Does anyone remember a tip that About This Page:

[elis mom 08]

your mom or grandma taught you that makes a certain food special? I remember my mom teaching me that to make apple pie ( in fact any fruit pie) thick and tasty to use tapeoka. That was a good tip that I still use. How about you?

Also, my mother in law taught me to use flour tortillas for enchiladas, and fry them in oil for a couple of seconds on each side to make them soft before stuffing and rolling them. They are so tasty!

[Teresa]

My mom taught me the easiest way to have wonderful tasting food, every day - eat out.
Mom doesn't really cook. One grandmother used to cook everything until it turned grey - then it was done. She's boil green beans on the stove until they were grey, meat in the oven until it was grey - it was also very gross and thankfully we hardly ever ate there. Of course, the other grandmother didn't do that - no, she cooked it until it was black, then called it done. Meat, veggies, whatever - they were all burnt.
My dad's a great cook - but I can't think of any great knowledge that he's imparted.

[KMB733]

My mom always told me that when baking you can never have enough extract. Vanilla is my favorite but I always add a generous amount to the cookies I'm baking.

[Huntermom]

My mother's family always cooked by sight, not recipes and measuring. I am actually very good at eyeballing amounts. It drives DD crazy. though, as she is a scientist and very precise.

My family also oven fried things long before it became popular. I learned to make chicken parmesan, and eggplant parmesan and all the italian "fried" foods in the oven.

Diane

[rella]

My mother always said to "have fun" and "play..........alter, change, adapt or make-up your own" in the kitchen and always have music....then it isn't work....rella

[Tigger71]

My grandmother always made the best pavlova. She said her secret was to never bake on a rainy day!

[dejavu]

My mom didn't cook much, but my favorite dish of hers was spaghetti. She always put a splash of sugar in the sauce, and some small pieces of bacon. The bacon really made the spaghetti have a nice flavor and even though I use a canned sauce, I always sprinkle in a little sugar - and sometimes add the bacon if I want a taste that reminds me of home.

[akleos]

My family comes form Hungary... our long tradition is if you want to make anything better - mix it with sour cream!!! Seriously. My whole family adds sou cream to soups, cookies, chicken side dishes, and more traditional foods like stuffed cabbage. LOVE the sour cream!