![]() ![]() A grown man in his 40s! Then again, what bachelor-for-life has been exposed to parsnips, right? I explained, they’re sort of a cross between carrots and potatoes. had never even heard of a parsnip til he met me. I credit her for introducing me to parsnips through her amazing roasts, and it kind of began a parsnip love affair for me. While I was in college and law school, for my last meal before I had to go back, Gma still always planned a special roast. An enormous, juicy roast with parsnips, carrots, potatoes, and gravy. I totally just sighed wistfully and dreamed of going back to those wonderful and easy good old days.Īnyway, at the ripe age of 89, my Gma doesn’t do much cooking these days, but one of her long-standing traditions was making a roast on Sundays. My Grandpa would gather us all in the den to watch game shows or episodes of Alf. My brother and I would sit out on their enormous screened in patio listening to oldies, reading, and playing with our bevy of cats. ![]() We’d regularly bake together, making pans of her famous Lemon Bars or batches of Cracked Top Ginger Cookies. I did nothing to help… just zoned out to the Smurfs and Scooby Doo. My Grandma would make bacon and eggs for breakfast, and let me watch back-to-back cartoons while she watched for my school bus out the front window. Enter some of the best years of our lives! Maybe not the parts where my Grandpa would hound us for leaving every light on, but the rest was the BEST. When we were pretty small tykes, we moved into my grandparents house to live with them. My brother and I were raised by a single parent, my brave and selfless mother. But her impact on my passion for baking and (some) cooking is very substantial too, of course. that), and she’s been instrumental in shaping so many parts of my life, least of all, what I do in the kitchen. How’s everybody’s weekend going so far? Get ready for another Grandma story this morning! I can hear your enthusiastic cheers from all the way over here! You already know how special my Gma is to me ( she’s my favorite person on earth, but don’t tell S.O.
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