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**Sir Honkers** · April 11th, 2016, 09:52 PM

My mum used to make pasties every Saturday night for years, even after I got married I would go home for tea on a Saturday. My wife has her recipe, but they're not the same as I remember mum's being.
And my dad would occasionally make a fruit salad and homemade ice-cream combo. yum yum

**tygrkhat40** · April 12th, 2016, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by loosegoose

My mum used to make pasties every Saturday night for years, even after I got married I would go home for tea on a Saturday. My wife has her recipe, but they're not the same as I remember mum's being.
And my dad would occasionally make a fruit salad and homemade ice-cream combo. yum yum

I recently saw an episode of Chopped with grandmothers competing. Someone mentioned that handed down recipes don't taste the same when made by different people. It was reasoned that someone making something for decades knows exactly how it should look and feel. My sister is like that. She makes chocolate chip cookies that have a reputation for excellence. She's given the recipe, which is the basic Betty Crocker recipe, to others and they've come back to her saying they aren't the same. It all has to do with how my sister mixes the batter.

**imtrying** · April 12th, 2016, 11:05 PM

Both my folks were handy in the kitchen. My mom made the best meatballs and sauce I've ever had. In fact, everything she made was great. Christmas season was great because she would go into baking overload, cookies, brownies, ginger snaps, pies and cheesecakes. My dad loved to fire up the grill, but he made a sourdough bread from scratch that was out of this world. I also have to give shout outs to my grandpa for his homemade tortillas, my aunt Dee for her pumpkin bread and my aunt Dolly for her lasagna.

**maildude** · March 6th, 2017, 06:31 PM

Chicken Cacciatore In The Crock Pot

3 large chicken breasts
1 jar spaghetti sauce
1 can whole tomatoes
2 medium sized cans tomato paste
2 cans condensed tomato soup
1 large onion cut in quarters
2 red peppers cut in slices
2 green peppers cut in slices
4 medium sized zucchini
1 regular sized container of parmesan cheese
garlic
red pepper
oregano
salt
pepper

Pour 1/3 jar spaghetti sauce into bottom of crock pot. Add 3 chicken breasts. Spread 2 cans tomato paste over chicken breasts. Add pepper, oregano, salt and garlic. Pour both cans tomato soup over top. Add onion quarters. Add pepper slices. Add can of tomatoes. Pour 1/2 container of parmesan cheese over top evenly. Pour remainder of spaghetti sauce over top. Slice zucchini into 1/4 inch slices, layer evenly. Pour remainder of parmesan cheese evenly over top. Slow cook on LOW for 7 1/2 hours. Serves a lot.

**AmateurEmale** · March 6th, 2017, 06:55 PM

Father worked at two restaurants, one of which his father owned. He can still make great baked cod, scallops, and Mexican food.

Incidentally, George Clooney's dad used to have a TV show on which my relative sometimes appeared to advertise the restaurant in stereotypically "Mexican" attire with a burro. Now today, MALDEF and other activists would be offended by this, because my grandfather wasn't actually Latino. [He was, however, a Catholic with a mustache.]

**BondJmsBond** · March 6th, 2017, 07:04 PM

My mum would make celery salt chicken, it's exactly that; coat chicken legs liberally with celery salt, then bake. Damn good.

I make it and it's fine but somehow it tastes better when she would make it.

**blueballsdc** · March 7th, 2017, 05:17 AM

My mother would do most of the cooking at their house but my dad made the best upper Midwest chili. Other than that he was responsible for grilling up the burgers, hot dogs, and steaks in the summer.

My mother made the best lasagna I ever had and the best potato soup. For me there was nothing better on a cold winter day than a bowl of her soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. I made the best grilled cheese sandwich in the family so that was my job while my mother did everything else.

**maildude** · April 20th, 2018, 09:09 PM

The Single Guy's Recipe Book Entry #1:

Corned Beef Hash On Toast Au Gratin

4 Pieces Bread
1 Can Corned Beef Hash
1/4 cup Shredded Cheese

Toast the bread. Set aside. Cook the corned beef until hot. Place corned beef on top of toast. Sprinkle cheese on top of corned beef. Microwave for 30 seconds. Serves however many want to eat it. Later.

**HugoHackenbush** · April 20th, 2018, 11:03 PM

Yorkshire Pudding.

But only on Christmas Eve.

**judy84** · April 21st, 2018, 08:58 AM

My mum used to make the most wonderful pot roasted brisket with caramelized onions in the pressure cooker. Although I have a pressure cooker I have never managed to repeat the taste.

March 6th, 2017, 06:31 PM	#14
maildude Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: In postal purgatory Posts: 760 Thanks: 1,162 Thanked 14,111 Times in 748 Posts	Chicken Cacciatore In The Crock Pot. Chicken Cacciatore In The Crock Pot 3 large chicken breasts 1 jar spaghetti sauce 1 can whole tomatoes 2 medium sized cans tomato paste 2 cans condensed tomato soup 1 large onion cut in quarters 2 red peppers cut in slices 2 green peppers cut in slices 4 medium sized zucchini 1 regular sized container of parmesan cheese garlic red pepper oregano salt pepper Pour 1/3 jar spaghetti sauce into bottom of crock pot. Add 3 chicken breasts. Spread 2 cans tomato paste over chicken breasts. Add pepper, oregano, salt and garlic. Pour both cans tomato soup over top. Add onion quarters. Add pepper slices. Add can of tomatoes. Pour 1/2 container of parmesan cheese over top evenly. Pour remainder of spaghetti sauce over top. Slice zucchini into 1/4 inch slices, layer evenly. Pour remainder of parmesan cheese evenly over top. Slow cook on LOW for 7 1/2 hours. Serves a lot. __________________ LET FREEDOM WAIT

April 20th, 2018, 09:09 PM	#18
maildude Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: In postal purgatory Posts: 760 Thanks: 1,162 Thanked 14,111 Times in 748 Posts	The Single Guy's Recipe Book Entry #1: Corned Beef Hash On Toast Au Gratin 4 Pieces Bread 1 Can Corned Beef Hash 1/4 cup Shredded Cheese Toast the bread. Set aside. Cook the corned beef until hot. Place corned beef on top of toast. Sprinkle cheese on top of corned beef. Microwave for 30 seconds. Serves however many want to eat it. Later. __________________ LET FREEDOM WAIT

April 20th, 2018, 11:03 PM	#19
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April 11th, 2016, 09:52 PM	#11
Sir Honkers Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Land Of Glorious Leader Posts: 30,346 Thanks: 286,866 Thanked 386,208 Times in 30,300 Posts	My mum used to make pasties every Saturday night for years, even after I got married I would go home for tea on a Saturday. My wife has her recipe, but they're not the same as I remember mum's being. And my dad would occasionally make a fruit salad and homemade ice-cream combo. yum yum

April 12th, 2016, 11:05 PM	#13
imtrying Vintage Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,068 Thanks: 14,832 Thanked 17,241 Times in 1,043 Posts	Both my folks were handy in the kitchen. My mom made the best meatballs and sauce I've ever had. In fact, everything she made was great. Christmas season was great because she would go into baking overload, cookies, brownies, ginger snaps, pies and cheesecakes. My dad loved to fire up the grill, but he made a sourdough bread from scratch that was out of this world. I also have to give shout outs to my grandpa for his homemade tortillas, my aunt Dee for her pumpkin bread and my aunt Dolly for her lasagna.

March 6th, 2017, 06:55 PM	#15
AmateurEmale Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The 513 Posts: 1,825 Thanks: 16,644 Thanked 15,794 Times in 1,755 Posts	Father worked at two restaurants, one of which his father owned. He can still make great baked cod, scallops, and Mexican food. Incidentally, George Clooney's dad used to have a TV show on which my relative sometimes appeared to advertise the restaurant in stereotypically "Mexican" attire with a burro. Now today, MALDEF and other activists would be offended by this, because my grandfather wasn't actually Latino. [He was, however, a Catholic with a mustache.]

March 6th, 2017, 07:04 PM	#16
BondJmsBond Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,059 Thanks: 28,073 Thanked 27,274 Times in 3,004 Posts	My mum would make celery salt chicken, it's exactly that; coat chicken legs liberally with celery salt, then bake. Damn good. I make it and it's fine but somehow it tastes better when she would make it.

March 7th, 2017, 05:17 AM	#17
blueballsdc Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 112,645 Thanked 21,428 Times in 1,713 Posts	My mother would do most of the cooking at their house but my dad made the best upper Midwest chili. Other than that he was responsible for grilling up the burgers, hot dogs, and steaks in the summer. My mother made the best lasagna I ever had and the best potato soup. For me there was nothing better on a cold winter day than a bowl of her soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. I made the best grilled cheese sandwich in the family so that was my job while my mother did everything else.

April 21st, 2018, 08:58 AM	#20
judy84 Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Wilts Posts: 2,008 Thanks: 34,481 Thanked 21,442 Times in 2,021 Posts	My mum used to make the most wonderful pot roasted brisket with caramelized onions in the pressure cooker. Although I have a pressure cooker I have never managed to repeat the taste.