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bottomofthehill

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Tue Oct 1, 2024, 09:00 AM

Oct 1

My mom worked, she could not cook. When she tried it was awful. Chicken Al La king with skim milk is gross, pork chops on an electric skillet, awful, meatloaf was almost edible. She would roast about 4 chickens a week. We ate chicken with frozen vegetables like it was our job. Occasionally a boiled hot dog or hamburgers cooked in the black iron skillet but the house would smell of burnt hamburger for days. We were happy when hamburger helper went on sale.

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complete, My mom made the best ________________________________________ [View all] debm55 Oct 1 OP

maple bars!!!!! samnsara Oct 1 #1

Thank you samnsara, debm55 Oct 1 #2

son True Dough Oct 1 #3

HAHHAHA Thank you True Dough debm55 Oct 1 #7

Children. Ocelot II Oct 1 #4

Thank you Ocelot II debm55 Oct 1 #8

Fried chicken. Midnight Writer Oct 1 #5

Thank you Midnight Writer debm55 Oct 1 #10

Hamburg soup displacedvermoter Oct 1 #6

Thank you displacedvermotor, debm55 Oct 1 #11

Pancakes. Corned beef hash. She made the worst jello applegrove Oct 1 #9

Thank you applegrove, debm55 Oct 1 #12

Mom did the same to get rid of the fruits that were getting too ripe. Dave Bowman Oct 1 #56

My mom was a health nut. Everything had to be health upped: applegrove Oct 1 #71

Penuche, at least that's how I think it's spelled. lark Oct 1 #13

Prom dresses susanr516 Oct 1 #14

Thank you susanr516 debm55 Oct 1 #16

My mom made the best Watergate Salad Niagara Oct 1 #15

Thank you Niagara. debm55 Oct 1 #17

Chicken & dumplings RoadRunner Oct 1 #18

Thank you very much RoadRunner. debm55 Oct 1 #20

My mom made the best Hotdog hash! usaf-vet Oct 1 #19

What a great post. Thank you usaf-vet. debm55 Oct 1 #21

Nope, can't answer bottomofthehill Oct 1 #22

My fathers specialty was bringing home a pizza on Friday noght bottomofthehill Oct 1 #23

My dad did the pizza thing when we had our cousins over. woodsprite Oct 1 #26

We weren;t allowed to have pizza for lunch or dinner. It was a snack. debm55 Oct 1 #34

We had those yucky fish sticks on hot dog buns too. Yuck debm55 Oct 1 #33

Thank you bottomofthehill debm55 Oct 1 #27

Braciole... LuckyCharms Oct 1 #24

Looks very,very good. Thank you LuckyCharms. debm55 Oct 1 #28

1) Mac and cheese, 2) Apple dumplings, and 3) Pear preserves woodsprite Oct 1 #25

Thank you woodsprite. My grandmother didn't use recipes either. debm55 Oct 1 #30

Navy Bean Soup.🍜 Polly Hennessey Oct 1 #29

thank you very much Polly Hennessey. That sound great on a cool day. debm55 Oct 1 #31

Cheese blintzes The Blue Flower Oct 1 #32

Thank you The BlueFlower. It sounds like what my grandmother made. But they were called something else. debm55 Oct 1 #38

Stuffing at Thanksgiving Clash City Rocker Oct 1 #35

Thank you Clash City Rocker. I agree with you. debm55 Oct 1 #39

...choice of a husband, my father. NNadir Oct 1 #36

Thank you NNadir. Very good response. debm55 Oct 1 #40

Stuffing- she isn't much of a cook but Luciferous Oct 1 #37

Thank you Luciferous. It sounds great. debm55 Oct 1 #41

Homemade turkey stuffing, no store bought, pre-seasoned packages. wnylib Oct 1 #42

What a wonderful post about your mother. Thank you wnylib debm55 Oct 1 #48

Sadly, I think that I didn't always appreciate wnylib Oct 1 #57

My mother made the best EVERYTHING. k55f5r Oct 1 #43

That sounds wonderful. Thank you k55f5r. debm55 Oct 1 #49

Potica SheltieLover Oct 1 #44

Thank you SheltieLover. That sounds great, debm55 Oct 1 #50

My mom was a stay at home mom. North Shore Chicago Oct 1 #45

Thank you very much North Shore Chicago. That sounds terrific. debm55 Oct 1 #51

Made from scratch yeast rolls, yeast cinnamon rolls, and yeast glazed doughnuts. SamKnause Oct 1 #46

How wonderful. Your mom was very talented. debm55 Oct 1 #53

Pork pie. zanana1 Oct 1 #47

Thank you zanana 1 it sounds delicious. debm55 Oct 1 #54

Pasta Salad OLDMDDEM Oct 1 #52

Thank you OLDMDDEM. I loved pasta salad. debm55 Oct 1 #55

I still do. OLDMDDEM Oct 1 #59

She made the best pork roast with potatoes, yum! Dave Bowman Oct 1 #58

Thank you Dave Bowman. It sounds terrific debm55 Oct 1 #60

Home made bread wryter2000 Oct 1 #61

Yum. Thank you wryter2000 debm55 Oct 1 #62

Croissants 10 Turtle Day Oct 1 #63

Thank you very much 10 Turtle Day. I can taste them melt in my mouth debm55 Oct 1 #65

Children sdfernando Oct 1 #64

Oh my sdfernando. They sound delicious. debm55 Oct 1 #66

Cornbread dressing MiKenMi33 Oct 1 #67

Thank you very much MiKenMi33 debm55 Oct 1 #69

Lemon pie.. Permanut Oct 1 #68

Permnut, Thank you very much. She is with you everytime you make the pie debm55 Oct 1 #70

cornbread dressing arkielib Oct 1 #72

She was not a chef by any means. OldBaldy1701E Oct 1 #73