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homemade soup....don't really mind what type to be honest but a warm bowl of nourishing goodness in the middle of winter is definitely welcomed.

 

pineapple upside down cake in an iron skillet

 

I don't remember my grandmas cooking anything but I loved (past tense because they're not as good any more haha) my mom's biscuits & gravy and chimichangas.

 

Both my grandmothers died before I came along. I did have a Step-Grandma but I do not remember anything special about her cooking and actually cannot remember eating at her home.
My mother was great at baking biscuits/cookies. An actual meal she cooked that comes to mind would be Hi La Min which I cook at times these days. It is minced beef, cabbage, rice, carrots, curry powder etc. all boiled together.

 

My grandmother pickled all kinds of things and served them at most meals. Probably my favorite food of hers was cookies!! She always had a dozen or so in bags in the freezer, ready for us to take home and eat later.

My mom makes a great potato soup that came from my other grandmother (my dad's mom). It has German style rivels in it. I make it often.

 

My grandmother made the best lemon meringue pie, all from scratch (her pastry skills were old-school: she knew how to turn out a pie crust that was light and flaky and melt-in-your-mouth delicious). Also, she used to make us these open-faced bacon and cheddar sandwiches, done under the broiler, and always done to perfection.

My mother's mashed potatoes were the best; and are now the stuff of cherished childhood food memories. To this day, a bowl of mashed, with butter melting into the spuds, and a generous sprinkling of salt and pepper, is my very idea of comfort food...

My dad used to make old-style Canadian baked beans, with molasses and maple syrup and bacon: he had a bean pot, which he had inherited from his mother, and he would cook the beans slowly, at low heat, all day.

 

Not really the right time of year, but my mom's vegetable soup and chili are the best!! One of my grandmothers died when I was 2 and the other when I was 15 and I don't remember much about her cooking.

 

I loved Grandma's chicken and dumplings! I've never had any as delicious as hers!

 

Grandma's soup with meatballs and small dumplings ( chicken based,and simmered for hours ) . Grandma's Roast pork with crackling. and all her cakes ,bread and biscuits.... This is my maternal grandmother. My dad's mum could burn a cup of water...
My mum's pot roasted beef and the best gravy anyone has ever tasted, my mums kale soup, my mum's Apple cake.
God I am hungry

 

My Granny's ham and pea soup, winter weather like ours today makes me miss that.

But yes, fried chicken sounds heavenly right now.

 

My grandpa's sister made the best chicken pot pie ever... at least according to my Dad. In all his years he never found any that compared to Irene's. Irene tried to teach other family members her recipe but none could ever duplicate hers, even Mom's sister who was a fantastic cook. Irene's daughter gave up trying and she is a decent cook having learned from her mother. My grandma was a good cook and passed that on to my aunt. My aunt was the oldest so she started learning to cook. Mom was 4 years younger so she did the housecleaning duties. Unfortunately Grandma didn't take the time to teach Mom some of her cooking tricks. Mom could cook but didn't enjoy it like Grandma and her sister did.

But Mom made an awesome pineapple upside down cake in the cast iron skillet.