What Does Your Mother Make?

Students Thankful for Home Cooked Food
Submitted by Jamie Wollberg on Sun, 11/29/2009 - 14:04
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Thanksgiving is a holiday where people are supposed to be thankful for what they have. When everyone goes around the table mentioning what they are thankful for, you usually hear things like family, friends, and wellbeing. However, at Purchase College, no one is walking around blessing the food. Instead, most students are thankful once they’re at home for the delicious food their families have made to complete their Thanksgiving dinner.

One of the rare exceptions to this story takes place at my house considering that my parents cannot cook. Aside from the occasional macaroni and cheese, the home cooking I miss the most would have to be my both of my aunts’ cooking and baking. Stomachs that attend are happily satisfied from the tender turkey to the exceptional pies and tarts.

Students Elena Wegmann, Lisa Eadicicco, and Mike Murphy, had favorite dishes that only their mothers can perfectly cook. They spoke of dishes containing Italian secrets and Pumpkin pleasantries as their salvation.

“My mom makes Poutinesca, which is a sauce with Kalamata olives in it and she puts pasta on it, or I like pasta with broccoli rabe,” Wegmann said. She said her fondest memory was when her mother made fried Veal that was breaded and rolled in bacon. “That made it extra good."

Eadiccicco said her favorite dish that her mother makes is also an Italian favorite. “I really love when my mom makes Lasagna. You can never eat Chartwells lasagna because it’s just disgusting.”

Murphy said he looks forward to beef stew with beef, onions, carrots, celery, potatoes and wine when he visits home.

Both Wegmann and Eadicicco said they missed home-cooked food primarily because Chartwells didn’t compare. Eadicicco said, “It’s hard because Chartwells isn’t high quality food. Sometimes they are very hit or miss.”

For Wegmann, the break is a good chance to catch up on her culinary skills. “I just miss cooking my own food,” she said.

No matter how you celebrate Thanksgiving with your family and friends, hopefully you realize how lucky you are to stuff your face with delicious food that doesn’t require dining dollars. At least remember to thank your family chef’s because for once, you will not have a stomach ache after eating the food. Happy holidays!