Matt and I love to cook! Since we've been married we have continued to try old fashioned, do it yourself recipes. First, all I wanted to learn was to make homemade gravy. After a few trial and errors, I have finally got it! I actually make biscuits and gravy on a pretty regular basis. From there we learned how to make chicken fried steak and fried chicken.
My Grandma Combes was a great cook. When I think of her I always think
of food. Especially her homemade doughnuts that we would have every
Halloween as our TREAT! They were always big and fluffy, sure to satisfied everyone's appetite. So that's exactly what I did next, made doughnuts. I'm no expert and I still need practice but it's a place to start.
If you read the Suede Sofa, you'll know what I'm talking about when I say Live-It List. On my list for 2012, was to learn how to make pies. Sometime around the first of September after buying fruit from the Colorado Fruit Truck I started my journey of pie making. Since then, I have made pies, pies, and more pies! First a peach, then peanut butter, and 2 apples.I'm not going to lie - they were pretty darn good!
As I would make my pies I would continue to send picture text messages to my parents and sisters. As always they wished they lived close so they could drive over and have a piece. One weekend in October my parents drove to Leoti for a day trip. I couldn't pass up this opportunity to make a pie. This time I took it a step further and made Dad a homemade chocolate cream pie. Let's just say the 4 of us had the pie eaten in a day - it was that good!
Making most meals and desserts from scratch does take time, but it is well worth the effort. If I don't learn how to do this, what will keep our grandparents traditions going?? So, with that said, the taste of good home cookin' isn't going to stop with me!
