Last Sunday (October 28th) would of been Mom's 73rd birthday. It's hard to imagine her that old! I had already planned the dinner for that day, shepherds pie, per Christopher's request and apple pie. It was while I was making the pastry for the apple pie that I realised the date! Baking with Mom is one of my earliest and fondest memories! Sundays were always roast days and because the oven was on for hours my Mom would bake pie and sponge cakes. I can remember as young as four or five "helping" Mom in the kitchen, I would get to beat the batter and be given the scraps of pastry to roll out! One very clear memory I have is my Mom balancing the pie plate on one hand and cutting the scraps off. This looked like a very difficult operation, involving the ability to balance and turn the plate all the time trimming away the excess pastry. I remember thinking that once I could do that I would be grown up.....guess I'm grown up now!!!
Nice photo of Mom holding Hannah! That is one thing that makes me really sad, Hannah never had chance to get to know my Mom.
On to something a bit more cheerful.......shopping!! Hubby took me to Ikea on Tuesday. 2 hours drive but I really enjoyed looking around and I even managed to control my spending. I got a good size teapot and a nice roasting tray that fits my oven. I could of spent a lot more but we were going to Costco as well and I always spend a lot there! I haven't been to Costco for about a year but I really wanted to get some good meat. I've started using my slow cooker recently and I'm amazed at how well the food turns out. So I got some cubed stewing steak and mince meat, so am looking forward to some nice meatloaf and beef stew.
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