The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[MouseDreaming]

Hey y'all, just wanted to let you know we are in our happy place now! We arrived at Kidani Village about 7:30pm on Saturday, and then it was off to Animal Kingdom to use the one FP I booked that day for Na'vi River Journey (first time riding). We enjoyed it, but I think I was a little disappointed because I expected more animatronics. It is beautifully done, though. We also rode Dinosaur, which I really liked but my daughter was not a fan as much, mainly because it was dark most of the time (as you can see in the pic, we are in 2nd row, her head is down lol).
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Then we proceeded to ride on TriceraTop Spin 3-4 times since the park was closing soon. Went back to our room and ordered room service, which was rather limited (and no french fries! What's up with that??), so the only appetizing item was the Caesar salad, to which I added shrimp to mine. I keep forgetting about portion sizes here, so I had ordered 2 of them, and basically they were each almost full heads of Romaine! Luckily, being in a villa, I can save food in the refrigerator, so now we have salad to last a few days. I had also ordered some groceries, including frozen mac & cheese, and I was able to supplement that for my daughter. Apparently I was ambitious in my thinking we would get up earlier yesterday, as I had booked the Kilimanjaro Safari for 9am, but since we didn't get to bed until super late on Saturday, I decided to let my daughter sleep in and rebooked our FPs for Epcot just before our 5:35pm Coral Reef dinner ADR. While she slept, I enjoyed the relative quiet (we have some noisy next door neighbors), drinking my coffee and enjoying our savanna view.

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After she woke up, we headed to the pool at Jambo house, mainly because they serve fries at the Mara . I ordered a crispy chicken sandwich (through the mobile food order app, which was convenient), and again, I forgot about portion size and was amazed at how large it is.
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Basically it's 2 breaded chicken patties with 4 slices of bacon, which would be great if I ate pork lol. We hung out at the pool for a couple hours and then it's always the dreaded task of getting my daughter to go so we can get ready for other activities. We did get ready on time, but then the bus to Epcot didn't seem to be arriving anytime soon and I was worried about missing our reservation, so decided to take a cab instead. However, after the bell guy called one for us, I realized I didn't have any cash or credit card on me (I was relying on my Magic Band to get us through everything, so lesson learned), and had to run-walk back to our room which was a really long way from the lobby. Amazingly, since I'm not a fitness person at all, I managed to get back before our cab arrived, which should also have been a clue as to the driver's pace. OMG, I have never had such a slow cab driver ever. I told him we were trying to make a dinner reservation and he said he'd do his best. This guy drove like 40-45 miles on the freeway! I was all ready to give him a tip, but not for that kind of driving. Still, the security line was non-existent and it was a short wait at the entrance, so we weren't too late for dinner. And as usual I requested a table by the window, which was accommodated easily, probably because we were there before 6pm. Since we were going to the Frozen dessert party afterward, I didn't want to eat too much, plus I was still full from the huge chicken sandwich earlier. I ordered the scallop appetizer and crab cake side, both were pretty tasty. Daughter had the turkey sloppy joe (too sweet for me) and broccoli. I have to say the view was really great this visit, with sharks and rays getting really close to our window. Including one who hung out for quite awhile, almost like it was observing us.
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After dinner, we had a FP for Test Track, which took more than 30 minutes to get through! And this time both our faces are not visible in our ride pic lol.
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Then it was off to the dessert party, which apparently was moved indoors in Norway due to inclement weather, so I think we were at least 15-20 minutes late. But, not a big deal, as the dessert selection wasn't as appetizing as I'd hoped. The best things were the cupcakes. I tried a pina colada, which was supposed to look like a melted snowman because they topped it with these chocolate pearls, but it wasn't very tasty, and after awhile it looked like something had pooped in it .
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Then they herded us to our viewing location and I had my final viewing of Illuminations (sniff, sniff). Is it me, or does the globe no longer move through the water to the center of the lake? Regardless, I enjoyed it (even with the smokiness due to the winds) and will miss it. Afterward, we got to go on the Frozen ride, which for some reason this time I enjoyed much more than the last time. Maybe because there were more animatronics than I remembered? Then we made our way out of the park, with a stop at Mouse Gear, where I got cute Stitch shorts and my daughter a retro Walt Disney World sweatshirt.
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Thus concludes Day One. Onward to Day Two today! Hope y'all have a magical day as well.

Thanks for checking in. Sounds like you are having a great time!

 

[MouseDreaming]

Our farm market had some good cherry tomatoes two weeks ago! I made a bruschetta topping with them with my fresh grown basil. It was so good especially with the bread with got from the bread guys at the market too. Hmm, I will be driving past the market on Wednesday maybe I should stop in and make get tomatoes for salsa this time.

You don't even have to think about this. Just do it! That sounds good.

 

[93boomer]

Hey y'all, just wanted to let you know we are in our happy place now! We arrived at Kidani Village about 7:30pm on Saturday, and then it was off to Animal Kingdom to use the one FP I booked that day for Na'vi River Journey (first time riding). We enjoyed it, but I think I was a little disappointed because I expected more animatronics. It is beautifully done, though. We also rode Dinosaur, which I really liked but my daughter was not a fan as much, mainly because it was dark most of the time (as you can see in the pic, we are in 2nd row, her head is down lol).
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Then we proceeded to ride on TriceraTop Spin 3-4 times since the park was closing soon. Went back to our room and ordered room service, which was rather limited (and no french fries! What's up with that??), so the only appetizing item was the Caesar salad, to which I added shrimp to mine. I keep forgetting about portion sizes here, so I had ordered 2 of them, and basically they were each almost full heads of Romaine! Luckily, being in a villa, I can save food in the refrigerator, so now we have salad to last a few days. I had also ordered some groceries, including frozen mac & cheese, and I was able to supplement that for my daughter. Apparently I was ambitious in my thinking we would get up earlier yesterday, as I had booked the Kilimanjaro Safari for 9am, but since we didn't get to bed until super late on Saturday, I decided to let my daughter sleep in and rebooked our FPs for Epcot just before our 5:35pm Coral Reef dinner ADR. While she slept, I enjoyed the relative quiet (we have some noisy next door neighbors), drinking my coffee and enjoying our savanna view.

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After she woke up, we headed to the pool at Jambo house, mainly because they serve fries at the Mara . I ordered a crispy chicken sandwich (through the mobile food order app, which was convenient), and again, I forgot about portion size and was amazed at how large it is.
View attachment 396016

Basically it's 2 breaded chicken patties with 4 slices of bacon, which would be great if I ate pork lol. We hung out at the pool for a couple hours and then it's always the dreaded task of getting my daughter to go so we can get ready for other activities. We did get ready on time, but then the bus to Epcot didn't seem to be arriving anytime soon and I was worried about missing our reservation, so decided to take a cab instead. However, after the bell guy called one for us, I realized I didn't have any cash or credit card on me (I was relying on my Magic Band to get us through everything, so lesson learned), and had to run-walk back to our room which was a really long way from the lobby. Amazingly, since I'm not a fitness person at all, I managed to get back before our cab arrived, which should also have been a clue as to the driver's pace. OMG, I have never had such a slow cab driver ever. I told him we were trying to make a dinner reservation and he said he'd do his best. This guy drove like 40-45 miles on the freeway! I was all ready to give him a tip, but not for that kind of driving. Still, the security line was non-existent and it was a short wait at the entrance, so we weren't too late for dinner. And as usual I requested a table by the window, which was accommodated easily, probably because we were there before 6pm. Since we were going to the Frozen dessert party afterward, I didn't want to eat too much, plus I was still full from the huge chicken sandwich earlier. I ordered the scallop appetizer and crab cake side, both were pretty tasty. Daughter had the turkey sloppy joe (too sweet for me) and broccoli. I have to say the view was really great this visit, with sharks and rays getting really close to our window. Including one who hung out for quite awhile, almost like it was observing us.
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After dinner, we had a FP for Test Track, which took more than 30 minutes to get through! And this time both our faces are not visible in our ride pic lol.
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Then it was off to the dessert party, which apparently was moved indoors in Norway due to inclement weather, so I think we were at least 15-20 minutes late. But, not a big deal, as the dessert selection wasn't as appetizing as I'd hoped. The best things were the cupcakes. I tried a pina colada, which was supposed to look like a melted snowman because they topped it with these chocolate pearls, but it wasn't very tasty, and after awhile it looked like something had pooped in it .
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Then they herded us to our viewing location and I had my final viewing of Illuminations (sniff, sniff). Is it me, or does the globe no longer move through the water to the center of the lake? Regardless, I enjoyed it (even with the smokiness due to the winds) and will miss it. Afterward, we got to go on the Frozen ride, which for some reason this time I enjoyed much more than the last time. Maybe because there were more animatronics than I remembered? Then we made our way out of the park, with a stop at Mouse Gear, where I got cute Stitch shorts and my daughter a retro Walt Disney World sweatshirt.
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Thus concludes Day One. Onward to Day Two today! Hope y'all have a magical day as well.

Have a fun day!!

 

[Goofyernmost]

I have a food related question... I see so many orthodox and signature food items being talked about and I am curious. I cook all my own food and if you saw my full body picture you would see that I am a long way away from starvation, so everything must be edible. I always dabbled a little when I was younger. I had a spaghetti sauce recipe that was given to me by a pure blooded Italian that had everything in it including the kitchen sink. It even specified that I had to purchase only tomatoes that were imported from Italy and available in only one store in the area. It used to take 8+ hours to make and cook everything down to sauce consistency. I mean this sauce even contained bone in pork chops among other meats. I lost the recipe by forgetting it was in my wife's recipe box. I lost it in the divorce. She apparently threw it away because my daughter has that box now and it isn't anyplace to be found.

I don't know why I said all that because my question (yes, I'm finally getting around to ask it) how did all of you learn how to cook. Were you taught by your family, school, trial and error or did you just wake up one day and could cook all kinds of things? I am sometimes amazed by seemingly new designer things that crop up. Things like Basil Aioli, something that I never heard of in my 71 years on the planet and now it seems like everyone on the planet, besides me, know what it is. It is even "featured" in a Sonic Ad stated as if it is one of the most important food items ever. Anyway... how does everyone know this and where did some of these new things come from? Where they always there and someone just changed the name so they could charge more or have they always been there under a different name or perhaps used as animal feed until recently?

 

[Rista1313]

I have a food related question... I see so many orthodox and signature food items being talked about and I am curious. I cook all my own food and if you saw my full body picture you would see that I am a long way away from starvation, so everything must be edible. I always dabbled a little when I was younger. I had a spaghetti sauce recipe that was given to me by a pure blooded Italian that had everything in it including the kitchen sink. It even specified that I had to purchase only tomatoes that were imported from Italy and available in only one store in the area. It used to take 8+ hours to make and cook everything down to sauce consistency. I mean this sauce even contained bone in pork chops among other meats. I lost the recipe by forgetting it was in my wife's recipe box. I lost it in the divorce. She apparently threw it away because my daughter has that box now and it isn't anyplace to be found.

I don't know why I said all that because my question (yes, I'm finally getting around to ask it) how did all of you learn how to cook. Were you taught by your family, school, trial and error or did you just wake up one day and could cook all kinds of things? I am sometimes amazed by seemingly new designer things that crop up. Things like Basil Aioli, something that I never heard of in my 71 years on the planet and now it seems like everyone on the planet, besides me, know what it is. It is even "featured" in a Sonic Ad stated as if it is one of the most important food items ever. Anyway... how does everyone know this and where did some of these new things come from? Where they always there and someone just changed the name so they could charge more or have they always been there?

I'm sorry you lost your recipe!

I learned to cook mostly by watching my mom (until I was 15, and then she passed) and also my Paternal grandmother. I was an only child up until that point and I would hang out in the kitchen while my mom cooked, and she always let me help. When I was really young, she would set me up on the counter beside where she was working. I would stay with my Grandma in the summer months at years 10/11/12, and she would teach me basic recipes, like how to make spaghetti. (she taught me the easy way, and her "special recipe" I learned later, and I'm making that this coming Sunday.) The other places I learned to cook were in home/ec cooking classes in high school.. where we also learned basic recipes, in addition we learned how to measure things out correctly. T versus t. Leveling your measuring cup with the back of a knife, etc.

I've always had a fascination with cooking... so I spent MANY hours watching the food network when we still had cable.

I think the food/chef industry has evolved over the year but chefs just experimenting and trying new things that sound good to them. They become popular and then everyone starts making Aioli's... It's a very "foodie" world.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I have a food related question... I see so many orthodox and signature food items being talked about and I am curious. I cook all my own food and if you saw my full body picture you would see that I am a long way away from starvation, so everything must be edible. I always dabbled a little when I was younger. I had a spaghetti sauce recipe that was given to me by a pure blooded Italian that had everything in it including the kitchen sink. It even specified that I had to purchase only tomatoes that were imported from Italy and available in only one store in the area. It used to take 8+ hours to make and cook everything down to sauce consistency. I mean this sauce even contained bone in pork chops among other meats. I lost the recipe by forgetting it was in my wife's recipe box. I lost it in the divorce. She apparently threw it away because my daughter has that box now and it isn't anyplace to be found.

I don't know why I said all that because my question (yes, I'm finally getting around to ask it) how did all of you learn how to cook. Were you taught by your family, school, trial and error or did you just wake up one day and could cook all kinds of things? I am sometimes amazed by seemingly new designer things that crop up. Things like Basil Aioli, something that I never heard of in my 71 years on the planet and now it seems like everyone on the planet, besides me, know what it is. It is even "featured" in a Sonic Ad stated as if it is one of the most important food items ever. Anyway... how does everyone know this and where did some of these new things come from? Where they always there and someone just changed the name so they could charge more or have they always been there under a different name or perhaps used as animal feed until recently?

I learned to cook by watching my mom. I hung out with her in the kitchen and helped out and looked at recipe books with her. We also watched some cooking shows on PBS together, like Julia Child and the Frugal Gourmet. Then when she went back to work full time I was in 5th grade, the hours she worked as a nurse were from 3pm-11pm, so that meant either my dad or older sister had to cook dinner. My dad was functional as a cook but it was always fried potatoes and some fried meat or fish sticks. My sister burnt almost everything she tried which was mostly frozen pizza. So I took over the cooking and I started by following recipes but I soon started to experiment a little, like when I made chicken rice-a-roni I would add other seasonings. And by looking at recipes and watching things on tv I have become more experimental in my cooking. I think that for people come up with new foods and flavors just experimenting with things that might taste good is where it comes from. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I'm sorry you lost your recipe!

I learned to cook mostly by watching my mom (until I was 15, and then she passed) and also my Paternal grandmother. I was an only child up until that point and I would hang out in the kitchen while my mom cooked, and she always let me help. When I was really young, she would set me up on the counter beside where she was working. I would stay with my Grandma in the summer months at years 10/11/12, and she would teach me basic recipes, like how to make spaghetti. (she taught me the easy way, and her "special recipe" I learned later, and I'm making that this coming Sunday.) The other places I learned to cook were in home/ec cooking classes in high school.. where we also learned basic recipes, in addition we learned how to measure things out correctly. T versus t. Leveling your measuring cup with the back of a knife, etc.

I've always had a fascination with cooking... so I spent MANY hours watching the food network when we still had cable.

I think the food/chef industry has evolved over the year but chefs just experimenting and trying new things that sound good to them. They become popular and then everyone starts making Aioli's... It's a very "foodie" world.

As I tell Brad Aioli's are just fancy mayonaises! (He claims to hate mayo, but if I doctor it up a little and call it aioli then he likes it.)

 

[Gabe1]

@StarWarsGirl Walmart generally in laundry soap type area



Best thing ever!!! If you have a lot of ants keep an eye out for when trap is full.

 

[93boomer]

I have a food related question... I see so many orthodox and signature food items being talked about and I am curious. I cook all my own food and if you saw my full body picture you would see that I am a long way away from starvation, so everything must be edible. I always dabbled a little when I was younger. I had a spaghetti sauce recipe that was given to me by a pure blooded Italian that had everything in it including the kitchen sink. It even specified that I had to purchase only tomatoes that were imported from Italy and available in only one store in the area. It used to take 8+ hours to make and cook everything down to sauce consistency. I mean this sauce even contained bone in pork chops among other meats. I lost the recipe by forgetting it was in my wife's recipe box. I lost it in the divorce. She apparently threw it away because my daughter has that box now and it isn't anyplace to be found.

I don't know why I said all that because my question (yes, I'm finally getting around to ask it) how did all of you learn how to cook. Were you taught by your family, school, trial and error or did you just wake up one day and could cook all kinds of things? I am sometimes amazed by seemingly new designer things that crop up. Things like Basil Aioli, something that I never heard of in my 71 years on the planet and now it seems like everyone on the planet, besides me, know what it is. It is even "featured" in a Sonic Ad stated as if it is one of the most important food items ever. Anyway... how does everyone know this and where did some of these new things come from? Where they always there and someone just changed the name so they could charge more or have they always been there under a different name or perhaps used as animal feed until recently?

I also learned to cook by helping my Mom. She worked when we were going up, so sometimes as we girls got older, we did the cooking a lot. I picked up a few tips from watching my Grandma when we stayed over there on weekends.
I took home ec in high school and got a lot of basic information from my teacher. We used to cook a dish and practice in her class. I still have some of the recipes from that class. That was the first time I made those basic no bake cookies. Yum!
I watched Food Network a lot when I first got married in order to get some newer recipes. I have binders full of printouts from Emeril, Rachael Ray, and other FN stars. Now, I can just google a recipe. I also have a huge library of cookbooks. Right now, I am using an app on my phone called Mealime. It is really simple to get recipes and ideas. I have made several recipes and enjoyed all of them so far.
A lot of things were trial and error when I first cooked. My DH doesn't complain so I must be doing something right.
I think a lot of cooking terms come from French cooking. If you watch a lot of cooking shows, you finally pick some of them up.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Hey y'all, just wanted to let you know we are in our happy place now! We arrived at Kidani Village about 7:30pm on Saturday, and then it was off to Animal Kingdom to use the one FP I booked that day for Na'vi River Journey (first time riding). We enjoyed it, but I think I was a little disappointed because I expected more animatronics. It is beautifully done, though. We also rode Dinosaur, which I really liked but my daughter was not a fan as much, mainly because it was dark most of the time (as you can see in the pic, we are in 2nd row, her head is down lol).
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Then we proceeded to ride on TriceraTop Spin 3-4 times since the park was closing soon. Went back to our room and ordered room service, which was rather limited (and no french fries! What's up with that??), so the only appetizing item was the Caesar salad, to which I added shrimp to mine. I keep forgetting about portion sizes here, so I had ordered 2 of them, and basically they were each almost full heads of Romaine! Luckily, being in a villa, I can save food in the refrigerator, so now we have salad to last a few days. I had also ordered some groceries, including frozen mac & cheese, and I was able to supplement that for my daughter. Apparently I was ambitious in my thinking we would get up earlier yesterday, as I had booked the Kilimanjaro Safari for 9am, but since we didn't get to bed until super late on Saturday, I decided to let my daughter sleep in and rebooked our FPs for Epcot just before our 5:35pm Coral Reef dinner ADR. While she slept, I enjoyed the relative quiet (we have some noisy next door neighbors), drinking my coffee and enjoying our savanna view.

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After she woke up, we headed to the pool at Jambo house, mainly because they serve fries at the Mara . I ordered a crispy chicken sandwich (through the mobile food order app, which was convenient), and again, I forgot about portion size and was amazed at how large it is.
View attachment 396016

Basically it's 2 breaded chicken patties with 4 slices of bacon, which would be great if I ate pork lol. We hung out at the pool for a couple hours and then it's always the dreaded task of getting my daughter to go so we can get ready for other activities. We did get ready on time, but then the bus to Epcot didn't seem to be arriving anytime soon and I was worried about missing our reservation, so decided to take a cab instead. However, after the bell guy called one for us, I realized I didn't have any cash or credit card on me (I was relying on my Magic Band to get us through everything, so lesson learned), and had to run-walk back to our room which was a really long way from the lobby. Amazingly, since I'm not a fitness person at all, I managed to get back before our cab arrived, which should also have been a clue as to the driver's pace. OMG, I have never had such a slow cab driver ever. I told him we were trying to make a dinner reservation and he said he'd do his best. This guy drove like 40-45 miles on the freeway! I was all ready to give him a tip, but not for that kind of driving. Still, the security line was non-existent and it was a short wait at the entrance, so we weren't too late for dinner. And as usual I requested a table by the window, which was accommodated easily, probably because we were there before 6pm. Since we were going to the Frozen dessert party afterward, I didn't want to eat too much, plus I was still full from the huge chicken sandwich earlier. I ordered the scallop appetizer and crab cake side, both were pretty tasty. Daughter had the turkey sloppy joe (too sweet for me) and broccoli. I have to say the view was really great this visit, with sharks and rays getting really close to our window. Including one who hung out for quite awhile, almost like it was observing us.
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After dinner, we had a FP for Test Track, which took more than 30 minutes to get through! And this time both our faces are not visible in our ride pic lol.
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Then it was off to the dessert party, which apparently was moved indoors in Norway due to inclement weather, so I think we were at least 15-20 minutes late. But, not a big deal, as the dessert selection wasn't as appetizing as I'd hoped. The best things were the cupcakes. I tried a pina colada, which was supposed to look like a melted snowman because they topped it with these chocolate pearls, but it wasn't very tasty, and after awhile it looked like something had pooped in it .
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Then they herded us to our viewing location and I had my final viewing of Illuminations (sniff, sniff). Is it me, or does the globe no longer move through the water to the center of the lake? Regardless, I enjoyed it (even with the smokiness due to the winds) and will miss it. Afterward, we got to go on the Frozen ride, which for some reason this time I enjoyed much more than the last time. Maybe because there were more animatronics than I remembered? Then we made our way out of the park, with a stop at Mouse Gear, where I got cute Stitch shorts and my daughter a retro Walt Disney World sweatshirt.
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Thus concludes Day One. Onward to Day Two today! Hope y'all have a magical day as well.

Hooray that your trip is finally here! Thank you for sharing this mini tr! Enjoy the rest of your stay. I am totally looking forward to more trip posts from you.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

DD is back at school next Monday. I start meetings that day, to get ready for another year of school lunches. First day of school for me is in 2 weeks.

School starts the 12th? Seems early. Pur schools start the 22nd.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

I have a food related question... I see so many orthodox and signature food items being talked about and I am curious. I cook all my own food and if you saw my full body picture you would see that I am a long way away from starvation, so everything must be edible. I always dabbled a little when I was younger. I had a spaghetti sauce recipe that was given to me by a pure blooded Italian that had everything in it including the kitchen sink. It even specified that I had to purchase only tomatoes that were imported from Italy and available in only one store in the area. It used to take 8+ hours to make and cook everything down to sauce consistency. I mean this sauce even contained bone in pork chops among other meats. I lost the recipe by forgetting it was in my wife's recipe box. I lost it in the divorce. She apparently threw it away because my daughter has that box now and it isn't anyplace to be found.

I don't know why I said all that because my question (yes, I'm finally getting around to ask it) how did all of you learn how to cook. Were you taught by your family, school, trial and error or did you just wake up one day and could cook all kinds of things? I am sometimes amazed by seemingly new designer things that crop up. Things like Basil Aioli, something that I never heard of in my 71 years on the planet and now it seems like everyone on the planet, besides me, know what it is. It is even "featured" in a Sonic Ad stated as if it is one of the most important food items ever. Anyway... how does everyone know this and where did some of these new things come from? Where they always there and someone just changed the name so they could charge more or have they always been there under a different name or perhaps used as animal feed until recently?

Like the others, I learned by watching and helping my mom in the kitchen. I did watch a lot of PBS prior to Food Network. There were shows like Yan can Cook and The Frugal Gourmet. I think the greatest influence was my mom though. What I cook now is totally different though than what my mom cooked, but I learned basic knowledge and not to be afraid of cooking from her.

 

[93boomer]

Like the others, I learned by watching and helping my mom in the kitchen. I did watch a lot of PBS prior to Food Network. There were shows like Yan can Cook and The Frugal Gourmet. I think the greatest influence was my mom though. What I cook now is totally different though than what my mom cooked, but I learned basic knowledge and not to be afraid of cooking from her.

Yan Can Cook is a great show!

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

I have a food related question... I see so many orthodox and signature food items being talked about and I am curious. I cook all my own food and if you saw my full body picture you would see that I am a long way away from starvation, so everything must be edible. I always dabbled a little when I was younger. I had a spaghetti sauce recipe that was given to me by a pure blooded Italian that had everything in it including the kitchen sink. It even specified that I had to purchase only tomatoes that were imported from Italy and available in only one store in the area. It used to take 8+ hours to make and cook everything down to sauce consistency. I mean this sauce even contained bone in pork chops among other meats. I lost the recipe by forgetting it was in my wife's recipe box. I lost it in the divorce. She apparently threw it away because my daughter has that box now and it isn't anyplace to be found.

I don't know why I said all that because my question (yes, I'm finally getting around to ask it) how did all of you learn how to cook. Were you taught by your family, school, trial and error or did you just wake up one day and could cook all kinds of things? I am sometimes amazed by seemingly new designer things that crop up. Things like Basil Aioli, something that I never heard of in my 71 years on the planet and now it seems like everyone on the planet, besides me, know what it is. It is even "featured" in a Sonic Ad stated as if it is one of the most important food items ever. Anyway... how does everyone know this and where did some of these new things come from? Where they always there and someone just changed the name so they could charge more or have they always been there under a different name or perhaps used as animal feed until recently?

Why do I need to cook ? I'm married ...



























I learned to cook by helping my mum when I was younger.

 

[MouseDreaming]

As I tell Brad Aioli's are just fancy mayonaises! (He claims to hate mayo, but if I doctor it up a little and call it aioli then he likes it.)

Which is why I still hate it. Mayo by any other name, is still mayo.It doesn't suddenly become good for you by throwing in some herbs or garlic. And mayo. Just not my thing.

 

[MinnieM123]

Hey y'all, just wanted to let you know we are in our happy place now! We arrived at Kidani Village about 7:30pm on Saturday, and then it was off to Animal Kingdom to use the one FP I booked that day for Na'vi River Journey (first time riding). We enjoyed it, but I think I was a little disappointed because I expected more animatronics. It is beautifully done, though. We also rode Dinosaur, which I really liked but my daughter was not a fan as much, mainly because it was dark most of the time (as you can see in the pic, we are in 2nd row, her head is down lol).

Catmom!!! Great to see you back here! Happy that you and your daughter arrived at WDW last Saturday and are enjoying a fun vacation. Please send us updates when convenient.

 

[MinnieM123]

Which is why I still hate it. Mayo by any other name, is still mayo.It doesn't suddenly become good for you by throwing in some herbs or garlic. And mayo. Just not my thing.

I LOVE mayo!!

 

[Goofyernmost]

I learned to cook by watching my mom. I hung out with her in the kitchen and helped out and looked at recipe books with her. We also watched some cooking shows on PBS together, like Julia Child and the Frugal Gourmet. Then when she went back to work full time I was in 5th grade, the hours she worked as a nurse were from 3pm-11pm, so that meant either my dad or older sister had to cook dinner. My dad was functional as a cook but it was always fried potatoes and some fried meat or fish sticks. My sister burnt almost everything she tried which was mostly frozen pizza. So I took over the cooking and I started by following recipes but I soon started to experiment a little, like when I made chicken rice-a-roni I would add other seasonings. And by looking at recipes and watching things on tv I have become more experimental in my cooking. I think that for people come up with new foods and flavors just experimenting with things that might taste good is where it comes from. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

I experiment a lot. I never get vocal about what I did because I am the only guinea pig in the house. So if it comes out awful I throw it out and have a Peanut Butter and Jam sandwich.

As I tell Brad Aioli's are just fancy mayonaises! (He claims to hate mayo, but if I doctor it up a little and call it aioli then he likes it.)

....M E N.... We ain't to bright are we?

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

Which is why I still hate it. Mayo by any other name, is still mayo.It doesn't suddenly become good for you by throwing in some herbs or garlic. And mayo. Just not my thing.

Go with salad cream instead ...

 

[MinnieM123]

I have a food related question... I see so many orthodox and signature food items being talked about and I am curious. I cook all my own food and if you saw my full body picture you would see that I am a long way away from starvation, so everything must be edible. I always dabbled a little when I was younger. I had a spaghetti sauce recipe that was given to me by a pure blooded Italian that had everything in it including the kitchen sink. It even specified that I had to purchase only tomatoes that were imported from Italy and available in only one store in the area. It used to take 8+ hours to make and cook everything down to sauce consistency. I mean this sauce even contained bone in pork chops among other meats. I lost the recipe by forgetting it was in my wife's recipe box. I lost it in the divorce. She apparently threw it away because my daughter has that box now and it isn't anyplace to be found.

I don't know why I said all that because my question (yes, I'm finally getting around to ask it) how did all of you learn how to cook. Were you taught by your family, school, trial and error or did you just wake up one day and could cook all kinds of things? I am sometimes amazed by seemingly new designer things that crop up. Things like Basil Aioli, something that I never heard of in my 71 years on the planet and now it seems like everyone on the planet, besides me, know what it is. It is even "featured" in a Sonic Ad stated as if it is one of the most important food items ever. Anyway... how does everyone know this and where did some of these new things come from? Where they always there and someone just changed the name so they could charge more or have they always been there under a different name or perhaps used as animal feed until recently?

I can make my own meals, too. Let's see: crackers and cheese; tunafish sandwiches, sometimes with crushed potato chips (when I'm feeling adventurous) ; nuked up frozen dinners; and, cereal, sometimes with a banana. Now, no reason to be jealous -- some of us are just talented!

But aside of my more advanced culinary skills above, I learned to actually "cook" from my mother and grandmother. Also, I took a cooking class in high school (but, that was a disaster -- none of us in class paid attention, and everything we made was inedible . . . ).