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LakeSuperiorView

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11. Wouldn't matter anyway.

Reply to TEB (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:46 AM

Sep 2018

Anyone can cook your chili recipe, but no one can make your chili. You hit on the reason, you adjust it on the fly for the current ingredients and conditions. My mom is a great cook, but she learned from her mother and grandmother that you add ingredients "until it is right". The only way to learn that is to do it, many times until you know what is "right" for something that is half cooked. My sisters , my brother and I didn't learn her cooking skills sadly. I'm an OK cook when I want to cook, but I rarely really cook as I'm only feeding myself. Good recipes make much more food than I need and I hate wasting food.

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Aggravating my MAGA sister in law sister [View all] TEB Sep 2018 OP

And for heaven sakes.. never, ever give the chili recipe to a republican w...... 😉 MLAA Sep 2018 #1

Or....give out a slightly altered version of it. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #3

Heh, Heh! smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #2

Chili is for winners MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #4

Ex Lax is a wonderful flavor enhancer like MSG. magicarpet Sep 2018 #5

Damn, you got there ahead of me. Girard442 Sep 2018 #6

A good trick to play TlalocW Sep 2018 #7

This made me cry salin Sep 2018 #33

Why? MichMary Sep 2018 #8

I'm with you - weird story lame54 Sep 2018 #10

Agree 100% FreeState Sep 2018 #35

Lol . Great post TEB Signed in just to rec your post lunasun Sep 2018 #9

Wouldn't matter anyway. LakeSuperiorView Sep 2018 #11

Almost anything you cook True Blue American Sep 2018 #17

You would trigger my brother with that word. He hates the word "moist". LakeSuperiorView Sep 2018 #19

He would hate my cakes then.:) True Blue American Sep 2018 #22

He likes moist cake, just hates the word "moist". LakeSuperiorView Sep 2018 #30

I was 11 when I came home from school to find a note that said, Aunt Lottie is sick, make waffles appleannie1943 Sep 2018 #29

One of my favorite memories was watching my grandmother cook and bake. Totally Tunsie Sep 2018 #31

It is pretty much a lost art. appleannie1943 Sep 2018 #36

Love it! you made my day! mountain grammy Sep 2018 #12

Should have given her a "Fake" recipe and then--- packman Sep 2018 #13

Nice! Canoe52 Sep 2018 #14

My Trump loving brother in law informed me yesterday that the drug cartels wanted Hillary to win. Pepsidog Sep 2018 #15

To Pepsidog Ohiogal Sep 2018 #28

When I was looking... Squaredeal Sep 2018 #16

You know that is sad. True Blue American Sep 2018 #18

Wish I could use one of those applause emojis here. TNNurse Sep 2018 #20

I'll donate: sprinkleeninow Sep 2018 #23

Now I realize you meant in the subject line, yes? 👏 sprinkleeninow Sep 2018 #26

I learned to cook by watching my mother MineralMan Sep 2018 #21

Offer her Penn Jillette's Swedish Lemon Angels recipe instead. Towlie Sep 2018 #24

Give her the recipe but add a healthy amount of ghost pepper to it. Vinca Sep 2018 #25

LMAO! Love it!!! Ohiogal Sep 2018 #27

Ah, yes, the three rules to a life of peace and tranquility! DFW Sep 2018 #32

Perfect! Dem_4_Life Sep 2018 #34