Prickly Mountain Oysters?

Those might have been better. It was a varation on another of her favorites - Texas Hash. Basically it's rice, tomato sauce and hamburger. If you just fry the hamburger it's Hash otherwise you make it into the aforementioned balls. Neither one was tasty.

My roomie's late mother made the best deviled eggs, ever. The recipe died with her, dammit.

Not to mention the lady on my Dad's mail route who gave him jars of the best bread and butter pickles she canned every year. Mine have never been quite as good.

My mom was devastated when she found out that I can make her Portuguese Bean Soup. I think she expected me to call her for the rest of her life and ask her how to do it.
:D

And my grandmother made the best stuffing at Thanksgiving. It had the grossest things in it (gizzards and that little package of extra parts that comes in a turkey) but it tasted sooooo good.
:)

Snowflake: The trick is often in the mustard. I recommend using Honeybaked's mustard in your deviled eggs. Mmm... I haven't made those in ages. I love deviled eggs!

Since Morri mentioned a restaurant source for ingredients, Cinnabon cinnamon is very good. You can buy jars of the cinnamon the next time you are at the mall.

Oh man - if you're going out of your way to get cinnamon, get the real stuff! (Not cassia) Lots of places sell it now.

I haven't used Cinnabon for years.

I'm a Watkin's girl now.

(Their vanilla is also excellent.)

I had never heard of such a thing until I married Gary and now I must agree with you! I absolutely refuse to make them for him, he can go visit his Mom if he really wants them!

Top ten "moms favs' that will never ever in my lifetime make an appearance on any menu I prepare: in no particular order..

1) liver & onions
2) porcupine meatballs
3) My MOMS recipe for meatload (take porcupine meatballs and squish into loaf shape blech)
4) long grain rice boiled with raisins and considered a hot breakfast
5) my mothers version of enchiladas ....good thing I married the right guy and learned what REAL food tastes like ;)
6) my moms/grandmas 'hamburger soup
7) powdered milk pudding - don't ask, really
8) green jello with shredded carrots and raisins
9) salmon patties = made with canned salmon
10) buckwheat pancakes