My image was stamped with an unknown stamp that was borrowed. I stamped this stamp many times because it is a favorite of mine. Hubby, aka, Jim, colored the image for me with copics.
T5, E43, E37, BG78, T2, R14, C0, B95, E25, RV63, W3, Y28, C000, C3, E34
Inside of the card reads:
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that...
for 30 years she served Nothing but left overs.
The original meal has never been found.
~Calvin Trillin
I posted this card at Split coast, and as I said there, This card reminds me of my Mother-in-law.
What a fabulous cook she was. She knew how to cook, and how to use left overs. Very creative
with her cooking. Her meals always tasted like they were from a fine restaurant.
One of my mother-in-law's favorite hints was to take her left over vegetables, etc, and put them in a freezer container, in her freezer and keep adding to it. After the container would be full, she would take it out of her freezer and put it in a big pot, and add some more broth, and make her famous Vegetable soup. Of course, it would always taste different, but it would always be good.
One day, I read to my Mother-in-law an article from a woman's magazine how another lady also did the same thing. However, that lady sent the tip to the magazine and received, I think, $100 for the idea...or maybe $50...but the point was she managed to get paid for that same exact hint, but she took the time to write it down and send it to the magazine. After that, we called it my mother-in-law's $100.00 soup recipe, (well, it could have been....LOL)
Thank you for stopping by my blog today.
Hope you have a great weekend.
Blessings,
Jill
What a lovely card Jill - I like the internal sentiment :-).
ReplyDeleteThanks too for the hint about left over vegetables - I do that with the gravy from casseroles etc to use as a soup base - combine the two and you would instant soup!!
Blessings
Maxine
This is a cutie, Jill! Love the old stove image. The quote about the leftovers could probably be said about my mom! (bless her heart,she wasn't a good cook!)
ReplyDeleteThat's great for the challenge, Jill ~ really funny quote!! And that was a sweet story about your MIL's "famous" $100 recipe! TFS!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet darling card Jill. Love it!
ReplyDeleteHugs...Leanne
I love the card and the sentiment and the stories. So great!
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely Jill. Love the image.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute card. I love the story about your mother-in-law's $100 soup.
ReplyDeleteI may as well have a stove like the one on your card because I don't do a lot of cooking. But, I think it would cancel out my air conditioning. Ha
love the little fork on the corner..nice story too
ReplyDeletebibiana
I had to laugh, because this is exactly how and when I make my home-made vegetable soup too! LOL I love this image and your amusing sentiment inside! Cute idea :)
ReplyDeleteJill your card is amazing. Believe it or not I used to have a stove like that when I lived in a log home in Connecticut. It cooked the best roasted turkey I ever ate...lol Love this country style. It reminds me a lot of the "Cross Country Stitching" cross stitch pictures I made back in the 1990's. Thanks for sharing your beautiful creation.
ReplyDeleteBear Hugs,
Carol