Childhood Meme

I was tagged a very long time ago by the lovely Zabeena. And as she claims she suffers "from a mental disorder called procrastination," apparently so do I!

I'm sorry to have neglected you dear childhood meme for so long.

Below is the meme tree. When it’s your turn, move down the list, drop number one from the top spot, move the numbers down, and place yourself in the number five spot. Don’t forget to link the blogs (except yours). 1. The Cooking Adventures of Chef Paz 2. 80 Breakfasts 3. Bucaio 4. A Lot On My Plate. 5. Mona's Apple. And, don't forget to tag 3 people.

I don't know where to begin with this one. Perhaps I'll start with my background, in as few words as possible. Mom is Irish, Scottish, Polish and English, and she'll be the first to tell you she has never quite been the kitchen diva. Domestic diva? Yes. She could attack a bathroom, a bedroom and a stain with all the gusto of the Waldorf Astoria housekeeping staff. But when it came to dinners and cooking, she was a little bit more modest. We had a few meals on a rotating basis: pork chops and rice, breaded chicken and rice, ravioli (the frozen kind Celantano which was quite good!) , spaghetti, mac&cheese, and flanksteak and rice. I'm sorry Mom, if I'm

forgetting one. Dinners were never mom's specialty. Some of our favorite things mom made were of the dessert variety: key lime pie, cheesecake with yummy graham cracker crust,

apple crumble, cookie cake (the kind with the old chocolate wafers and whipped cream), and peanut butter cookies with Hershey kisses. If we had a family birthday or occasion coming upyou were guaranteed to get one of those scrumptious desserts, and there was always a guessing game involved.

Dad, on the other hand, is %100 Italian, and when he has the time he can be quite the cook. If he got home from the office in time it was spaghetti with homemade meatballs and tomato sauce. He also made an award-winning cream of broccoli soup, that we enjoyed in or around the holidays. When he had time to grill it was yummy burgers and steaks and fish, whatever our little spoiled hearts desired. And when he had time to bake it was homemade bread and apple pie. Aside from the meals we had at home, I can't forget about some of my favorite not-so-fresh or healthy treats, that I chomped on like a horse at school and on the pooldeck. I was a swimmer my whole life and me and my teammates tended to eat our weight in food on a daily basis. Some might say I still do...

I've chosen to leave this open-ended. If I come up with any others I'll add them too. I'm going to tag....Cooking for Kodiak,

Is it Edible, and Mrs. Delicious. Have fun, and Happy Friday to all, except me. It's only my Tuesday....(I know I'm Debbie Downer aren't I?)