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PROMPT January 9th What are some of your favorite foods? Comfort food, ethnic food, meal, beverage, fruit, protein, unique food combination, etc - make us hungry Favorite foods, huh? Well...I love just about everything. And depending on my mood anything or everything can be my favorite. I think it's easier for me to count on one hand the foods that I absolutely despise. But not today. Today, I will attempt to conjure a list, albeit short, of the foods I have loved my whole life. The first would be my mama's fried chicken. I have tried thousands of times to replicate that chicken and I have finally resolved that I can't do it. Her chicken was the absolute best. Deep golden skin. Crispy and crunchy with just the right amount of salt. Always juicy. In fact she judged her own chicken by the amount of licking we would do to get all that juicy goodness off our fingers...and hands...and arms. The second would be mashed potatoes. Again my mama's mashed potatoes. Now these I can do pretty good. Buttery and creamy. Never gluey. Always hot. With extra butter or chicken gravy. And the third...??? Oh my gosh, gravy! Gravy is another of my favorite things. And again it's my mama's gravy. But just like the chicken it's something I have no capacity to accomplish. My gravy is lumpy and thin. Mostly tasteless and way too salty. My mama's gravy was rich and golden with "scribbles" in it. You know scribbles, right? The brown bits on the pan that you have to scrape up? Well those little bits sure pack a punch of flavor. Liquid gold. That's what her gravy was. Liquid gold. We'd smother our potatoes and then use bread to get up every drop left on the plate. And to be honest, we didn't mind using our fingers either. It was simply that good. And who could forget dessert? That brings me to my fourth favorite food. Angel Food Cake. Homemade. With strawberries and strawberry juice. Forget the whipped cream. I actually hate whipped cream...of any kind. But the strawberries? With all that fruity sweet juice? Well that's the ticket for me! In fact forget the cake. Just give me the strawberries. I'll take it like that. Well...looks like my favorite foods actually make up my all-time favorite meal. When these four things come together it reminds me of home and good times. It brings me comfort and a lot of good memories. I'm hoping that when I get to heaven my mama is there waiting...with chicken and mashed potatoes and gravy and angel food cake with strawberries. And a great big napkin too! |
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