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When did you feel people were the most grateful/greatful (?) for your cooking?
By writersedge
@writersedge (22563)
United States
January 10, 2008 9:23am CST
Two times in my life I felt that people were really greatful for my cooking.
One, a carpenter helped me fix my home. I really didn't have much money. He lived alone and said he would reduce the amount if I made him a meal. I bought the best steaks, the freshest from the corner store-they almost melted in your mouth so juicy and tendar, bought bread dough, picked fresh vegetables, and got just-in-at-the-store milk and turned the fridge up so it was nice and cold. He looked at that meal, I thought he was going to cry. He only charged me gas to come do the job and back.
Another time was when I volunteered to work at a church to feed people a meal at the end of the month when so many people run short on food stamps. We fed 60 people and I felt they were all very thankful for our work and efforts. Many thanked us as they went through and some came back and thanked us a second time. Some asked if they could help clean up. All I did was prep and roll dinnerware into napkins as well as serve and later on wash dishes. But I was glad that all the people there, elderly, some children, parents, everyone was able to eat spaghetti, green salad, fruit salad and rolls with different kinds of juice.
So when did you feel really appreciated for the cooking you did?
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@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
10 Jan 08
There's been a few times that I've felt that someone really was grateful for my cooking. Mostly when I fix meals for my Mom. She just loves anytime that she doesn't have to cook.
My Nephew also loves when I cook for him. It's mostly Pizza but it's like a tradition when he comes over.
**AT PEACE WITHIN**
~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
10 Jan 08
I'm glad, that's nice that your Mom and your nephew really appreciate your cooking for them. I wish I had someone to cook for me sometimes. Once in a while my husband does cook for me. It's hard, he likes salt and I can't have any added. He's learning to leave it out and add it later. I'm starting to appreciate his cooking more. Take care and thank you for your response.
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
10 Jan 08
Last summer I went to Branson to get to see my Dad for the first time after 23 years and when I got home the next day (we had to stay overnight and its a 3 hour drive from where we live) Hubby had made a lovely dinner to surprise me. He hasn't done it much but it is sweet when he does.
**AT PEACE WITHIN**
~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
11 Jan 08
Good when hubbies cook for us and we are grateful. Thanks and take care.
@theprogamer (10532)
• United States
12 Jan 08
Well this Thanksgiving and Christmas really paints the moment for me. I did a good deal of cooking for family and extended family then and they really appreciated it. There were also small picnics I do with grandma from time to time.
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
12 Jan 08
Wow! That sounds like a lot of cooking! Thanksgiving and Christmas both-plus small picnics! Wow! I did hardly any compared to you. I would really appreciate it if you did all that, too!
@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
10 Jan 08
My friends mostly, sometimes my family, especially my niece!;) I do love to cook, but sometimes am not perfect in putting out the best dishes. The thing is, I don't do what most chefs do. The measuring of ingredients, buying those expensive spices or using expensive flavorings. most of the times, I only use what I have and make the best out from it. But we do use fresh foods as possible, not frozen which came straight right from the butcher's house or gardens and at fish ports.
I stil don't have any experience in feeding huge number of people, that I wish I could. I guess I'd only be contented on the way I cook, when I receive positive feedbacks and appreciated my dishes by those people who didn't actually knew me..
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
11 Jan 08
Friends and family, that's always nice. Cooking for my 3 brothers was like cooking for a lot of people. They could eat huge amounts. Huge numbers of people takes practice, but salads aren't that hard. Take care
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
10 Jan 08
I have not done any volunteering recently, so I guess no one was grateful for my cooking. And I did not give food instead of money to someone who fixed up the house or helped me.
I was complemented on my cooking when my family was over, and when I brought some cookies to the concert, but I guess that does not count.
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
11 Jan 08
I asked when you felt people were most grateful for your cooking. If you felt that your family was most grateful when you cooked and they were over, then that counts. If you felt that people were most grateful when you brought cookies to a concert, then that counts. What concert?
My husband's Mom felt that people were most grateful when she made bread for a bake sale at school. They called her house and asked if she could make more.
Any time, I just gave two examples from my own experience because when I asked what people wanted when I started a topic, they said a paragraph explaining, telling a story, or providing an example. Besides when I write more, people usually write more back and they make more money. When I don't write very much, they send me one line. I just wanted people to experience each of those moments like they were there. So they could think of something like it and write their own discriptors. I wrote one food topic and most responses were paragraphs long. I'm sure they made more money.
I did 10 reponses with only 4 lines one night and 4 responses with 10 lines on another night. I got paid more for the 4 long ones than the 10 short ones.
Like you could have gone into detail about the wonderful meal you made for your family that they complemented you on or the wonderful cookies you made for the concert. That would have counted monetarily for you more. Take care
@comeonmolly (828)
• China
11 Jan 08
Hi,there writersedge,
There was a time when I was learning to cook the meal.Actually ,I seldom cook the meals which makes my parents pleased,what they can say is that "see what u make!..molly,u can no longer cook well."
So from that time on I search a lot of the messages from the inter-net and learning all kinds of cooking skills ,then I became to have a try to give my parents a great surprise..but the first time I tried didn't truned out to be good,so before my parents came home I eaten all I cooked.(until this day whenever I thought of that meal I will feel sick!)however,when my parents went back from work and they asked me"hey my darling.what's the coal like substance around ir mouth?"then They knew I cooked the dad meal again.
But next time I cooked a great meal including dishes ,soups and some meats all tasts good and what's more some of them were as good as my mother .but I guess maybe my cooking ability is much higer than her..
That is all because of my previous suffers in cooking that made me a great cook...........
Most of the time we can learn more from the difficulies rather tahn from the success..
Molly..;-)
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
12 Jan 08
Good, you kept trying until you were successful! I like the last line, " Most of the time we can learn more from the difficulties rather than from the success." You are quite wise.
