I despise canned cranberry glop so much if I go to someone else's place to eat on the holidays I will bring my own whole cranberry sauce or what ever you want to call it.
Many years ago I went to my nieces house for thanksgiving.
Her father in law was Mr Harris and the man that drilled the water well on our place in Texas when I was a wee thing.
My niece Brenda was my age and she told me that they would have to get the canned glop stuff for Mr Harris because he didn't like whole cranberry sauce.
Something about giblet gravy he didn't like either cant remember.
I also made it every year for the event at the family get together.
Well dinner is served and Mr Harris saw the giblet gravy and the cranberry sauce and scooped up huge portions of both to everyone's amazement.
So much so someone said something about it.
Who made this stuff he asked.
Worth did they said.
It is about time someone put real sauce on the table.
We thought you didn't like the whole berry stuff.
I never said that, where did you get that idea?
You said the seeds bothered you.
Well they dont.
Then what is the deal?
Can we just eat and forget about it.
Oh so you are saying you just dont like my cranberry sauce now I get it.
I'm felling a little embarrassed at this exchange between husband and wife.
How do you do it Worth?
I follow the directions.
We do to and it never comes out like this.
Not the ones on the bag my mothers directions.
Oh!
What about the giblet gravy?
Same thing my mothers directions.
My sister in law says I know that one I caught him at it one time.
What is it.
He uses canned evaporated milk.
Here is the deal.
My French mother would run everyone out of the kitchen but me including my older sister.
It was a small kitchen and they were just in the way.
She could cook bake or can anything including making candy.
As far as I am concerned she was a Master Chef in her own right.
Known throughout the land for her cooking skills any place we moved to.
She taught me how to read how to do math and how to cook can pickle and bake.
Most of all she protected me from my overly mean father.
This time of the year I really miss her more than ever.
Worth