"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 5/11/2019 8:30 PM, Me wrote:
>> What foods are approved for Mothers Day?
>>
>> And what do people do on Mothers Day who have never had a mother?
>>
>
> I think it is nice that your mommy lets you play on her computer. Why not
> make her a PBJ sandwich for breakfast. You can do it.

I'll never forget what I made my mom one year. She was sick in bed. I
actually can't remember what I made for her main meal. Probably just
crackers and Jell-O. I picked a flower from outside and took it to her in a
little vase on one of those trays with short legs meant for serving
breakfast in bed.

What I do remember is the dessert! At some point, someone bought a package
of those creepy like shortcakes that come premade. Our normal shortcakes
were just biscuits with added sugar. These were small, round, probably
vanilla cakes with a built in well to hold the berries. There were two left
in the package. The problem? We had no berries.

I decided merely to frost the cake. The way I normally made frosting was to
melt some margarine (we never had butter) in a little pan, then add vanilla
or whatever other flavoring I wanted, a pinch of salt and enough milk or
juice until it looked right. I added green food coloring because I wrongly
assumed that green was her favorite color.

The problem there was that at age 7 or 8, I didn't know enough to cut back
on proportions. This wasn't normally a problem as my dad and brother would
eat extra frosting between graham crackers. But we had no graham crackers. I
did attempt to cut back on how much frosting I made, but it was still way
too much for that little cake. Not a problem, I thought as I could fill up
the well with it.

I globbed the frosting on, then topped it with sprinkles and took it to her.
She didn't want to eat it. I kept pressuring her until she finally took a
bite. I watched her turn green and she began tossing her cookies so to
speak.

My mom never bought those shortcakes again!