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In reply to the discussion: What was/is one of your favorite dishes made by a relative? [View all]catbyte
(34,174 posts)50. I have 2. My Nana's Cornish pasties and my mom's apple/elderberry pie.
Elderberries grew wild in the ditch beside the road so we'd ride up and down picking elderberry clusters. Mom would make a pie and dad would make homemade wine. The leftover clusters were frozen for more pie in the winter. Yum!
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you don't know how badly I wanted to collect my grandma's Fiesta Ware when she died
OriginalGeek
Apr 2021
#47
My father made Sicilian sausage at Christmas. So yummy. A hush would come over us as he
Ninga
Apr 2021
#22
Same with my Mom. Not much of a cook overall, but I would kill for her fried chicken.
Midnight Writer
Apr 2021
#33
stewp....that what my grandmother called her chunky soup usually out of all the left overs..
samnsara
Apr 2021
#28