Comments on: Cooking Up Memories

By: 40 Ways To Show Your Child Love « Truth with Doris

40 Ways To Show Your Child Love « Truth with Doris — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:22:10 +0000

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By: March 16, 2011 « Pre K 4 Mrs. Borden's Class

March 16, 2011 « Pre K 4 Mrs. Borden's Class — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 03:36:49 +0000

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By: Melissa Multitasking Mama

Melissa Multitasking Mama — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:38:03 +0000

My youngest (now 12) has enjoyed cooking with me since he was very small (the other boys kind of grew out of it). He makes us omelettes and other things and is always proud of his accomplishments in the kitchen. Sweet memories and he’ll make someone a great husband some day

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:49:44 +0000

What wonderful memories you have and you’re making! I hope I’m doing the same with my kids. Somehow it seems easier to talk about life lessons over cake batter or cookie dough. Funny how that happens!

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:38:58 +0000

That is a great post. I missed it the first time around. Glad I caught it this time.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:30:44 +0000

What a beautiful and rich post so full of memories! And what a lovely tribute to your mom…

I too was gifted with a mom who taught me how to cook… I’m one of three daughters but for some reason, I don’t remember my sisters in the kitchen with Mom and Me… perhaps they were there, but I only remember the wonderful conversations and lessons she taught me.

Of course, SHE remembers the time I had to vacuum out the oven after baking a cake. But that’s a post for another day!

Great site here ladies — I’m glad I “found” you!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:13:26 +0000

I can share my love of cooking from the opposite stand point. My mom was not a cooking person and I wanted the June Cleaver type but you get what you get. But I realize if she did cook I may not have learned like I did. Mom let me do anything in the kitchen from the time I was 7 years old and up. The one rule was I had to clean it up. (which of course she did many times for me) My attention span was small so I remember taking hours in the kitchen to make cookies. My best little girlfriends mom named “June” appropriately taught me to love baking and I still do. She was great, she let us girls run her Kitchen Aid daily. Thanks for the post, it’ s a great reminder.

By: Destri

Destri — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:46:45 +0000

My mom was only able to stay home with us until I was 4 years old, and then my step dad died and left her with having to work three jobs, so I don’t remember how my mom used to cook for us. But my sister fondly remembers my mom making homeade pasta and draping it over the barstools in the kitchen to dry. I remember how she would call me from work when I got home from school giving me detailed instructions on how to put brown the pot roast, put it in the oven with just the right amount of water, garlic, onion and salt and pepper; every time I make pot roast I hear her instructions in my head and it is a great little memory. It is funny the things we cling to.
Now I know what a great cook my mother is and enjoy sharing the kitchen with her as she teaches me her little secrets, that will definetly be passed on to my little ones.

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:30:35 +0000

Are we related? I remember my mom letting me help cook too. I loved it and it made me feel totally special. My oldest son has been at my side in the kitchen since he was 9 months old. He would cry and cry until I held him and let him watch and see everything I was doing. I finally figured out I could stand him on a chair next to me. (even though he was only 9 months old he could stir a bowl of water in the sink while I stirred whatever was cooking on the stove.) I love those memories. I have to say, cooking is one of my favorite things to do with my kids. Last night we made sugar cookies. They don’t look exactly how I had pictured when I made the suggestion, but pink frosted four leaf clovers with halloween sprinkles sure taste good, and he was sure proud of the results.