Homemade wins hands down
You guys are the best! I knew my brain was functioning on emergency battery backup when I posted my nowhere-near-100 top list.
Brownies?! How’d I miss that? And what was I thinking when I listed sugar cookies? Oatmeal chocolate chip are waaaaayy better. And no mention of maple syrup when I posted incessantly about it? Really? Let’s blame the weather and move on.
Below is a list of the items you added via comments. I’ll update this as long as people continue to post. While I’m touched by your enthusiasm (even my normally silent husband deigned to comment), I’m most impressed with your choices. Not only did various Moms and Grandmas make an appearance, the word “homemade” appeared so often it skewed my Wordle tribute so badly I had to redo it no less than three times. (The more often a word appears the bigger it gets.)
So, here is your collective Top List. Thank so much for sharing. I hope everyone of you gets out the good china and indulges in at least one item below.
- Barbara – Chocolate Souffle
- Barbara – Oatmeal cookies with raisins (grandma’s recipe)
- Barbara – Yorkshire pudding
- Barbara – Bavarian Apple Torte
- Barbara – Fillet Mignon
- Barbara – Margaritas
- Barbara – Mom’s homemade pumpkin pie
- Cheryl – Brownies (either her cinnamon brownies or my chipotle version)
- Laura – Roasted chestnuts on Christmas Eve
- Laura – Toasted polenta with Friulano cheese
- Laura – Zabaglione
- Anonymous #1 – fresh whole wheat /oatmeal /flax bread with butter
- Anonymous #2 – warm chocolate chip cookies
- Barb – homemade strawberry rhubarb pie (only with fresh local strawberries)
- Barb – homemade split pea soup with smoked ham on a really cold day
- Dana – maple syrup made by someone you know
- Dana – homemade apple Danish
- Dana – scratch butterscotch pudding
- Adrian – freshly baked bread
- Adrian – Mum’s Apple and Blackberry pie
- Adrian – Sundried tomatoes
- Adrian – Homemade ice tea
- Andrew – hot black strong coffee, but especially on a Saturday morning with a pile of newspaper
- Andrew – very good single malt scotch with a splash of water in front of a fireplace with some good music (and someone I love) is another essential
- Andrew – Fresh-cut french fries, a bit crispy and served with lots of malt vinegar and salt. So hot the vinegar evaporates into a breath of delight.
- Andrew- My mom’s made from scratch apple pie
- Andrew – Charmian’s homemade ginger cookies, still warm from the oven
- Andrew – The crunchy bit from the edges of the pan used to cook scalloped potatoes
- Debbie – Homemade Pizza from scratch (including the dough)
- Debbie – Homemade lasagna
- Debbie – Homemade Peanut Butter Cookies
- Debbie – Rice Krispie squares
- Debbie – Turkey dinner with all the fixin’s
- BBS – Grandma’s Chicken and Dumplings