Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Fond food memories


Prompted by Amy's blog entry on food, I thought I'd blog about some of my fond food memories. The best food memory I have is of going to my grandma's house and getting to spend the night there all by myself; no siblings or parents to bug me. I would get to sleep in the hydabed in the back room and watch cable (which we did not have at home), and my grandma would make rice pudding for me, which I would eat while it was still warm and I was snug in bed. I love all kinds of food, I'm certainly not a picky eater, but there's something about comfort foods that just stick with you. How can you beat warm, creamy rice and milk spiced with cinnamon and studded with plumped raisins? My grandpa (on the other side of my family) was the one to show me how to fake rice pudding by taking warm, leftover rice from dinner, pouring milk over it, and sprinkling it with cinnamon and sugar. I still love to do this, and recently showed it to Teagan. Of course, she loved it. My grandpa also made the best meatloaf (sorry mom!).

My mom always made great meals and desserts. She helped me learn to cook (I liked to make pork chops with apples and rice, turkey pot pie, and scalloped corn when I was a kid). In my memory, she got stuck with the day-to-day business of feeding a family, which is why the things prepared by others stand out more in my mind. Still, I think it is so important for a parent to nurture her children's bodies and souls with a good, healthful meal, and I know my mom did that for us. Yes, it is possible to nurture the soul on tuna noodle casserole every Tuesday night ;)

I should have a picture of food, but I don't. Just more pictures of the kids!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Yay! How cool.

I wonder about this.. I have more food memories at other people's houses too. I like the way you described it.

I think also I would've liked the food YOU cooked as a child. Mmm.

Rhiannon said...

You're making me hungry. Even though our food memories and favorites are very different (Tuna Casserole... YUCK)!!

But I have some good food memories from you too, as you know... Cornflake Chicken YUM!!

You really did need some pictures of food, but as always the kids are adorable.