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UH OH! MOM’S GONE ALL KAFKA!

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Mom, now that you are 104 years old, this one’s for you!

Gone Kafka

My mother hated cooking. I always wanted to tell her to relax. We would make our own food. No one would starve if she didn’t make dinner. Mom, go back to your paints, sewing, sculpting. The things you love and do so well.

Not all women were born for the kitchen.

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  1. Soul n Spirit
    07/16/2015 • 08:50

    The pic brings smiles to me. Liked the title too. Very different. All mom are not great cooks. I love cooking but when it becomes three times a day I hate it.

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    • Marilyn Armstrong
      07/16/2015 • 10:49

      Even if you like it now, in 30 years when you are still cooking every day, no matter how much you don’t want to, it’s surprising how much MORE you don’t want to. I keep trying to explain this to Husband, but he just waits for meals to appear. And they do. Like clockwork. Because if I don’t feed him, I’m afraid he won’t eat.

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  2. Judy @ NewEnglandGardenAndThread
    07/15/2015 • 19:57

    Love the shot. I never loved cooking but did it for years and years. Now I get out of it every chance I get. 🙂

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  3. lifelessons
    07/15/2015 • 18:55

    Hilarious, Marilyn!! Where did you find the picture? You certainly win the prize for the best title for this challenge. Now, I have a challenge for you. I’d love it if you would write to this prompt and do a pingback to my blog: http://judydykstrabrown.com/2015/07/15/best-preteen-memories/

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  4. Raewyn's Photos
    07/15/2015 • 16:18

    Great photo. Just as we have been discussing cockroaches lately. I am not the best of cooks either. Give me a camera, a paint brush, knitting needles or sewing machine – they are much for fun for me than spending time cooking. Though my son and I are fed up with microwave meals. Time to start being adventurous in the kitchen – what have we started!!!!

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    • Marilyn Armstrong
      07/15/2015 • 16:45

      Cooking is pretty easy unless you decide you are going to get very fancy. Mostly, it’s knowing what spices go with what foods, knowing how long to cook it (that’s what cook books and the Internet are good for) — and knowing what you like. The rest is just doing it. I know a lot of people are afraid they’ll make mistakes. And you will. Absolutely guaranteed and you’ll never stop making them. That’s just life. Everyone spoils meals now and again for any number of reasons. Just NEVER cook for company any dish with which you have no prior experience. Experiment on yourself and your immediate family, not on guests. And not when you don’t have time to fix it if you make a mistake.

      Get a couple of good, simple, cookbooks for whatever cuisine you like. For me, that’s mostly Italian, Chinese, and New England (we really do have our own local specialties). I also occasionally dabble in something French or New Orleans. They are more difficult, but sometimes, I just want to eat something I can’t get any other way, so I learn to cook it.

      Most of us follow the recipe once, then mess around until it comes out the way we want. The recipe is for initial guidance, but once you get the hang of it … well … it’s like anything else. You learn, you mess around. Then, you eat.

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  5. DailyMusings
    07/15/2015 • 15:45

    ha ha!! love this and the accompanying pic!

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  6. swo8
    07/15/2015 • 12:53

    Marilyn, if I didn’t cook we would all starve!
    Leslie

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    • Marilyn Armstrong
      07/15/2015 • 12:54

      Yes, true. If I did not cook, Garry would fade away completely. Hard enough to keep him eating enough as it is.

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      • swo8
        07/15/2015 • 12:55

        Peter doesn’t eat much either.
        Leslie

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        • Marilyn Armstrong
          07/15/2015 • 12:57

          I don’t eat much anymore either, but Garry will starve himself. And apparently, not care.

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          • omniclassic
            07/15/2015 • 14:49

            Well all the folks in my family cook really well, even the men. One of my uncles explained that it was necessary for survival that any one of us be able to pick up the ball and run with it. I used to help my mom in the kitchen all the time.., my Dad was nervous that he’d missed something in my personality. He didn’t, my natural curiosity, about things technical, also included cooking, especially since I liked to eat. My mom was a fine cook and was suspicious when I asked her for recipes after moving out. Keeping them a secret was her way of holding on to me. Ironically I’m the least talented cook of the lot.

            In a related issue, my sister’s husband married her on the condition that she be able to make “leg of lamb” like my mom did. At least there was no pretense here.., we knew where he stood. But nature punishes as he now weighs in at just under (or over?) 300lbs. Apparently sis kept her promise.., and, NO, she’s still pretty svelte and cute at 65+.

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  7. inesephoto
    07/15/2015 • 12:34

    Haha, my mother hated cooking as well.

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  9. nonsmokingladybug
    07/15/2015 • 11:24

    Cooking is only fun if you want to cook, not if you have to.

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  10. angloswiss
    07/15/2015 • 11:18

    My favourite Kafka book, I love it. Did your mum just wake up like Gregor Samsa or was she always like that? My mum was something similar, but she thought she could cook, at least dad did, so I suppose that was the main thing.

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    • Marilyn Armstrong
      07/15/2015 • 11:22

      I always suspected my mother refused to learn to cook because no one ever demanded her special “whatever” for dinner. If there was a fancy meal to be prepared, my father cooked. She got to relax. Not a bad strategy.

      My mother was Gregor first thing in the morning. If deprived of coffee, it just kept getting worse.

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