Your mother's worst meals
Jul 11, 2012, 12:52 pm
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In general I loved - and still do when I visit - my mom's cooking. But there was this one soup she'd make that was a combination of every imaginable vegetable out there that ended up tasting like vinegar. It was repulsive, but the rule was you don't eat the soup, you don't get the main course or desert either. So I ate the damn thing. Luckily it only made the rotation once or twice a year but even 20-25 years later I can still taste that awful vinegary broth. Shudder.
Jul 11, 2012, 12:52 pm
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How could I have forgotten. Salmon loaf, made with that canned pink "salmon". I can still taste it.
I also loved my mom's cooking, but find it funny that even otherwise great cooks seem to all have one disaster that they keep repeating.
I also loved my mom's cooking, but find it funny that even otherwise great cooks seem to all have one disaster that they keep repeating.
Jul 11, 2012, 2:11 pm
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OMG, my mother also used that awful canned sockeye salmon. She made her "famous " salmon croquettes served with ketchup and canned corn. The other horrible dish she made was her completely indigestible meat loaf. I get heartburn just thinking about it.
Jul 11, 2012, 2:16 pm
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I genuinely can't think of a disaster dish my mother would make - sure, there were things I didn't like, but the rest of the family did, but nothing she was notorious for.
I am envious of how good a cook my mother is, completely self-taught she can turn out amazing cuisine from a whole host of countries, usually without any recipe!
The one thing I couldn't stand her cooking tho was ham - the smell of it boiling was just vile, I did have to leave the house on days she did that (like Boxing Day!)
I am envious of how good a cook my mother is, completely self-taught she can turn out amazing cuisine from a whole host of countries, usually without any recipe!
The one thing I couldn't stand her cooking tho was ham - the smell of it boiling was just vile, I did have to leave the house on days she did that (like Boxing Day!)
Jul 11, 2012, 2:17 pm
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Well, mom is now 84 while I am 55 and have not lived at
home for many many years.
I have no memories of bad meals... only good meals and
a concern that I was getting good nutrition.
Sure, there were some items I did not like... but looking back
now I appreciate the concern over the nutritional value of meals.
home for many many years.
I have no memories of bad meals... only good meals and
a concern that I was getting good nutrition.
Sure, there were some items I did not like... but looking back
now I appreciate the concern over the nutritional value of meals.
Jul 11, 2012, 2:35 pm
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She just called them that, because in Poland, that's the catch-all for all dumplings.
Jul 11, 2012, 3:00 pm
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Mother : Boiled beef liver. Literally boiled in water, with nothing else. Then forced us to drink the water and eat the liver. Claiming it's good for our health.
MIL : Steak. That generation obviously believed that beef must be thoroughly cooked. The steak is pan fried ahead of time, then steamed, then microwave it right before dinner time.
Horror.
MIL : Steak. That generation obviously believed that beef must be thoroughly cooked. The steak is pan fried ahead of time, then steamed, then microwave it right before dinner time.
Horror.
Jul 11, 2012, 3:01 pm
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Well, mom is now 84 while I am 55 and have not lived at
home for many many years.
I have no memories of bad meals... only good meals and
a concern that I was getting good nutrition.
Sure, there were some items I did not like... but looking back
now I appreciate the concern over the nutritional value of meals.
home for many many years.
I have no memories of bad meals... only good meals and
a concern that I was getting good nutrition.
Sure, there were some items I did not like... but looking back
now I appreciate the concern over the nutritional value of meals.
Jul 11, 2012, 3:05 pm
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I can't think of any repeat disaster. One or tow things that were bad but it was generally a case of this is awful let's not have it again. Of course there was stuff not everyone liked but nothing that was repeatedly inedible
Jul 11, 2012, 3:30 pm
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In general I loved - and still do when I visit - my mom's cooking. But there was this one soup she'd make that was a combination of every imaginable vegetable out there that ended up tasting like vinegar. It was repulsive, but the rule was you don't eat the soup, you don't get the main course or desert either. So I ate the damn thing. Luckily it only made the rotation once or twice a year but even 20-25 years later I can still taste that awful vinegary broth. Shudder.
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Jul 11, 2012, 3:55 pm
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I recall when I was little my parents coming in late one night and fixing brains and scrambled eggs. So little I didn't think of refusing to eat it. I remember it was pretty good, the only time I've tasted brains in my life, and would be too squeamish now.
All those moms fixing dinner every single night using such conveniences as a can of mushroom soup for gravy... meat, a starch and a canned vegetable or frozen peas. Still, it was better overall than most families have today, using pizza and fast food takeout too often.
All those moms fixing dinner every single night using such conveniences as a can of mushroom soup for gravy... meat, a starch and a canned vegetable or frozen peas. Still, it was better overall than most families have today, using pizza and fast food takeout too often.
Jul 11, 2012, 5:00 pm
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