Posts Tagged mashed potatoes
Waffle Fail!
June 28, 2014 at 9:10 am · Filed under Mostly true, Stories ·Tagged Charles L. Mashburn, funny, GAK, homemade jam, humor, laughter, mashed potatoes, mom, mom's cooking, oopsie, waffles
Mom’s Cooking – Survival 102
April 30, 2011 at 7:00 pm · Filed under Crazy stuff, Family, Mostly true, Stories ·Tagged Be Still.... and know that I am God, black-bottom biscuits, Charles L. Mashburn, children, eyes bugged out, family, funny, gack, good old days, laughter, mashed potatoes, mom, mom's cooking, Pennies From Heaven, salt shaker lid came off, story, writer
Mom wasn’t that bad of a cook; she wasn’t great, by a pretty good stretch, but we survived with only minor digestive disorders. I’m pretty sure the rubber spatula in the fudge had lasting effects.
The thing was, sometimes we’d start to think she was doing this stuff on purpose; maybe she liked the way our eyes bugged out and the way we’d all go, “GACK!” I’m telling you, she would get the biggest kick out of that, and then tell us what had happened; an accident; it was always an accident. I don’t know, man…. Read the rest of this entry »
Mom’s Cooking – Survival 101
April 19, 2011 at 6:45 pm · Filed under Mostly true, Stories ·Tagged author, Be Still.... and know that I am God, Charles L. Mashburn, childhood memories, children, funny, GAK, God, good old days, guinea pigs, humor, laughter, mashed potatoes, mom, mom's cooking, Pennies From Heaven, salt, story, too much salt, writer
Okay, let me start by saying that Mom’s a great cook now… but, man we were some pretty good guinea pigs back in the day. In fact, I sometimes think Lucille Ball patterned her red-headed character in “I Love Lucy” after my mom! Read the rest of this entry »
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