Anyone have any laughs yesterday... or maybe not laughs but ..interesting stories?
Mine..
#1. Our turkey was supposed to come with all the extra parts...neck,liver heart and such. Only the neck was included. I boil all these things and use the meat in my gravy. (yep, I like the lumps). Any way I made a joke about just having to use packets of gravy and mom went on for 10 minutes how she could make the perfect gravy with out the yummy parts. On and on... "don't use a packet...it'll ruin it"..."you don't need it just use the turkey juices"...
I know how to make gravy. I'm pretty dang good at it. Gravy time comes along and she begs me..."let me do it"
I let her...
I leave the kitchen for five minutes I come back and what's she doing OPENING a package of dried turkey gravy mix to add to the gravy!!!
It was so salty we could hardly eat it.
#2 She's not really a good cook and as she's getting older her skills are going down hill quite quickly. Silly mistakes and very messy. While we were in Mexico she proudly explained that she never uses any spices when she cooks because her food tastes so good with out them. LOL...no flavor at all. So this morning we are all watching Paula Deen and Paula's making this semi -easy chocolate cake but one both Paul and I know mom could in no way bake... mom looks at the tv and says... " I could cook as well as her if somebody would lay all the ingredients out for me"... We both almost died trying not to laugh.
Mine..
#1. Our turkey was supposed to come with all the extra parts...neck,liver heart and such. Only the neck was included. I boil all these things and use the meat in my gravy. (yep, I like the lumps). Any way I made a joke about just having to use packets of gravy and mom went on for 10 minutes how she could make the perfect gravy with out the yummy parts. On and on... "don't use a packet...it'll ruin it"..."you don't need it just use the turkey juices"...
I know how to make gravy. I'm pretty dang good at it. Gravy time comes along and she begs me..."let me do it"
I let her...
I leave the kitchen for five minutes I come back and what's she doing OPENING a package of dried turkey gravy mix to add to the gravy!!!
It was so salty we could hardly eat it.
#2 She's not really a good cook and as she's getting older her skills are going down hill quite quickly. Silly mistakes and very messy. While we were in Mexico she proudly explained that she never uses any spices when she cooks because her food tastes so good with out them. LOL...no flavor at all. So this morning we are all watching Paula Deen and Paula's making this semi -easy chocolate cake but one both Paul and I know mom could in no way bake... mom looks at the tv and says... " I could cook as well as her if somebody would lay all the ingredients out for me"... We both almost died trying not to laugh.
