Who Helped You Discover Your Love Of Food/cooking Or Who Did You Discover It With? Young At Heart

Who helped you discover your love of food/cooking or who did you discover it with?

auntybea 15 years ago

My Grandfather was a great food lover! He always had RC Cola and Fanta orange and root beer on hand when I went to visit! He was the one who introduced me to ice cream sodas with RC Cola and Fanta. He was the manager of an old man's home and a great food lover! The kitchen at the home was huge and made wondrous food and Grandpa and I spent alot of time there! But even at home he ate well. I remember that a couple of times a week we would have thick slabs of homemade white bread, slathered with homemade strawberry jam and then with thick, heavy farm cream overtop! Then we'd walk down the lane to the home and eat a huge breakfast with the staff! He was quite the guy! Good memories!

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minitindel 15 years ago said:

my mother, was a fantastic cook she came from a large family and she was taught to make everything from scratch i dont think she ever used a box mix for anything except later years cakes........but i could never get recipes from her due to her saying .a pinch of this and that......that did not tell me anything .... i wanted proof on paper ...lol i was 9 when i wanted to cook she says 5 years old but i dont remember that one .....she canned everything and had big beautiful vegetable gardens every year ..in which i helped her plant and helped her can ......i could can by myself at age 12....... i thought i was great at that age of course.......my mother meals were all fabulous she went the extra mile for us all the time .making after school snacks etc ......and everything took alot of time i hardly ever seen her out of the kitchen while i was growing up ........ my father loved food all types mostly fish he could eat it 3 times a day........at that age i didnt care so much eating i just wanted to make it .......my mother had to do the show me ..... t how to cook since she just guessed most of the time with spices and sauces and thats the way i learned how to cook .. ive adjusted myself to my own way now but i have always loved cooking and preparing meals for others......., its my thrill out of life to make people happy when i cook......and i enjoy it its relaxing to me .......nice memories

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trigger 15 years ago said:

It wasn't Columbus...

My Mom and Dad were my main mentors My Dad was enthusiastic about teaching us to learn our culture and food was a good part of out lessons. Asa young child I would run home from school ( in those days we went home for lunch) to help out with the meals. I prepared the vegetables for our salad or helped make the grilled cheese sandwiches. I was not allowed to Cook until I was tall enough to reach the controls which were in the back of the stove.
One year I went off to camp and returned six inches taller I had to bend over to hug my Mom. My first question was ma do you think I am tall enough now to cook on my own? I was Nine and ever since then I have been cooking almost every day.
My dad tough me the complex things like cleaning fish or chickens and all of the butcher stuff that put me way ahead of any nine year old in my neighborhood.

My Grand mother was extremely talented in the kitchen with ten children she was creative, with left overs. Her pie crust rivaled the best bakers in town. Everyone would ah and oooh over her pies.I knew then cooking was what I wanted to excel in.

I took lessons from her often, I would visit and she would have me cook recipes her way.
A gift i will treasure for ever.
Later on I adopted my friends grandmothers and had them teach me their recipes what fun that was for everyone.

Now I am here still discovering more like Columbus I love exploring new and exciting recipes.

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minitindel 15 years ago said:

jill and michael i loved reading your stories it told so much about you ...it was great and michael ..........columbus????? that was too good ....lol lol.so we took a stroll down memory lane very nice thank you ...........sherry

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pleclare 15 years ago said:

It started with my Dad. He loved to cook. My Mom cooked alot but was a plain cook. When I got married,my mother -in-law was very helpful. She was a marvelous cook. More than any thing I love to cook and was never afraid to try things even on company the firsy time. I am still like that.

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drell 15 years ago said:

My Dad loved to cook and was great at it and he was the one who taught me that more was not better when it came to using herbs and spices.

My Mom was a basic cook and did not like us in the kitchen when she did cook, Dad did the majority of the cooking when he got home from work, so did not learn a lot from her.

I will follow a recipe to the T the first time I try it, but then I will modify it to suit our tastes if it was not to our liking but was a good basic recipe.

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minitindel 15 years ago said:

its neat to read your storys and have you noticed it was more men that sparked the interest in cooking than women ???/

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