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Sad - cooks are sick

7 years ago

I invited my SIL and his cousin - both chefs at nice restaurants for Sunday Dinner, along with 2 grandchildren - 19 and 21. Chopping, stirring all day making chicken for stew from whole birds, to add fluffy dumplings near when they arrive, squash and sweet pepper gratin, pineapple coleslaw, cute appetizer boursin filled cucumber cups, and egg roll wrapper rangoons, plus a honey banana cake. The chefs can't/won't come because they both have roaring colds. Guess they don't want to spread germs this way, thankfully. I'll package up some "new" leftovers and take to them tomorrow (1 1/2 hr drive away.) Sooo - the grands will be here later for a real dinner at grandma's. Neither cook very much but are eager to learn and are experimenting now that they share an apartment and find the cost of eating out is not in their budget and dad lives too far away to cook for them (kids always are surprised when they move out at how many things they need were always there but find empty toilet paper rolls, no more coffee grounds, drained milk cartons, only bread tails, and band-aids, shampoo, washing machine,/dish washer soap don't live in their apartments like they did at home).

I love cooking for the chefs. They make composed meals or grill steaks, stuff I call "fast food" where grandma makes "slow food". I fiddle and fuss over things they would not get in their restaurants. Last time I made bean and cheese enchiladas with homemade sauce, and the time before was New England clam chowder. They loved every morsel and when I served them Cioppino before that they tipped their bowls up to get the very last drop. I love cooking for the chefs, and the grands.

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John Liu

7 years ago

Chefs often really appreciate people cooking for them.

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annie1992
7 years ago
Nancy, I love cooking for the family and grandkids too, although I don't have any chefs in the family. Like you, though, I make things that take a long time, things they don't make at home due to the time constraints and things that aren't served at local restaurants, again because of time constraints.

It's very nice of you to take leftovers to the chefs, I'm sure they will appreciate it. Maybe not as much as the grandkids, though, who are probably living on ramen noodles or spaghetti-os or something fast and cheap!

The dinner sounds delicious, and just the thing for a late winter/early spring kind of meal.

Annie
nancyjane_gardener
7 years ago
It's funny who will cook and who won't! One daughter married young and was always asking me how to make dishes, the other always ate junk, until she married, then learned to cook a bit. Mostly GFgrilled chicken and salad.

They both always love to come home for a meal!
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