FOND
MEMORIES
When
I was a child, my mother worked third shift for a couple of years and that
meant my dad had to cook dinners for me and my brother and sister. He was
always throwing things together and making stuff up. I’m really not sure how we
survived some of the combinations he came up with! (I will never forget when he
tried to mix oatmeal and canned fruit cocktail and pass it off as breakfast.
Ugh!)
Dad
has always made really great soup recipes. He believes you can never have too
many veggies in your soup. He would be hard pressed to give you an actual
recipe. In fact, I’m sure he has never followed a recipe; he just wings it.
Growing
up, we often went to state parks to have picnics. One thing Dad loves to do is
to grill outdoors. Since he loves onions and peppers, you can bet most
everything he makes will have plenty of both in it. He likes lots of flavor but
doesn’t use a lot of salt. We would pack our cooler full of ice, food, and
drinks and arrive early for a day of swimming, picnicking, and grilling out,
often with friends. We rarely had the usual picnic fare of hamburgers and hot
dogs. But it was always a surprise what we would have. We had to wait until it
was ready to find out!
Here
is one of my favorite foods that Dad concocted:
Sausage and Potatoes...on the Grill
Mild
to medium bulk sausage links
Potatoes,
scrubbed and sliced thin
Lots
of peppers and onions (although I don’t put in the peppers when I make it –
Yuck!)
Olive
oil
Coarse
black pepper
Canned
whole or diced tomatoes
Throw
everything into a baking pan that is heavy duty enough to go on a grill. Cook until you can stick a fork in the potatoes and it goes in easily. That means the taters are done. Enjoy!
Wendy Harris
Wendy Harris
Nicely done Wendy. Dad's are pretty crazy characters at times. I'm glad you have those great memories of your dad.
ReplyDeleteI love Wendy's story. Brought back memories of when my Dad would grill or cook. You have such nice family and friends pitching in on the blog.
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