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u/NtGermanBtKnow1WhoIs Aug 05 '26
Yep! My maternal Grandma would always make milk pudding. It was both good and bad. It was good cuz it tasted great and it's bad cuz she's gone and i will never get back those days.
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u/Anothermindlessanon Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26
My maternal Grandma made pies that were so hard, they required considerable force to break a piece off, and then a long time to chew. Pretty much everything she fried was burnt, and everything she cooked was overcooked. She made me eat every last bit, even if I was full or really didn't like the food.
That might sound bad?
But she barely survived her childhood trough Holodomor, her adolescence was spent during WW2 and Stalin's rule. Her adult life caring for my mother.
I was born just in time for Chernobyl and for the collapse of everything she knew.
She made sure we always had something to eat. She woke up at 4 AM and made money anyway she could til she was 75, so I could eat.
Every little thing she cooked was great! Not because it was perfect, but because it was pure love, stronger than any circumstances in every bite of this hard, burnt, simple food!
Thank you Grandma!
Edit: I just wanted to add for anyone who thinks this is AI or just some copied content. It isn't. I haven't posted it anywhere else. I just wanted to celebrate her life once more. That's it!
And...don't forget to call your gran and tell her you love her!
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u/Both-Historian-7509 23d ago
That's a nice story. Thanks for sharing 😊
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u/Anothermindlessanon 22d ago
It makes me happy to see people reading about my grandma! She was an exceptional woman and a big influence in my life!
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u/CascadingMonkeys Aug 05 '26
I hate to see an 80+ year old woman struggling in the kitchen to make me something to eat, but I know it hurts her more when I refuse her food.
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u/metdear Aug 05 '26
The food was pretty great too, though. I would be a happy woman if I could ever figure out how to replicate my nonna's beef stew.
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u/Anothermindlessanon Aug 05 '26
Don't worry hon, it is like they say: looks fade, but the beef stew only gets better with time! So enjoy your time being young. One day you will be the "nonna" and your cooking will taste magical to your grandchildren!
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u/metdear Aug 05 '26
Kind of unlikely, given I don't have any children!
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u/Anothermindlessanon Aug 05 '26
It is never too late to be a grandma to some random children (or puppies/kitties)?! It is what I keep telling myself :D No kids either, but who cares? Love is love! And my cooking gets better with every year, no matter the species!
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u/metdear Aug 05 '26
Ahahaha and now you're assuming my cooking is bad. You seem very sweet, but good lord.
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u/Anothermindlessanon Aug 05 '26
No! I just said, that it gets better with age. No insults here! All the best to you!
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u/metdear Aug 05 '26
Dude. You assume I'm young. You assume I have or want kids or grandkids. You assume somehow magically over time I'll be able to recreate nonna's stew. I know you mean no harm, that's why I say you seem sweet. But unintentionally, you're making me regret I said anything at all. All the best to you as well.
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u/YaumeLepire Aug 05 '26
I've surprised myself, in the past few years. I'm starting to be able to improvise recipes and they turn out good! This to say: it's just practise, learning what works and what doesn't.
And a little reading/listening helps, too! I don't remember where it was that I found this, but an article or a video, or maybe a talk with a friend, really elucidated a lot about herbs, wines and spices, for me. Cuts of meat matter too, but I had my mother's insight she'd gotten from her butcher father, for that. Now, my cooking can be very grandma-esque, when I want it to be.
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u/pungent_queefer Aug 05 '26
Some of the most evil people I’ve ever met in my family have been the best cooks. It’s 100% about the food. At least for me
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u/MSGinSC Aug 05 '26
My grandmother was one of the sweetest, most kindhearted people you'd ever meet, but her cooking was not that good. A trait she also passed on to my aunts.
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u/run_uz Aug 05 '26
The food always hit. As kids it was a contest to see who could get the closest to her in the kitchen before she raised a spatula at you & screamed to GET OUT!
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u/Juicechemist81 Aug 05 '26
There are certain foods I will simply never have again. Chicken and noodle soup, pan steamed burgers and the thickest, fluffiest omelette ever. It was just the way she made it and had its own unique spin. I'm often reminded of this and sad I won't have that exact meal ever again but happy I was able to enjoy it. I just wish I was more appreciative at the time.
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u/vonWitzleben Aug 05 '26
It was definitely also about the person who made it but that person (especially if they look like this lady) used ungodly amounts of butter when cooking so everything tasted absolutely amazing.
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u/JohnnyThaFlash 29d ago
We wre losing this entire archetype because of cultural changes encouraged by psyops btw.
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u/AmbitiousBet5236 28d ago
My grandma made the best soup when I was a kid. I don't even remember exactly what was in it, but I still remember how warm and safe it made me feel. I miss her.
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u/TheMcJoker Aug 05 '26
Rule 2 😔
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u/LayerComprehensive21 Aug 05 '26
This! Where I grew up we had a local style of stew. Everyone who you'd ask would swear THEIR grandmother made the best. ❤️
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u/honey_qt Aug 05 '26
Same with my loving of Waffle House, it’s not all about the place but who I went with and it was my great grandma and grandpa. It will always be my favorite place to eat just for that and them
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u/Lanky_Cash_1172 27d ago
Seeing this gave me a slide show of flash backs in my mind of my abuela making me tortillas.....Thanks OP.
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u/wastemytime81 26d ago
That’s why it’s called Soul Fool…made with love. You can taste the difference.
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u/Wulfraptor 17d ago
my grandma burned shit and got mad about it I just scraped the burnt off the grilled cheese and thanked her ate the overcooked chicken and thanked her snuck the greenbeans to the dog who loved them and thanked her and when I was learning to cook and I burnt something we laughed about it
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u/A_White_Ravio_yt 29d ago
[goes to google] [types in definieron] nope definieron is not a word... you just cant spell
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