I would like to wish my Grandmother my Nan a very Happy Birthday!!!!
My Grandmother is the greatest, yes I am biased but its so true. I was very fortunate to live with my grandmother for two years from 10-12 years old. While I regret that I didn’t take the time to learn Italian, I did learn to appreciate the greater things in life. She is the epitome of your typical Italian grandmother. You add in her spectacular cooking with her pizazz for life and entertaining you get what I had, a happy childhood. She would make every meal with love, yes she added love to everything she made. I bet that saying evolved after people had my grandmothers cooking.
Think I am joking; when I lived with my grandmother this is what a menu consisted of;
Breakfast :
Waffles with ice cream, I hated drinking milk. So my grandmother feared I wouldn’t get my calcium so she knew I would eat ice cream. You see why she is the greatest, truly an innovator with the picky eater.
Lunch: (What she packed me for lunch, keep in mind she is Italian)
Turkey leg
Salad
Fresh fruit
Sparkling water
Dinners: (Just a sample of few dinners we would have, its close to dinner time so I don’t want to get you all crazy)
Shrimp Scampi
Stuffed lobster
Stuffed mushrooms
Crabs
Turkey Chili
Roasted Lamb
Duck
I am telling you I am not really elaborating on how she prepared the items listed above but it was an experience for your heart and soul when you would take a bite. The food made you emotional, I feel that she has contributed to my quest for being such a foodie queen! I love to eat, thanks to my grandmother.
I will add I ate such fine foods and I was in the best shape of my life. She made sure I rode by bike daily for at least one hour a day. I was on the honor roll the whole time I lived with my grandmother, not just once a year.
She was my inspiration for wanting to be a writer, as she too was a writer. She is so many things, people from all around would seek out my grandmother. Not just for her friendship, food, laughter, giving heart, but she is also a healer. She is mentioned in books about this topic.
My grandmother is a wonderful woman and I had an extraordinary time living with her for the brief time that I did.
The memories live on in my heart, all the times we would garden or all the times I would do “Talent Shows” and have you watch me for hours doing routines.
