Like To Cook?

I really like to cook! I cook 99% of all the meals in our home. It is a job I like, so no big deal. Growing up I really believed I had some of the best food that could be found in the world! However, the world as I knew it was a small town in Oklahoma.

As you know, if you have read my first post, my mom was the best at everything. My mothers middle name was FOOD! She would fry, roast and bake things that must have been inspired by a higher power. People would drive for miles to buy her pies, cakes and dinner rolls. Now, I did not know that we had very little cash flow in our home. I was sure that biscuits and gravy for breakfast and pancakes and eggs for dinner were the norm for everyone. It would be later in life when I learned that people with a larger cash flow were eating from a larger menu.

While I was still in school I become a member of the Air National Guard. I went to Air Force basic training the summer before my senior year of high school. It was there that I saw a slightly more expanded food menu. It was also here that I became fascinated with large food production
techniques. Feeding thousands of people each meal with good food at a very fast pace was a sight to see! However, this was only a slightly better menu.

Well, life has gone on and I have traveled many miles around this world and eaten food in many far off places and in many states here in the U.S. I have found that food is like life. Food will make you happy or sad depending on how it taste! I am sure that food, like life, is better when shared with friends and loved ones.

So turn off the television. Set that big table, which is most likely seldom used, with your finest linen, and invite your family and friends over for dinner! Ask the friends you know best to help you COOK! I'll bet that the menu well be just fine, no matter what is served. The main items for your meal should be love, laughter and fun!

Bon Appetit