When Did You Start Cooking And What Do You Remember? Culinary Q As

When did you start cooking and what do you remember?

pollymotzko 16 years ago

The next time I write something "major" on here I'll use a Word doc to do it and cut/paste it over here. I lost a really good posting here and now I save to save up the inspiration, which I'm sure I'll get later on. :-)

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pollymotzko 16 years ago said:

I started cooking when I was nine-years old and some of my best memories revolved around the table. Also, there were values that were learned and shared there too: I learned to be thankful for what we had; to bless what we had and then we’d be thankful in the Lord’s eyes so he would be gracious once more; and also we talked about what was new in our day or what we learned. Though many years have passed since that time, and all my siblings now have lives of their own, it is a good thing to remember what got you cooking in the first place.
My cousin gave me a brand-new copy of The Boy’s & Girl’s Cookbook by Betty Crocker and little did I know that would be the first of many great ‘friends” of mine that I would read and cherish through the years. I wasn’t very popular as a kid and I enjoyed sitting there on the bench on recess reading one book after another dreaming about what I would cook when I got married. However, the day I made my first Giant Gingerbread Man and brought it to the school I was seen in a completely different way.
My parents let me do everything in the kitchen except cut with sharp knives and use the oven without supervision. They were 100% supportive of letting me open books and use them; it made my dad happy to see that I loved to learn.
Then when Show & Tell came around and I “Showed and Told” the piano and what it did and played it for everybody; my 3rd grade teacher was amazed and all the kids wanted to play like me-but they couldn’t.
I got married to an Aerospace engineer and we were married for a hair short of 15 years.
I held parties for 30, catered family events and just had a gay old time really. It was great when it was good.
I look forward to finding someone to share that love with once again. I’d love to have someone to make gourmet delights for once again. Since I have a cookbook library that has more volumes than some bookstores; it is fun to create a meal together, plan, get the things and then do it.
I have a roommate and he appreciates what I do but he frequently eats TV dinners when I’m making something homemade, so it just ain’t the same. It is just different when you’re romantically involved with someone and the preparation of a mean can be fun, when you both make it together.

This little vignette might be turned into either my biography or my Family Cookbook. I’m not sure yet.
Share your “story” and how food shaped that way you think about cooking, entertaining, family life and such.

Happy Cooking to you all!

Paulette Le Pore Motzko

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pleclare 16 years ago said:

I didn't start cooking till I got married and have loved it ever since. Have never been afraid to try new things on company and enjoy trying everything. This group sounds like it will be wonderful. Thanks for starting Paulette!

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themissiah 16 years ago said:

I began cooking when I was 5 years old. My mom use to let me stand on the kitchen chair (I know... most moms would not do that now, but I never was hurt) and stir or mix things. She would also let me prep certain ingredients for the dishes. I remember always being curious about slow cookers (ha ha). I don't know what my fascination with it was, but I was amazed that you could leave something to cook and go do other things. My father also cooked on a fairly regular basis and I grew up realizing that men could cook as well as women. He made fudge and chili... among other things. I remember a lop-sided cake he tried with turquoise icing. That thing was sad. Otherwise, he was a great cook. I was always allowed to help and encouraged to do so. I would stay with my grandmother in the summers and she would always let me help with dinner or lunch. I've loved cooking and baking ever since.

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