tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post8608763453530087028..comments2024-03-28T23:20:45.447-04:00Comments on Girlfriends Book Club: Ideas by Melissa SenateWriter Wenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16730769794553260336noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-64764489547156441922016-10-09T18:41:09.947-04:002016-10-09T18:41:09.947-04:00Your ideas about education really good thanks for ...Your ideas about education really good thanks for share it <a href="http://www.personalstatementreview.net/about-our-personal-statement-review-service/" rel="nofollow">review my personal statement</a> .ANNE Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655511123422765664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-8613066288877865582010-08-26T17:42:53.573-04:002010-08-26T17:42:53.573-04:00Ah man! Missed the contest. But I will say that I ...Ah man! Missed the contest. But I will say that I would probably pass over dinner at a fancy restaurant in favor of a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup on a cold day. Nothing like it!Ernessa T. Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765310225042942524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-88367814597071573552010-08-26T12:32:04.863-04:002010-08-26T12:32:04.863-04:00Looking forward to the book.
When I was a kid, th...Looking forward to the book.<br /><br />When I was a kid, there was nothing better than my great aunts chicken noodle soup. No one makes it like her!<br /><br />jen161@hotmail.comjen rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-19184307935108885952010-08-20T07:10:47.380-04:002010-08-20T07:10:47.380-04:00Thank you all again for these wonderful, wonderful...Thank you all again for these wonderful, wonderful responses and kind comments about the post and the cover. I love how varied our childhood comfort foods are. <br /><br />MsHellion, you've won the advance review copy of The Love Goddess' Cooking School, so email me when you see this and I'll pop a signed copy in the mail to you!<br /><br />Thanks again!Melissa Senatehttp://www.melissasenate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-10854871074731083092010-08-19T23:46:35.894-04:002010-08-19T23:46:35.894-04:00Lovely post. I'll have to get your book when ...Lovely post. I'll have to get your book when it's out. I'm not a great cook, either, but for a reason I can't comprehend, I love foodie fiction.<br /><br />My mother wasn't a great cook, but when it came to pies, she was the best cook. My comfort food, which I have about 3 times a year, is grilled cheese sandwiches. The only difference is that my mom used Velveeta cheese and white bread; I use Swiss cheese and healthy grain bread.Edie Ramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17084144940233965447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-46242710778130580842010-08-19T21:43:19.552-04:002010-08-19T21:43:19.552-04:00This was such a beautiful post! You brought back m...This was such a beautiful post! You brought back my own memories of my grandmas cooking- which to this day no one can match. While she shared some recipes with me before she passed away I havent had the guts to try them out...I know it won't taste like hers!!! Maybe one day when my daughter is a little older we will take a dive into those recipes :-} Congrats on the book! I am keeping my fingers crossed- but winner or not this is on my must read list!Erin Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577040690339170254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-50584343587917700562010-08-19T21:40:33.994-04:002010-08-19T21:40:33.994-04:00I can't wait to read this book. And the cover ...I can't wait to read this book. And the cover is absolutely divine! I think it's a terrific thing when a so-called "non-foodie" takes on food. There's hope! I think the comfort food of my childhood was my grandmother's fried chicken and black-eyed peas. Slathered, of course, in plenty of bacon grease. These days I believe these foods are technically illegal, but every now and then....I just have to have some! Can't wait for this book!Maddie Dawsonhttp://www.maddiedawson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-14798673602946119702010-08-19T21:32:38.230-04:002010-08-19T21:32:38.230-04:00Melissa,
My grandmother was a "country cook&q...Melissa,<br />My grandmother was a "country cook" - so our meals were always comfort food. Chicken fried steak slathered in homemade gravey with mashed potatoes and lots of butter comes to mind. I always smile when I think of the nights we had "sh** o a shingle" - hamburger gravy over toast. We loved it. I might just have to make that for my kids soon. Congrats on your new book. October is almost here!Malhttp://www.malenalott.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-63082815750671367122010-08-19T21:09:55.618-04:002010-08-19T21:09:55.618-04:00Growing up both my parents worked so it was lucky ...Growing up both my parents worked so it was lucky if we all sat down to a cooked meal. My Grandma always cook noodles for Thanksgiving Dinner. Her noodles were the highlight of the feast.Jennifer Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-66524071173989336942010-08-19T20:31:46.798-04:002010-08-19T20:31:46.798-04:00Great post and the book sounds fantastic. My mom w...Great post and the book sounds fantastic. My mom wasn't a great cook either, but she used to make this cheddar currant bread baked in an iron skillet that I loved. I can almost smell it in my memory, warm with butter smeared on it. Sigh. I consider myself a fairly proficient chef and I love to cook, but I haven't made that bread since I left home. I'm not even sure I have the recipe, but I am now going to see if I can find it.Michelle (MG) Bradenhttp://www.mgbraden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-32148657949714001082010-08-19T17:02:39.703-04:002010-08-19T17:02:39.703-04:00LOVE this post! I have the Italian grandma (just s...LOVE this post! I have the Italian grandma (just spoke to her this afternoon, actually) whose chicken cutlets I STILL can't master! I've made them with her so many times, and I am a good cook, but for some reason, no matter what I do - even the EXACT SAME THINGS she does - I can't duplicate them.Judi Fennellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12913199632952461638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-87282187057632504522010-08-19T16:41:41.276-04:002010-08-19T16:41:41.276-04:00My mom was an awesome cook (and totally OCD - she ...My mom was an awesome cook (and totally OCD - she wouldn't let anyone near the kitchen when she was cooking), so it's hard to settle on just one dish but there was one thing she made that was particularly special. It's a Lebanese dish called 'kibbeh' - ground beef mixed with wheat germ, allspice, nutmeg and who knows what else - and shaped into a an outer shell which then gets stuffed with more spiced beef and pine nuts. Each little kibbeh looks like a mini-meat-stuffed football and is usually deep fried, but there’s also the raw version, which is a bit of a delicacy in Lebanese cuisine. My mom was obviously not overly enthusiastic about feeding her kids raw meat, but it was soooo good that she couldn’t resist our puppy-dog faces whenever she’d be sitting at the kitchen table, stuffing those little footballs, that she’d slip up a couple of mouthfuls after sufficient begging. When I grew up I found out that kibbeh niyeh – raw kibbeh – is a delicacy served in finer Lebanese restaurants and now my mom makes me a dish of it every year for my birthday. When I asked her if she could teach me to make it, she just laughed in my face and walked off, muttering to herself and shaking her head.<br />Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Melissa : )Nadine Dajanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16857990436245903724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-88982826301946681342010-08-19T15:35:01.587-04:002010-08-19T15:35:01.587-04:00What a delicious post, Melissa! And I cannot WAIT ...What a delicious post, Melissa! And I cannot WAIT to read this book!!<br /><br />My mom was never much of a cook, and I love a good meal, so I learned to cook at a young age. Thus, I don't have any great memories of comfort good. Maybe salmon croquettes, made from the stuff in a can and fried in oil, if for nothing other than nostalgia. <br /><br />Speaking of nostalgia, I totally remember Korvettes!<br /><br />xoEllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794791220323089387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-57809689016374058612010-08-19T13:54:14.311-04:002010-08-19T13:54:14.311-04:00This is so sad, but my brothers and I often joke a...This is so sad, but my brothers and I often joke about how awful a cook my mother was. So I'm not sure we have anything special from childhood to remember! My grandmother, however, always made a special dessert for Christmas and Thanksgiving that we call "Cherry Delight." It's basically a cherry cheesecake with whipped cream, but for some reason, nobody ever equates it with a traditional cheesecake. It's always served in a square glass baking dish & cut into squares. I've carried on this tradition in our adulthood, now that my grandmother has passed away.Melanie Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13769326802368365560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-64803927652711956432010-08-19T13:29:36.699-04:002010-08-19T13:29:36.699-04:00Thank you all so much for these wonderful comments...Thank you all so much for these wonderful comments. I love reading about everyone's different comforts foods/childhood memories. Thank you for sharing!!<br /><br />Jess, I'm so sorry to hear about your grandmother's passing. My grandmother passed a few years ago and I dedicated The Love Goddess' Cooking School to her and my grandfather.<br /><br />I'll choose a random winner of the advance review copy in the wee hours, so keep sharing your childhood favorites!Melissa Senatehttp://www.melissasenate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-45723851671295459582010-08-19T13:17:36.281-04:002010-08-19T13:17:36.281-04:00I am enthusiastically looking forward to this book...I am enthusiastically looking forward to this book: Melissa + food/cooking theme = awesome! A favorite childhood comfort food for me is homemade chicken veggie soup made from vegetables we picked from my mom's garden- yum!Eringee3@aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-9867406445329210092010-08-19T13:00:28.274-04:002010-08-19T13:00:28.274-04:00I love this post, and I can't wait for this bo...I love this post, and I can't wait for this book to come out. My fave childhood meal would be tomato soup (out of a Campbell's Soup mug) and grilled cheese cut into triangles. It's my comfort meal of choice.Elen Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642523944054212605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-2246479079654441272010-08-19T12:29:34.049-04:002010-08-19T12:29:34.049-04:00You guys are all making me very hungry!!! ;-)You guys are all making me very hungry!!! ;-)Susan McBridehttp://susanmcbride.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-53591906190438405752010-08-19T12:04:34.927-04:002010-08-19T12:04:34.927-04:00Melissa, great post!
My parents emigrated from Cu...Melissa, great post!<br /><br />My parents emigrated from Cuba in the early 60s with 2 babies in tow (I was one of them) My mother never cooked a day in her life until she hit the U.S. Her "non-meals" are famous in our family, although she makes the meanest arroz con pollo you can imagine. No other can ever compare;)<br /><br />Your book sounds fabulous!Maria Geracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02296473703226019932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-17651368057067055952010-08-19T11:52:21.050-04:002010-08-19T11:52:21.050-04:00Gorgeous--and my favorite kind of read. (I am a fo...Gorgeous--and my favorite kind of read. (I am a foodie, but I love reading about characters who are learning how to cook. *LOL*)<br /><br />Childhood faves: fried chicken (this was hit or miss: mom would sometimes burn it or make it the best in the world. You never knew which one you'd get); grape Popsicles; fried potatoes and onions or fried potatoes and okra (which I preferred); fried catfish caught from our pond (the best!!). Mom made great french fries, if you pestered her enough. I loved her fries. They were homemade, so they were a hassle. Great with the fish though. Oh, and I remember mom making popcorn balls at Christmas with jello, so they'd be either red or green balls. Jello, corn syrup, sugar, water boiled until it "strings"--and then poured over popcorn. Good stuff.<br /><br />Dad makes cream gravy and bacon with biscuits on Saturdays. That's a good Saturday if you're around for that. If you're really lucky, there are also hashbrowns and eggs over easy. Once, when my mom was in the hospital and Dad had to cook for us, he caught a snapper turtle (I'm pretty sure it was coincidence) and he fried that up. It was delicious. He also makes great fried chicken and gravy.<br /><br />Okay, now I'm hungry.Hellie Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933713255844695337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-43155845171145432892010-08-19T11:41:03.837-04:002010-08-19T11:41:03.837-04:00ps - I'm at Kellijo23@mchsi.com (Kelli Jo Calv...ps - I'm at Kellijo23@mchsi.com (Kelli Jo Calvert)Kelli Jo Calvertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-36266716067615692010-08-19T11:40:29.852-04:002010-08-19T11:40:29.852-04:00Mine would be the cinnamon and sugar toast my gran...Mine would be the cinnamon and sugar toast my grandmother always made for me. And also, it would be her telling me that I needed to learn to cook. I always told her in reply, that if a man wanted to eat, he'd cook! I also have memories of making peanut butter cookies with my grandpa.Kelli Jo Calvertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-18207872195769135602010-08-19T11:20:25.959-04:002010-08-19T11:20:25.959-04:00I too come from a non-foodie family, and had years...I too come from a non-foodie family, and had years of TV dinners served up by my novelist mother, who still prefers writing to anything domestic. Can't say I have any nostalgia for the soggy spinach contained therein. Now I've married a foodie and am trying to learn to cook as well as his mother! Impossible goal... Can't wait to read the book.Samantha Wildehttp://wildemama.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-7999890481751760142010-08-19T11:16:59.686-04:002010-08-19T11:16:59.686-04:00Melissa, this was a beautiful post!! I could almos...Melissa, this was a beautiful post!! I could almost smell the flounder ...<br /><br />At my Grandma's funeral yesterday, much of the talk orbited around her cooking, and fond memories of recipes we can only dream of duplicating. <br /><br />I had to chuckle at Susan's comment, with the green St. Patrick's day-themed food--my mom did similar things! :)<br /><br />Lovely post, lovely cover, can't wait to read it!Jess Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06987689969282168406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-4551240157731691912010-08-19T11:03:30.682-04:002010-08-19T11:03:30.682-04:00Great post and FABULOUS COVER! I too am a non-coo...Great post and FABULOUS COVER! I too am a non-cook who comes, unfortunately, from a long line of amazing cooks. I totally get it.Leslie Langtryhttp://www.leslielangtry.comnoreply@blogger.com