My Mom Can't Cook

[lleeder]

My whole life my mother never cooked. It was always Roast Beef, no sides. Hamburger, no bun. Chicken, no seasoning. I still managed to be a fat child, preteen, teen and now adult. I hear stories of people with food and tradition in their lives and it makes me sad. Does anyone else share this lousiness or do all your moms cook nice dinners with sides and plenty of happiness to spare?

[torker]

She was&nbsp;smokin' my meat&nbsp;the other night.&nbsp; <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/ohmy.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" />

[RoseBlood]

<p>I'm sorry to hear this lleeder.&nbsp; Growing up my mother cooked decent dinners. This wasn't every night but it was often enough to leave decent memories.&nbsp;Now that her children are grown, the kitchen might as well be roped off. </p><p>Why do I get this uncomfortable feeling you probably smell like boiled chicken?</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[RoseBlood]

<strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br />She was&nbsp;smokin' my meat&nbsp;the other night.&nbsp; <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/ohmy.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" /> <p>edited cause i'm a retard&nbsp; n/m</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by RoseBlood on 1-11-07 @ 9:47 PM</span>

[Gvac]

<p>There are certain dishes that my mom really excels at, and others where she comes up a little short.&nbsp; Her Italian food will never be anywhere near as good as my grandmother's, but she's great with &quot;American&quot; food.&nbsp; </p><p>Mom's Thanksgiving meal is the best I've ever had, and when she lived closer she'd always make a turkey dinner with all the trimmings on my birthday. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

[RoseBlood]

The more I think about it the more I realize my mom was like Rachel Ray in her own right.&nbsp;Cooked quick yummy nutritious meals but couldn't bake if her life depended on it.&nbsp;Although I give my mother an extra point cause she had a helluva smaller budget to work with than Rachel. Give her one bay leaf and she'd whip up beef stew and dumplings.

[Fat_Sunny]

<strong>lleeder</strong> wrote:<br />My whole life my mother never cooked. It was always Roast Beef, no sides. Hamburger, no bun. Chicken, no seasoning. I still managed to be a fat child, preteen, teen and now adult. <p><font size="2">Fat's Mom Was Not Much Of A Cook Either, But We Did Always Sit Down For Dinner As A Family At 6:00 P.M. Without Fail.&nbsp; No Activities Could Be Scheduled Between 6 And 7, As That Was When The Sunny's Had Dinner As A Family.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="2">The Bad Part Was That Mom Knew How To Make 3 Things: Macaroni And Cheese; Meatloaf; And Hamburgers.&nbsp; The Starch Was Always A Baked Potato; Once In A While Mashed Potatoes.&nbsp; Dessert Was Either Jello Or Pudding.</font></p><p><font size="2">Same Things Over And Over And Over, But At Least We All Ate Together!&nbsp; </font></p><p><font size="2"></font></p>

[Gvac]

<p>Fat is lucky.</p><p>Gvac likes Fat_Sunny.&nbsp;</p>

[lleeder]

My mom would make a potato with no meat <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/huh.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" />

[RoseBlood]

<strong>lleeder</strong> wrote:<br />My mom would make a potato with no meat <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/huh.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" /> <p>Tell me it was a sweet potato and she's alright in my book <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" width="20" height="20" /></p>

[Fat_Sunny]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Fat is lucky.</p><p>Gvac likes Fat_Sunny.&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">Aw, Shucks.&nbsp; Maybe Some Time (In The Distant Future) Fat Will Have To Cook Gvac A Nice Dinner!</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Devo37]

<p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2">my mom cooked, but it was always pretty boring stuff. not much seasoning or flavor. <em>eat cuz it's dinner and you're hungry</em> kind of stuff.</font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2">ex. spaghetti &amp; meatballs was non-seasoned meatballs &amp; Ragu-brand sauce (not even one of the specialty flavored ones, just <em>Traditional</em>). </font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2">she made a good pot roast, though! ESD would love it! </font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by devo37 on 1-11-07 @ 10:11 PM</span>

[lleeder]

<strong>RoseBlood</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>lleeder</strong> wrote:<br />My mom would make a potato with no meat <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/huh.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" /> <p>Tell me it was a sweet potato and she's alright in my book <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" width="20" height="20" /></p><p>Sometimes it was. We called those lucky days. I watched a Christmas Carol the Disney version and&nbsp;got jealous of Bob Cratchits family.</p>

[SinA]

i'm right there with you lleeder. i think growing up with a&nbsp;mom that&nbsp;couldn't cook allowed, or forced, me to learn how to cook.&nbsp; now i'm a damn good cook and i owe it all to my mom.

[Death Metal Moe]

<strong>lleeder</strong> wrote:<br />My whole life my mother never cooked. It was always Roast Beef, no sides. Hamburger, no bun. Chicken, no seasoning. I still managed to be a fat child, preteen, teen and now adult. I hear stories of people with food and tradition in their lives and it makes me sad. Does anyone else share this lousiness or do all your moms cook nice dinners with sides and plenty of happiness to spare? <p>I'm so sorry to hear that man, seriously.&nbsp; It saddens my heart to read that because I love foods and flavors so much.&nbsp; My mother is a pretty good cook, my grandma has her good and bad dishes and I have a few things I'm pretty good at too.&nbsp; I was treated to very well balanced meals as a kid and as a result love vegetables and fresh fruit a lot, not just the junk.</p><p>As an adult I love going to a great resturaunt for a good meal and love trying out new stuff.&nbsp; Sushi is probably the newest thing I've tried and really liked.&nbsp; </p><p>Food is just so great, I really hope you've used your years as an adult to make up for your lousy meals as a kid bro.</p>

[Gvac]

<strong>Fat_Sunny</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Fat is lucky.</p><p>Gvac likes Fat_Sunny. </p><p><font size="2">Aw, Shucks. Maybe Some Time (In The Distant Future) Fat Will Have To Cook Gvac A Nice Dinner!</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Gvac would like that very much. </p><p>Fat is nice.&nbsp;</p>

[RoseBlood]

<font size="2">Is it worth the waiting for?<br />If we live 'til eighty four<br />All we ever get is gru...el!<br />Ev'ry day we say our prayer --<br />Will they change the bill of fare?<br />Still we get the same old gru...el!<br />There is not a cust, not a crumb can we find,<br />Can we beg, can we borrow, or cadge,<br />But there's nothing to stop us from getting a thrill<br />When we all close our eyes and imag...ine<br /><br />Food, glorious food!<br />Hot sausage and mustard!<br />While we're in the mood -- <br />Cold jelly and custard!<br />Pease pudding and saveloys!<br />What next is the question?<br />Rich gentlemen have it, boys --<br />In-di-gestion!<br /><br />Food, glorious food!<br />We're anxious to try it.<br />Three banquets a day -- <br />Our favourite diet!<br /><br />Just picture a great big steak --<br />Fried, roasted or stewed.<br />Oh, food,<br />Wonderful food,<br />Marvellous food,<br />Glorous food.<br /><br />Food, glorious food!<br />What is ther emore handsome?<br />Gulped, swallowed or chewed --<br />Still worth a kin's ransom.<br />What is it we dream about?<br />Wat brings on a sigh?<br />Piled pieahes and cream , about<br />Six feet high!<br /><br />Food, glorious food!<br />Eat right through the menu.<br />Just loosen your belt<br />Two inches and then you<br />Work up a new appetite.<br />In this interlude --<br />The food,<br />Once again, food<br />Fabulous food,<br />Glorious food.<br /><br />Food, glorious food!<br />Don't care what it looks like --<br />Burned!<br />Underdone!<br />Crude!<br />Don't care what the cook's like.<br />Just thinking of growing fat -- <br />Our senses go reeling<br />One moment of knowing that<br />Full-up feeling!<br /><br />Food, glorious food!<br />What wouldn't we give for <br />That extra bit more --<br />That's all that we live for<br />Why should we be fated to<br />Do nothing but brood<br />On food, <br />Magical food, <br />Wonderful food,<br />Marvellous food,<br />Fabulous food,<br /><br />[OLIVER]<br />Beautiful food,<br /><br />[BOYS]<br />Glorious food</font>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>throw momma from a train</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>only kidding - teehee</p>

[Andomray]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Fat_Sunny</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Fat is lucky.</p><p>Gvac likes Fat_Sunny. </p><p><font size="2">Aw, Shucks. Maybe Some Time (In The Distant Future) Fat Will Have To Cook Gvac A Nice Dinner!</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Gvac would like that very much. </p><p>Fat is nice.ÿ</p><p>&nbsp;I wish I had my porn sound effects.</p>

[PaulF]

<p>My mother was and is generally a good cook and likes to experiment at times, but it is usually the classics that come out the best. Dinners were pretty varied, though certain nights were reserved for certain types of food (dairy, chicken, etc.) The worst is when some report comes out touting the benefits of some particular food, because then she would try to incorporate into every meal. There was the ginger period in which everything had huge amounts of fresh ginger in it or on it. Same thing for garlic. I still can't eat ginger to this day. </p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Andomray]

lleeder, what is your favorite food?

[BoondockSaint]

My mother used to be a very good cook but when I was about 13 she started to slip into dementia and she lost her ability to cook.&nbsp; I remember when I was young she used to make me pancakes for dinner every Friday.&nbsp; She would also make chicken pamesan (my favorite) for my birthday every year.&nbsp;She also made a mean meatloaf.&nbsp; I really miss her cooking.&nbsp; A positive though was that it forced me to learn how to cook at an early age.

[Fat_Sunny]

<strong>BoondockSaint</strong> wrote:<br />My mother used to be a very good cook but when I was about 13 she started to slip into dementia and she lost her ability to cook.&nbsp; <p><font size="2">Gee, That Must Have Been Tough On A 13 Year Old Kid.&nbsp; Sorry To Hear About That.&nbsp; Fat Has Had A Few Minor Bumps In The Road,&nbsp;But When He Reads Things Like This, It Makes Him Realize He's Had It Easy.&nbsp; Hopefully, BoondockSaint Made It Through His Teen Years OK And Ended Up With A Nice Life!&nbsp;</font></p>

[BoondockSaint]

<p>Thanks for the kind words Fat.&nbsp; Yeah I'm doing fine.&nbsp; Are there issues?&nbsp; Of course but nothing that can't be overcome.</p><p>Btw,&nbsp;Boondock likes Fat.&nbsp; Boondock thinks Fat has brought something fun to the board.</p>

[Team_Ramrod]

<p>My mom cooks very well, my wife cooks like shit. Whenever we go to my parents place she goes all out and feeds myself, my wife and my kids like royalty. I feel kind of shitty, like I don't feed my kids well enough so she has to undertake this task of getting nutrients into our bodies.</p><p>My sister! My fucking sister cooks like a maniac! Literally. She can cook some of the greatest meals but it's all ruined cause she cooks with a liter/ gallon of oil for something as 'pregreased' as ground beef... Could explain her 5'5 400 lb stature.</p><p>Come to think of it, the only thing my mom ever made me that stunk was when I was in school. She would make me lunch and when she made ham sammiches she would drown it in butter. I would try to choke it down everytime but ended up wanting to throw up. To this day I cannot eat ham sandwiches of any kind.</p>

[reeshy]

My mom burns water....my dad is the cook!!!!!

[riverofpiss]

<p>My mom was a casserole fiend when I was a kid.&nbsp; That didn't work well for me cuz I used to have this OCD about my food not touching on the plate.&nbsp; Those nights I usually just ate cereal.</p>

[JamMaster]

<p>How about this for old school lyrics:</p><p><strong><font size="2">Your Mama don't dance and your Daddy don't rock and roll!!!!!!</font></strong></p>

[Gaia]

<p>ah...My mom cooked when we were kids, then she went off to work years later and my Dad took over. As a result I love to cook and I do it well. I dont know how that helps, Im drunk though, so whatever. </p><p>Soooorrry. </p>

[sr71blackbird]

My mom used to cook better than she does now.&nbsp; Or maybe I didnt have experience when I was younger?<br />When I was a kid and would go over a relatives house for a party, and they would cook certain things, I wouldnt like it because I was used to my moms style of cooking.&nbsp; Now that Im older and married, I am used to my wifes way of cooking and I prefer her style now to my moms.&nbsp;

[A.J.]

I was spoiled with an Italian mother and Grandmother so my condolences to you.&nbsp; However, I wish I had an Italian father too because my Dad couldn't cook worth a damn - except for food on the grill.

[Sheeplovr]

my nana is a aweful cook yet she watches hours of foodnetwork a day <br />

[grlNIN]

<p>My Dad's Mother is 100% Italian and she IS A HORRIBLE COOK. I've never felt more Catholic guilt then i would on the days she's bring food over and i'd refuse to eat it.</p><p>My Mother's Mother was Norwegian &amp; French, she knew how to cook some Italian but only because her husband had taught her.</p><p>My Mom was a bangin' cook growing up, she was always in the kitchen making something. I still quite don't know how she learned to cook Italian food so well given the situation but holy hell it was amaz'n.&nbsp;</p>

[phixion]

my parents are actualy great cooks. my mom can amke a ham or turke thatll just blow your mind. my dad is great with meat burgers, venison, ribs, steak.....wait im sorry i just had breakfast and typing all this is making me hungry im just going to have to refrain.

[boeman]

My mom is one helluva cook. I picked this up from her including the recipe creation and improvisation&nbsp;skills. I'm now working on passing this on to my wife... she's a good cook, but she can only follow a recipe... she's just starting to grasp changing it up to make it her own.

[angelinad128]

<p>Sorry to hear about all the parents that can't cook, lol.&nbsp; </p><p>My parents came here off the boat and since I can remember my mom would always ask me to be around and help her so that I would learn to make everything from scratch.&nbsp; Pasta, Dry sausage, salami, sopressatta, cheese, tomato base for the year...can you tell they were farmers?&nbsp;&nbsp; My dad can cook too!</p><p>Looking back I'm glad that I can make alot of stuff myself than relying on something that has god knows what preservatives in it at the supermarket.</p>

[yomudder21]

<p>I forgot how much of a great cook my mom and dad really are.&nbsp; Now, since i only go home for the holidays, i really see how good their food is and i look forward to those big family dinners with way too much food to it.</p><p>they eat like animals too, whereas we are a generastion that at least is more aware of how bad most food&nbsp; is for us.&nbsp; (my mom thinks cheese is good for you because there is calcium in ii, wacko)&nbsp; but when i go home it is everything soaked in butter, and onions, and cheese, and sauses.&nbsp; so freaking good.&nbsp; these are all the things i never eat normall.&nbsp;</p>

[Jujubees2]

<p><font size="2">My mum was an okay cook.&nbsp; She did the basics but for the holidays (Thanksgiving, Xmas and New Year's) it was lasagna.&nbsp; As the kids&nbsp;got older we helped with the lasagna prep.</font></p><p><font size="2">My mother is Irish but my father's mother was stright off the boat from Italy.&nbsp; When I was a litle kid we would go over her house every Sunday for dinner.&nbsp; She would make manicotti and her sister would make lasagna and we couldn't leave the table until we were done.&nbsp; Good times.</font></p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>My mother is very similar to GVac's in that some dishes turn out not-so-great, and others, I would refuse them from any other source than my mom, because they are that good.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Her pot roast is phenomenal.&nbsp; The leftovers are the best, because the gravy seeps into the potatoes and reheating it makes a weird firm-mashed-potato-gravy deal.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Family recipe banana bread, which both my future wife, future brother in law, and famous radio hosts can attest to.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>She makes this basic chili - which is very, very basic - but it's simplicity (and the fact you can taste the spices rather than assaulting you with hot flavor) it incredible.</p><p>I could go on.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[A.J.]

<strong>angelinad128</strong> wrote:<br /><p>My parents came here off the boat and since I can remember my mom would always ask me to be around and help her so that I would learn to make everything from scratch.&nbsp; Pasta, Dry sausage, salami, sopressatta, cheese, tomato base for the year...can you tell they were farmers?&nbsp;&nbsp; My dad can cook too!</p><p>Looking back I'm glad that I can make alot of stuff myself than relying on something that has god knows what preservatives in it at the supermarket. </p><p><img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/wub.gif" border="0" width="22" height="29" /></p>

[walking joint]

my mom is not a good cook.&nbsp; probably why i eat all basic food these days.&nbsp; it was either a london broil in the oven or some chicken drumsticks...just plain.&nbsp; her spiceing it up is called butter.&nbsp; but i love her anyway.&nbsp;

[SatCam]

my mom makes boring food and my dad can ruin the most basic dishes but makes some pretty good stuff when he experiments with ethnic stuff

[FUNKMAN]

me mum was a good cook. baked ziti, lasagna, beef stew, tuna casserole, sausage and peppers, and underwood deviled ham sandwiches...

[whiskyriver]

looking back my mom's food sucked,but when i was growing up i thought it kicked
ass,so i guess thats all that matters

[WhistlePig]

I feel bad because this is what my daughter will be saying when she grows
up! I never learned to cook and sadly will pass nothing on to my daughter.
Hopefully she'll learn some cooking tips from her dad.

[Gvac]

<strong>angelinad128</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Sorry to hear about all the parents that can't cook, lol. </p><p>My parents came here off the boat and since I can remember my mom would always ask me to be around and help her so that I would learn to make everything from scratch. Pasta, Dry sausage, salami, sopressatta, cheese, tomato base for the year...can you tell they were farmers? My dad can cook too!</p><p>Looking back I'm glad that I can make alot of stuff myself than relying on something that has god knows what preservatives in it at the supermarket.</p><p>The wedding may be back on.&nbsp;</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>WhistlePig</strong> wrote:<br />I feel bad because this is what my daughter will be saying when she grows up! I never learned to cook and sadly will pass nothing on to my daughter. Hopefully she'll learn some cooking tips from her dad. <p>he can teach her to cook and you can teach her about ron and fez...</p><p>looks like you're the winner!</p><p><img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" width="20" height="20" /></p>