Grand Avenue by Mike Thompson for December 20, 2022

Remember, when it’s burning it’s cooking, when it’s black it’s done.

Kate reminds me of my mom. I had to learn how to cook from my MIL.

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

My fraternal grandmother could burn water, and she apparently thought steak should be cooked into leather for new soles.

She’s taking lessons from Florrie Capp.

I come from a large family and we all learned basic cooking, nothing fancy.

That “song of my people” is new, your mother likely did not have one and for sure her mother. Mind the fire departments did have bells on the wagons

What was passed down now results in people passed out.

My mother was a fantastic cook and baker. Unfortunately, that ability wasn’t passed down to me. Fortunately, I’m married to a man who is a pretty good cook, so I lucked out.

That’s why she has those handy apps on her phone for take out or delivery.