Talking of food and recipes…

Last night I started thinking about Mother's cooking.  And trying to remember things she cooked that I especially enjoyed and remembered.  I was surprised with what I came up with--or rather, what I did not come up with.  I loved mom's pot roasts, and to this day try to emulate them.  I remember that Aunt Pud also made the same great roasts and she told me that she sprinkles the flour for the gravy into the skillet around the roast before it goes into the oven so that the flour is already blended with the fat and cooked--ready to add the liquid when the roast is removed from the pan.  Good hint!  I remember creamed tuna on rice (or toast!)--and a variation on the theme: chicken  a la king.  I liked the turnip greens that she cooked.  But I don't remember much else of the meals she prepared… rather I remember the breads (rolls, cornbread and dilly bread) and the sweet things (sugar cookies, pecan pie, stuffed angle food cake a la GaGa, fig preserves, patience candy, divinity, and my favorite from Jefferson days, Pineapple sherbet).

I am wondering if Twinkie and Pam spent more time in the kitchen cooking with Mother and if they have favorite dishes she prepared?  I think some of her grand children may remember favorites from her table.  I would love to hear what you recall and if your cooking was influenced by hers and in what ways.

This is an invitation for some exchanges!