Favorite yummy dish your grandmother used to make (paprika, cookies, homemade bread)

[Gil3]

Originally Posted by Woof Woof Woof!

My fondest, warmest memories come from the special meals my grandmother used to make me. Simple stuff that still puts a smile on my face and makes me feel good. Favorites include:

* baked custard (in the oven with nutmeg on top)
* tapioca pudding
* cream chipped beef on top of toast (for breakfast)
* meatloaf
* scallop potatoes

What did your grandmother make that was special to you?

The best red beans, Gumbo and fried chicken I have ever had. However, one rule was that whatever you took, you HAD to clean your plate.

[Fontucky]

My grandmammy from Alabammy:

Pork roast & gravy
Black eyed peas and rice
Okra with stewed tomatoes
Green beans with bacon and onion
Homemade crispy cornbread
Homemade lemon meringue pie
Sweet tea

My Georgia grandmother:

Fried chicken with milk gravy
Pork chops and rice casserole
Zucchini Parmesan
Homemade yeast rolls
Raisin duff
Homemade lemon cake with drizzled icing
Sweet tea

[lolagranola]

She use to make this amazing dish of steamed duck.

*sigh* I wish I had a Chinese grandmother!!

My Brittish grandmother was known for not being a very good cook. She was a vegetarian, and my grandfather was a butcher! She would just put everything in the oven until it was *done*. Pans were often thrown out after useless soaking!

Anyhow, she did make good bread pudding! And she could really buy good cheese.

[Paula Lynn]

Fontucky,

What is sweet tea?

[Mooseketeer]

I always used to ask my Grand-Ma to cook these when I visited on holiday as these were her best dishes :

Roast Beef ( served very rare) with onion Gravy , home made mash and wild mushrooms.
Terrines ( her home-made pates were simply the best )
Quiche Lorraine
Onion Tart ( so delicious there should be a law against it !)
Coq au Vin ( I still dream about it)
Crepes ( both savoury and sweet)
Seafood tart ( she used to leave out octopus and calamari which I have never been that fond of and add more prawns and scallops instead)
Kouign Aman ( A Breton butter cake)
Jugged Hare
Rabbit with Mustard sauce
And lots and lots of fresh seafood caught by my grand-father ( crab, lobster, winkles, langoustines, etc..) served simply with home-made lemon or dill mayonnaise - I never got bored of that - ever.

And her "Beignets" ( French donuts - sorta , were the best, ever.... )

My Italian Grand-Father ( from Firenze) used to be a wonderful cook and I used to beg him to make those :

Tuscan Wild Boar Stew with Parpadelle ( I could have just lived on that as a kid, to this day I have yet to have a better version of it)
Torta con Cime di Rapa e Salsiccia ( sausage pie with mozarella and pecorino) - Comfort food if there ever was one !
Pizza ai Carciofini ( Pizza with Artichoke Hearts)
Wild Strawberries with Balsamic vinegar ( absolutely gorgeous)
Pork Stew with Leek and Red Peppers
Pollo Arrosto con Arancia ed Uvetta ( Chicken with oranges and currants - delicious)
Pesto Gnocchi ( why does Italian Pesto tastes so much better than anywhere else ? the basil must be better?!)
Courgette ( Zucchini) Tart
Monkfish wrapped in Prosciutto
Salad of Canellini bean with red onion ,tuna and cucumber with herbs
And a lot more.

I was brought up by my Dad who basically knew how to make steak in all its forms ( admitedly brilliantly but still ....) and great salads so going to my Grand-Parents on vacation was like heaven !

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by Woof Woof Woof!

What did your grandmother make that was special to you?

I guess the brownies she used to make.... MAN OH MAN WERE THEY YUMMY!!!!

I dont know what kind they were (Brand,etc) but I would love having them now!!! (This was 30+ years ago )

[eureka1]

My grandmother ran a grocery store while raising a family and wasn't that great a cook but she used to make a quick dish of creamed tuna on toast that I loved as a kid. I made it a few years ago, just for yuks, and it was actually pretty good!

[irootoo]

My grandma didn't really like to cook, but there was one dessert she would bring to family potlucks that I was just mad for. We called it Cut Glass Pie, but I see that it is also called Broken Glass Dessert:
Broken Glass Dessert Recipe | Taste of Home

It was light and refreshing, and so beautiful--unlike the recipe shown, my grandma put something into it that made the foam pink. As a kid, I just thought it was the most elegant thing I had ever seen.

[Diane de Poitiers]

The only I can really remember cooking was my dad's mother.......I remember she would make this cabbage/onions/potato dish which smelled awful, but tasted really good. (and apparently was something local to the part of Missouri she was from)

[Almrausch]

My paternal grandmother made the best casserole dishes from leftovers while I only remember from my maternal grandmother her outstanding banana or orange quark.She died when I was very little.

My paternal grandmother was a wonderful baker from bread to buns,cookies and cakes.