Remember the early days of learning to cook? Was it 4-H or junior high Home Economics? It may have been in grandma’s kitchen using mid century utensils, chipped ironstone, and aluminum pots or mother’s enamelware , melmac, and plastic storage containers in harvest gold. Perhaps you even inherited a coveted cast iron skillet, the workhorse staple dating back to 1890. In any event, we all have those built-in memories of homemade favorites wafting through a lifetime of uplifting aromas. Sure, techniques have changed and improved, but that’s kinda the point. Everyone can be an expert. I’d like to think so. Some of my posts have been favored by the “Food Network” on Twitter (Snapshotsincursive @DornaGail) as well as Ina Garten’s The Barefoot Contessa, on Instagram (gail _dorna). You can even find me on Facebook or Pinterest at Gail Dorna. I’d love to connect with you there as well. Experience different flavors and textures as you eat with your eyes. Catch a glimpse of “Eating My Way Through the Alphabet: Uplifting Aromas!” This remarkable journey of the palate is unique because it gives me a few moments with you. Thanks very much to all of my guests and followers on http://snapshotsincursive.com for the uplifting support, award nominations, and daily words of encouragement.
Uplifting Aromas
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My earliest cooking memory is breakfast “cupcakes” with a peanut butter/cinnamon crumble topping from Jr Cookbook. Might have been Betty Crocker. I recently searched for it but didn’t find it anywhere so I probably have the name wrong.
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I’m not planning to leave WP anytime soon. It keeps me occupied and out of trouble. 😜
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First, Gail, I love your posts. Second, I was in the kitchen with my mother from the time I was tiny and remained her sous-chef till I went to college, helping with homemade ravioli, “tasting” the fresh sauce, and baking regularly. I made my first Toll House cookies when I was about 10 from my still beloved Ruth Wakefield’s Toll House Cookbook. My mother was a marvel who clearly ruled the kitchen “roost” but also taught by example.
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What a great way to experience on-the-job training. Thank you for high praise. Blessings. 🍃🍓
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I have so many fond memories of learning to cook as a young girl and of course this resonated with me “… we all have those built-in memories of homemade favorites wafting through a lifetime of uplifting aromas.”
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I had completely forgotten about melmac dishes, but those were our “china” until I was almost out of high school… and I’m the ‘baby’ of the four little Posts.😉
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Melmac dishes were my everyday dishes until I went all out and bought my first set of Corelle. 🤣
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