Missing Mother's Cooking
By winterose
@winterose (39887)
Canada
October 16, 2011 7:52pm CST
Is there a food you ate when you were growing up that you don;'t make now and you miss. There are a few things from my youth that my grandmother used to make but try as I might I can't get it to taste the same.
One of the dishes was her macaroni and cheese and other one was her brown sugars squares.
what about you is there a food that you miss and wish you knew how to make?
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@nixxi76 (3191)
• Canada
17 Oct 11
I worked in a paliative care home and we always had to prepare meals for the residents living there, and there was two recipes I receive because I asked for them that I wished I could make and have it tasting to a tea!
This one girl made this potato soup which was from scratch and omg it was like my taste buds were thanking me!
Another dish I tried at a christmas party was this hashbrown caserole. To this day I can never get it bang on and wished I could.
I'm not sure how these creaters get their dishes tasting like heaven but I sure would love to know!
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@marie2052 (3691)
• United States
19 Oct 11
I make an hashbrown casserole that I also had eaten while working in an office.
The girl gave me the recipe but I figured out how to make it better than her recipe.
If you would like how I changed it around hit me up as friend and send me an email and I will reply back
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@mentalward (14690)
• United States
17 Oct 11
My mother used to make a candy she called "sweet potatoes" that I absolutely ADORED! Basically, it was vanilla butter cream rolled to almost finger-sized, then rolled in cinnamon. I'm just glad I didn't know how bad they were for me when I was young because I always looked forward to biting into that first one each time she made them.
Everything else that I can remember my mother and grandmother making I've been able to duplicate or at least make with healthier ingredients. One thing I'm particularly proud of is that my sons won't eat some things unless I make them because they're so spoiled by my cooking. Makes me feel great even though I'd love to teach them how to make these things so they could treat ME for a change. ![](/Content/images/emotes/lol.gif)
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@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
17 Oct 11
That must be such a good tasting candy. Reading through your response though could not give me a full idea of what it is like.
You are such a good mom in order to have kids who would always prefer to have a taste of mother's cooking over anything else! I am very happy for you.
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@mentalward (14690)
• United States
17 Oct 11
Hi trinidadvelasco. I tried to find this candy online and didn't find a thing. All I can say to try to describe it better is it's a thick vanilla butter cream candy rolled into golfball sized balls, then rolled so it's longer than it is round, maybe like a very tiny sweet potato, then covered in cinnamon. They had to be kept refrigerated because when they got to be room temperature, they weren't as firm and made quite a mess when you tried to eat them.
winterose, I'll have to plan a date and have everyone come for a visit and I'll do all the cooking. Err, on second thought...
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@prasanta (1948)
• India
17 Oct 11
Obviously, I miss a lot. I am afraid whether you know Hilsha fish curry! I miss that. Then there are pulses(cooked)with different tastes. So many... Even I will say the tea that my mother used to make, I have been truly missing...
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
20 Oct 11
I wonder why we cannot reproduce the foods we loved so much as kids
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
17 Oct 11
My mom would make chicken in the over. It was salted peppered and had some paprika too. She would serve it with Rice A Roni. And then there was her spaghetti and meatballs. She wasn't Italian so It may not have been the best but it was good.I Never learned how to cook. I think she knew Not to even try to teach me. She wasn't in the mood for that fight! But the one thing I Can make of her's is appled dumplings. We made it together many of times.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
17 Oct 11
apple dumplings sound delicious how do you make them?
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
17 Oct 11
Simple. You need a apple person person, Granny Smith or any other firm , tart apple. Pillsbury Pie crust mix, white sugar, brown sugar , cinnamon and a lemon /lime soda. You make the pie crust from the instructions. Peel , core, and slice the apples . Place them in a bowl and pour the soda over them. The lemon in the soda will keep them from getting brown. Make a circle of pie crust for each apple, about the size of a sauce for a coffee cup. Place them on a greased glass 13v9 casserole dish.Mix the white sugar with the cinnamon. Place apples on the pie crust circles. sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on the apples. and then take the corners and semi close the crust. It is ok if there are apples showing out from the top. When you are finished with each dumpling . Sprinkle some brown sugar over the top and some of the cinnamon sugar. Place in a 350F oven for? about 15 minutes? Or until the crust is a light brown. We use a spatula to get them out. I'm sorry I can't tell you exact measurements of the sugar or cinnamon. I thought I had the recipe written but I can't find it. easy isn't it. I can still remember how mom wuld make the crust , I would peel the apples and mix the cinnamon sugar. It is like she is back with me , helping me to write this for you . I hope it works out. Please let me know.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
17 Oct 11
thanks hon, this sounds like a pie, not a dumpling?
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@anhhai123 (161)
• Vietnam
17 Oct 11
of course, I like the food my grandmother cook too much. when I was child, I always eat too much when my grand cook foods. There are a lot of dishes I like. In vietnam countryside, the old, like my grandmother, is always cook well.
I ditn't eat the food my mother cook. they look not delicious.
if some day you come to Vietnam, you can contact to me, i will introduce you mary good food of Vietnammese. I promise it
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
20 Oct 11
I wish I could come and taste your food, but we have restaurants here from viet nam so I can get to taste the cooking here,
thai food is very popular here as well as most asian foods
@marie2052 (3691)
• United States
19 Oct 11
I just read your response! I was in Vietnam and used to eat food that the nuns from the orphanages had cooked. It was always warm and since I was from the U.S., unusual scents and tastes, but I learned to like the cooking when I was there
@anhhai123 (161)
• Vietnam
20 Oct 11
As you know, in Asia people eat too much rice instead bread as in European. So there are many food to each match with rice. The conection is perfect. With breads, you can just eat with cheese and a little other food. But with rice, you can make a lot of things to each with
@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
17 Oct 11
My grandmother used to cook this particular snack food. She taught me how to do it but yes, it is never the same. It is made from some root crops, young coconut meat and sugar. Milk maybe added, optional.
When she passed away, of course, there can never be anyway at all that I can have a taste of that food unless I cook it myself. But, so far, until the time that I have given up on trying, no luck.
My mom is an excellent cook. But at her age, way past 80, she can no longer do so.
There is this particular chicken dish that only she cooks. I surely miss that and will always miss that. I tried doing one along with my brother when I was home and visited the hometown the last time. We were not successful either.
How come it would appear that the food just wouldn't taste the same? Is it because we are hoping for results that exists in our mind rather than reality? I wonder.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
17 Oct 11
well partially the answer is we are just not doing something right, maybe missing an ingredient, or preparing the dish wrong or using too much of something and not enough of something else,
and the other thing as you say is psychological, we cannot compete with a memory. It will always be better in our memories.
@celticeagle (164045)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Oct 11
Well, I will try this for the second time. I miss Sunday dinners at my grandmother's. Usually roasted chicken and fresh vegetables. So tasty. And my mom was quite a cook. She used to feed four people on $60 a month. And fed us well. She could make a feast out of next to nothing.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
20 Oct 11
yep they certainly knew how to feed a lot of people much easier in the past
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@celticeagle (164045)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Oct 11
Groceries cost so much less then. That was in the 60's.
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
17 Oct 11
Yes,I am missing my mom's recipe.
She cooks fish very tasty and that' what I missed the most.
She is a good cook indeed and I learned most of my recipe from her.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
20 Oct 11
my grandmother is gone now so some of her recipes I will never do anymore
@marie2052 (3691)
• United States
19 Oct 11
My grandma made the best rhubarb pie. that tart but sweet taste/
My mother made her macaroni and cheese from scratch too. I still make it to this day.
Although I have to admit sometimes I do like the taste of the kraft mac and cheese when I need comfort food LOL
Never heard of brown sugar squares that sounds interesting
I have my mothers grandmothers recipe for Ice Box Cookies.
Do you remember those?
in fact I am thinking about making some tomorrow been craving homemade cookies.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
20 Oct 11
you are lucky you can still go home to have your mom's cooking
@rajputash (384)
• India
17 Oct 11
I still live with my mother so i still depend on her cooking as far as i know my sister learns from my mother about some few dishes and she could never make it taste it like my mother's way....so i believe everyone has their own unique way of putting some tastes into their food...
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
20 Oct 11
yes everyone has there own way but we do miss our mom\s cooking nothing every seems to taste as good when your mom was a good cook that is
@milkyq (5)
• China
17 Oct 11
Actually,I‘m not in my hometown now —— one year ago I came another province for my college study. I always run wild with joy at the idea of coming back home. My mother is good at cooking braising dishes, the first moment I left my hometown, I began to miss it. Luckily, I can go back home once a month as long as I’d like to —— I can still enjoy her dishes. However,there are many other things I can never taste again. I remember that there was once a kind of popcorn during my childhood. It can not been seen any more.I still miss the milky and sweetly taste.
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