The first time I ever made a dinner for my friends, I was 17, had my first place and only one child. I made this HUGE spaghetti dinner. And I learned that you should add oil and salt to the noodles as their cooking, keep your eyes on the garlic bread in the oven, and it's easier to use ground meat instead of meatballs THAT ROLL OFF THE PLATES....(I should have known better.....)
So imagine me, having my first dinner in my first apartment, crying because my noodles were clumpy, sauce watery, the bread was burnt and the meatballs went rolling everywhere.....But every ounce of food I made was eaten without complaint.(I LOVE MY FAMILY!)
HAHAHA.....
As a child, some of my earliest memories are of my mom always in the kitchen. Usually she'd be shooing me from the tray of cookies she had just made. My mom put Betty Crocker to shame. She used to can her own fruits and veggies, make her own sauces and jelly, grind her own meat....all in all, my hero. I don't know how she did it, but we had an immaculate house and a home-cooked meal EVERY night....And when she used to make her sauce or jelly, I used to "help" and thought I was big sh!t for it!
I guess I should explain why I call this "Ghetto Row". I live in a small borough, and I live in the only ROW homes in this borough....sure, there are doubles but only 1 row......We joke around that we're living in the "ghetto". It's not too bad here, though, because the neighbors keep to themselves and don't bother no one.
So now you know the "inside" joke......Another recipe to come :)
Questions and comments welcome.......
I rememebr this dinner.. it was a blast even if the food did not come out how you had planned. it was stil good... i think back then we were all trying to figure out ways of cooking on our own.
ReplyDeleteI also rememeber Connie wearing most of her dinner as she tried to feed herself that night...
Like i said one of most rememberable times eating with you back then.. they have only gotten better as the years have pasted.. just like our fiendship had grown into sister hood now..
Keep those great meals coming this way...