Ghost of Gillingham Garwood
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He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise. ~Henry David Thoreau
Although I have enjoyed cooking for quite a number of years, the past few months have given me a chance to improve my skills. Being between jobs it seemed like a better idea to cook good food than go out for it. Have learned quite a bit about the use of spices. And, began baking for the first time (bread makers don't count as baking). I have learned to bake bread, make cakes, etc, as well as trying some more complicated main course and vegetable dishes.
Over the years when we would entertain, my role was usually as grocery shopping and as sous chef. Some may have heard me refer to myself and the "shopper and chopper". I am very good in the role of chopper and shopper. Invite me over to help prepare a meal sometime.
Maybe a cooking gene was passed on to me. Mom is a pretty good cook and is very good at a few things. One of my uncles tells of the fight he narrowly avoided with a restaurant owner in Georgia who claimed to have the world's best pecan pie. My uncle assured the owner that while his pie was indeed quite good, it was still in second place because the best pecan pie in the world was baked by his sister in law, Cynthia McIntire in Paluxy, Texas.
So who is Gillingham and why his obit? Gillingham Garwood was my great grandfather on Dad's side of the family. For any of your that remember my grandparents Clint and Cleo; this was Cleo's father. He was a baker by profession for part of his life. Maybe the cooking gene could have come from Dad's side of the family. Or, maybe Gillingham wasn't through baking and his ghost is working through me. You can see from above he died after baking bread. There was much speculation that he didn't die of natural causes and was in fact poisoned by wife number three. Wonder if I should be careful who I choose as a sous chef?
Although I have enjoyed cooking for quite a number of years, the past few months have given me a chance to improve my skills. Being between jobs it seemed like a better idea to cook good food than go out for it. Have learned quite a bit about the use of spices. And, began baking for the first time (bread makers don't count as baking). I have learned to bake bread, make cakes, etc, as well as trying some more complicated main course and vegetable dishes.
Over the years when we would entertain, my role was usually as grocery shopping and as sous chef. Some may have heard me refer to myself and the "shopper and chopper". I am very good in the role of chopper and shopper. Invite me over to help prepare a meal sometime.Maybe a cooking gene was passed on to me. Mom is a pretty good cook and is very good at a few things. One of my uncles tells of the fight he narrowly avoided with a restaurant owner in Georgia who claimed to have the world's best pecan pie. My uncle assured the owner that while his pie was indeed quite good, it was still in second place because the best pecan pie in the world was baked by his sister in law, Cynthia McIntire in Paluxy, Texas.
So who is Gillingham and why his obit? Gillingham Garwood was my great grandfather on Dad's side of the family. For any of your that remember my grandparents Clint and Cleo; this was Cleo's father. He was a baker by profession for part of his life. Maybe the cooking gene could have come from Dad's side of the family. Or, maybe Gillingham wasn't through baking and his ghost is working through me. You can see from above he died after baking bread. There was much speculation that he didn't die of natural causes and was in fact poisoned by wife number three. Wonder if I should be careful who I choose as a sous chef?
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