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12.01.2003 :: Is that smoke that I smell?
You know the old saying, "Dinner's ready when the fire alarm goes off"? Well, people often think that I'm just joking when I say that this axiom describes my mom's cooking, but I now have photographic evidence.
Exhibit One:
My mom is showing off her:
a) topographic representation of the Hawaiin lava flows
b) topographic representation of my recently black-topped driveway
c) sweet potatos with excessive amounts of marshmallow topping in a casserole dish that was placed inches from the top of the oven
Because I know you want a closer look!
Let's just say that I was invited to a cookout at my mom's house one summer evening. I arrived at the house to find a melted gas grill (imagine cheap tupperware coming out of the dishwasher) and everyone settling down after a visit from the fire department.
Really, though, dinner was yummy!
Posted by Mary on 12.01.2003 AT 09:19 PM
Comments
Oh, just scrape off the top, it'll be fine! (My mom was good for burnt toast a majority of the time. Scrape, scrape, scrape. She's a good cook it's just that the timing of the toast is a bit tricky. teehee)
Posted by: Kerstin on 12.02.2003 AT 07:14 AM
HAHAHAHAHA! Kudos to Mom!
Your mom and I have something in common! And anyways, I always like my marshmallows charcoaled!
Posted by: Kateri on 12.02.2003 AT 09:17 AM
ha!!!!!! that's hysterical...one of those stories that will be good around the table for years to come...
Posted by: Teresa on 12.02.2003 AT 11:04 PM
Oh my! I just spent T'giving with the in-law's and your mother topped them! Looks like she has a good sense of humor. Love her smile!
Posted by: Susan on 12.02.2003 AT 11:17 PM
Meh! It's just like toasting marshmallows at a campfire. There's always one kid that burns them. But when you pull off the burnt exterior, in the middle it's still yummy!
Hope your holiday was wonderful!
Sandy
Posted by: Sandy on 12.03.2003 AT 05:37 PM
Ha! Looking forward to my dad pulling the same trick at Christmas dinner! Happens every year. Wouldn't be Christmas if the Flaming Yams didn't appear!
Posted by: Ande on 12.06.2003 AT 01:30 PM
Ande - You really made me laugh! I should check my mom's recipe box and see if she has an official name for this recipe, if not, I'll definitely propose that she use the name Flaming Yams.
:)
Posted by: Mary on 12.07.2003 AT 10:48 PM
Mary,
Now I didnt actually see the movie (just the previews), but that casserole looks like a scene out of Robin Williams' "What dreams may come". Mmmm
Posted by: Jim on 12.13.2003 AT 12:53 AM
man, and i thought my mom is a lousy cook ;-)
Posted by: vanessa on 12.02.2003 AT 06:57 AM