years old. We didn't have much to eat and were lucky when we did have food. My sister was a single mother with myself and 4 children. This was the early 60's.

There was no government help. My sister worked 2 jobs and I came right home from school to care for the children. Even with all of the difficulties, I skipped my junior year of high school.

No boo hoos. Life is what you make it.

So, I waited to have children and was a stay at home mom. So now I'll tell you what I MADE.

Home made lasagna, vegetable soup, oyster stew, lots of foods.

My daughter is coming for a few days while I have cataract surgery. I'll make some of her favorites. She'll take pictures and send to her sister's with the caption "eat your heart out". Ha!

I do love reading the memories of everyone here. It doesn't make me sad that I didn't experience a life many other's did. I know there are a lot of people who had much worse back then and do now.

You ladies rock. I like the way you have the sense to appreciate life as it is. My motto is enjoy today but look forward to tomorrow when it will be even better.

Today is a gift from GOD. He has given us 24 hours to use as we will, when the day is done I hope I don't regret the price I paid for it.

Take care sweet ladies and keep reminiscing........

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:57:26 GMT

My MIL was just an ok cook. She had a lot of kids and quantity was the name of the game. When she fried pork chops she cooked them to death.

The first summer we were married my parents came to visit. My MIL was gone for the day and we invited my FIL for dinner. Mom made pork chops, mashed potatoes, a couple of veggies, rolls. My FIL inhaled those pork chops, he loved them. He had never had them when they didn't clatter on the plate from being overcooked.

He mentioned that meal to my DH for days afterward.

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denisemb — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:16:35 GMT

@Annabellethecat66

Major hugs for you.

Not out of pity, but umm...congratulatory for masterfully taking your past and focusing on positivity. I've enjoyed your posts.

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Misplaced Parisian — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:20:41 GMT

I miss my beloved maman so very much I cannot even pick a favorite. She was a marvelous cook & baker. She did it all from scratch and I inherited that trait (such a blessing).

@Annabellethecat66 YOU are inspiring. I love your spirit. Wishing you the best always and especially with your upcoming surgery.

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alicedee — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:21:54 GMT

My dad liked plain food, meat well-done. We always had potatoes, some kind of vegetable, meat (pork chops, chicken) and bread. Or chili, goulash, bean soup. Pancakes on Friday (Catholic!). In summer we had a garden, so there would be sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, fresh string beans, and berries.

Every Sunday she cooked a roast in the pressure cooker with potatoes and carrots. That was delicious.

There was always some kind of dessert....a slice of cake, a cookie, or jello with fruit cocktail....pie on holidays.

Nine people and not a lot of money, so meals were usually very simple. But we never went hungry. There was no eating between meals, and seldom had snacks in the evening.

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mousiegirl — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:28:16 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
@spiderw Corn fritters, yes. I just to DD that I wanted to make some.

@spider woman @CrazyKittyLvr2 My mother wuld deep fry roundish corn fritters, and serve them with syrup. I make corn gritters, but mine are savory.

My Moither was a good baker because she had a severe sweet tooth, terrible every day cook except for a few meals, fried chicken, roast goose, won't eat this now, etc., but usually, her food was overcooked and bland. I took after my Father, a Chef, fortunately for my family, lol.

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jannabelle1 — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:31:46 GMT

Her Sunday pot roast with potatoes, parsnips and carrots went in the oven when she got up and cooked while we were at church - and ready for our noon dinner. She made leftovers on Monday into her "hash" as she called it. Everything was cut into pieces, warmed and topped with leftover gravy. I've never been able to make it like she did. And for dessert - her "apple crunch"....slices of apples baked with a sweet, buttery oatmeal topping.