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What dish do you miss most...

Since we lived far away from our relatives, I never tasted any foods cooked by my grandmothers. I envy you people who've had that experience if they were good cooks.

I look forward to reading your posts.
 
My Grandma baked the BEST pies! She was known for her pecan pie. She baked pecan pies to take to her job when she was alive (she was a cook in a hospital cafeteria). She presented friends and co-workers w/ a pecan pie for their birthdays. She'd sneak the pie to the person in a plain brown paper grocery sack and in her deep southern accent she'd say "Happy Birthday dear- you hide this away now or else all the vultures will smell it and they'll get it gobbled-up good 'fore you even have a chance to get it home to cut for yourself!" Granny- God love her! :)
 
buckwheat pancakes.

"re-mastering" them is on my bucket list - ooooooh bad pun . . .

with black strap molasses . . .
 
Oh you just had to go there..........................:D

Actually I would give just about anything right now to just sit in my grandmother's kitchen one more time while she cooked anything. Even today certain smells will bring back fond memories. It's hard to pick one thing, but if I had to choose one thing, it would be her homemade ravioli. These were ravioli on steroids. Not the tiny little things you buy at the store today. I swear 3 or 4 would be enough to fill you up.
 
One dish my gram made that was always the best - postada - using leftover spaghetti and pastas with raisins and held together with lard.

Mom always made it with ricotta. But that one particular dish was a depression era dish and that is how gram made it.

Rick - you speak of ravioli on steroids??? OMG - my gram's ricotta cookies and ravioli were more like TORPEDOES!

ONE would fill Godzilla for a week and he'd be rolling on the ground frm being overstuffed.

the older she got - the bigger they got!

TheFamiliaKitchen a/k/a The Family Kitchen: Being an Italian woman -
 
Max Sutton said:
Since we lived far away from our relatives, I never tasted any foods cooked by my grandmothers. I envy you people who've had that experience if they were good cooks.

I look forward to reading your posts.
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I'm in a similar boat as Max. My parents were much older when I was born, so I never knew my grandparents. The good news is that my parents cook just like them, so when my parents visit I get to experience their awesome old school Italian cooking. One of my favorites is one my mom made. She learned it from her dad. Ricotta and Pasta. I don't remember the recipe off the top of my head, but it's so ooey and gooey, the deep flavor of the Ricotta with Pecorino Romano cheese...wow! I'm ready for dinner now!
 
>>sit in my grandmother's kitchen one more time

I kinda' had that opportunity - after my grandfather died my grandmother moved in with my parents - who lived about 40 minutes away. from time to time she would come stay a week with us and often that turned into a cooking/baking fest.

we always picked on 'the favorites' [g] - for her a me it was fresh liver & onions.... never could get the rest of the family into that . . .

after Thanksgiving she'd come up and we go into Christmas cookie mode - she had a lifetime of knock'em dead cookie stuff - we still make them.

believe me, you get some funny looks when you hit up the grocery store for 15 pounds of butter . . . .
 
Dilbert said:
>>sit in my grandmother's kitchen one more time

I kinda' had that opportunity - after my grandfather died my grandmother moved in with my parents - who lived about 40 minutes away. from time to time she would come stay a week with us and often that turned into a cooking/baking fest.

we always picked on 'the favorites' [g] - for her a me it was fresh liver & onions.... never could get the rest of the family into that . . .

after Thanksgiving she'd come up and we go into Christmas cookie mode - she had a lifetime of knock'em dead cookie stuff - we still make them.

believe me, you get some funny looks when you hit up the grocery store for 15 pounds of butter . . . .
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Cool story, Dilbert! :)
 
Banana Frittes & Apple Fritters & Pear & Fig Turnovers & Friut Salad & Fried Chicken &&&&&& saving the best for last>>>>>>>> FUDGE!!!!!!!!!! My Nanny, God Rest her soul!
 
My Mom's mother made a wonderful apple butter stack cake. It was better the longer it sat and soaked up the apple butter slathered between the layers. I have made it a few times but it is never like hers was.
 
Mama Mangia said:
wonderful! are you following me on facebook?

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I am now! I saw that you're doing an auction. I'd be happy to donate a couple of my cookbooks. (I just donated 3 or 4 to the blood center's fundraiser here in Denver.) They're full of super simple recipes...although, they are not your traditional cookbook...so I'm not sure it would be a good fit. If you'd like to talk about it further feel free to send me an email: Nina@thepamperedparamour.com.
 
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