Week #4: Invite to Dinner

My mother was a very good cook.  There are many favorite recipes but her family's favorite dish was her tacos. Mom told a story about my dad picking her up for a date. Her family was eating tacos. Mom asked Dad if he would like a taco before they left. Dad had never eaten a taco. He was a farm boy and ate mostly meat and potatoes.  This was his first taco. Dad may deny this story today but that is mom's story and she is sticking to it!

Love for tacos was passed on to me, my brother and sister. It seemed on every pay day, we got tacos for dinner. It was something easy to cook while Mom was putting away groceries.  They consisted of Lynn Wilson corn shells fried in vegetable oil or crisco, hamburger, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, olives and grease...haha.  Her grand kids say they aren't worth eating if the grease from the taco shells didn't drip down your elbow.  Her enchiladas were also very delicious.

Other dishes that were family favorites were deer/elk meat, beef roasts, mashed potatoes, rolls, potato salad, macaroni salad and cooked carrots.  Mom also made very good sugar cookies, divinity and vinegar taffy.  I can remember rubbing butter on my hands so they didn't stick to the taffy as we pulled it.

Mom would also coach basketball and softball teams.  She would invite the girls to the house and we would make pizzas at the end of the season.

Mom spent many years serving in the Primary in the Neola Wards. During her last 10 or so years of serving, she would take her primary kids to McDonalds on their birthdays.  Dad would also take his scout troops or mutual kids out for a treat after scout meetings or mutual on Tuesdays.  Mom and Dad were always feeding someone.