[speaker001:] [Static] Okay, I guess we're going to discuss food and cooking.
[speaker002:] Alright [Noise].
[speaker001:] Do you enjoy cooking?
[speaker002:] Sometimes,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] not all the time [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] I'm kind of that way, too. When I have, I, I enjoy cooking when I have time.
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] I don't enjoy preparing three meals a day everyday [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] [Children] Yeah, that, that's about the same boat I'm in, too.
[speaker001:] It gets kind of boring.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] How big is the family you cook for?
[speaker002:] Uh, five.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh. We have four, so, and two of them are teenage boys, so [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Oh, well I'll be hitting that fairly soon because all of mine are boys, too. So,
[speaker001:] Are they? [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] And they get pretty particular sometimes in
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] what they want to have.
[speaker001:] Yeah. Yeah, we have that problem too.
[speaker002:] Huh.
[speaker001:] But also, now it's just the amount that they eat.
[speaker002:] [Breathing].
[speaker001:] It's just absolutely incredible [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Oh yeah, well see, I, m-, my oldest is nine and he already
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] he already does that [NOISE].
[speaker001:] Does he? [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] And I told him
[speaker001:] .
[speaker002:] he's going to have to get a part-time job by the time he reaches teenage years
[speaker001:] Yeah. [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] so he can eat.
[speaker001:] That's true. Uh, do you have any favorite things that you serve when you are doing a special meal?
[speaker002:] Um,
[speaker001:] Favorite recipes that you've come across or,
[speaker002:] [Breathing] My husband and I, our favorite meal is, uh, and we do it like for special stuff
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] celebrations and, we have like steak and he does the steak and then uh,
[speaker001:] Out on the grill?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And he marinates it in his special stuff
[speaker001:] Ooh [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] that he does. And it's real good.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And, uh,
[speaker001:] How,
[speaker002:] I do sauteed mushrooms, so [very faintly]
[speaker001:] Ooh, yeah.
[speaker002:] and asparagus. And that's our favorite,
[speaker001:] Ooh, that's sound good.
[speaker002:] dinner.
[speaker001:] I love that. My husband really likes seafood.
[speaker002:] [Noise] Yeah, so do we [NOISE] [sounds like a lighter].
[speaker001:] Um, and, I think that no matter what I do, I don't serve enough of it, really, to, uh, to suit him. I didn't grow up eating that much seafood and, uh, so I don't know, it's just kind of not natural to me but I like it.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] And, uh, [lipsmack] I don't know, one of his favorite things is, uh, well it's called seafood stew and it's really, it's really like a s-, soup that, that you serve over rice.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And, uh, it has oysters and shrimp and crab in it. And,
[speaker002:] It's not the one with all the shells and stuff in it, is it?
[speaker001:] No, no. That's kind of Louisiana I think
[speaker002:] I don't know what that,
[speaker001:] if you do that. Yeah,
[speaker002:] I don't see how you eat that, but
[speaker001:] I don't either [LAUGHTER]. But, uh,
[speaker002:] [Noise].
[speaker001:] no this is just re-, it is really good and, and one thing that's good is it makes the, a large amount. And so I've, usually we eat one and I freeze two containers of it.
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] Then that's just real quick to get it out and serve it over rice. But neither of my kids will eat it.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] You know, so then
[speaker002:] So it,
[speaker001:] they eat a pizza or [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Yeah, it defeats the purpose.
[speaker001:] Yeah, it really does. One thing I've run across, [pause] [lipsmack] recently though, a friend gave me a recipe that I really like for chicken enchiladas.
[speaker002:] Oh yeah.
[speaker001:] Have you made them?
[speaker002:] Yeah. My husband makes those.
[speaker001:] Does he, ooh.
[speaker002:] I'm not, I don't eat enchiladas.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I, I don't like enchila-, I don't like the tex-, I don't know, I guess it's the texture, or something. I don't like the taste of enchiladas.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] But everyone else in my family does.
[speaker001:] Well, are, these are done with a flour tortilla. Is that what he uses?
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] I don't know, I, it's, I don't know what, I don't know. I, I don't know what it is about the enchiladas. I just, [sigh] and I'm the only one including my Mom and Dad and my brother. I'm the only one that
[speaker001:] Isn't that something?
[speaker002:] doesn't eat it [NOISE].
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] But, my kids love it.
[speaker001:] I was going to say, my kids both eat it. I guess that's one thing that I particularly like, um. But I think it's good for, you know, for, for company, too, and I've made it a few times. Um, and you can make a lot at one time
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] when I needed to make something to, uh, to give somebody.
[speaker002:] Yeah [NOISE].
[speaker001:] You know, like,
[speaker002:] [Breathing].
[speaker001:] you know, to take over to somebody's house
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] or something else.
[speaker002:] Yeah, I've got a chicken casserole that's like that, that, that I've,
[speaker001:] It, it's nice when it makes,
[speaker002:] [Breathing].
[speaker001:] a lot because you can feed your own family and then,
[speaker002:] Yeah, because I, when I make this chicken casserole I, it, it makes a real big casserole and then another one that I freeze.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] So, or I give it to my Mom and Dad if I know we're not
[speaker001:] What,
[speaker002:] going to eat,
[speaker001:] what does it have in it?
[speaker002:] It's jus-, you can use chicken or turkey, because
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] my Mom started making it like right after Thanksgiving
[speaker001:] Sure.
[speaker002:] and using the leftover turkey.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And it's rice and,, when I do recipes I just throw stuff in. I don't, I'm not real good about measuring
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah.
[speaker002:] because I just, I do it to taste.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh. Sure.
[speaker002:] And,
[speaker001:] Sometimes those are the best ones,
[speaker002:] Well yeah, but it, it's like, it's just chicken, it, it's, as much as you want, you know torn up
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and, and rice and cream of chicken soup
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and some mayonnaise and lemon juice
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and celery and that's it, and some hard-boiled eggs.
[speaker001:] Yeah. Ooh, that sounds good.
[speaker002:] And that's it. You just mix it all together and pop it in the oven just to, you know, heat it through.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And you sprinkle, uh, that, those, uh, toasted onion rings.
[speaker001:] Oh, yeah. Those are good aren't they? [Very faintly].
[speaker002:] On top of it for the crunchy.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And that's it, you know [very faintly].
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] And it, it, it goes
[speaker001:] That sounds good.
[speaker002:] and it's filling because of the rice.
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] So,
[speaker001:] You cook the rice before you put it in?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] I bet the mayonnaise in there makes it really, kind of gives it a
[speaker002:] Yeah, it gives it a, an extra
[speaker001:] tang that would be good.
[speaker002:] yeah, little tang.
[speaker001:] I guess I would now use the, the new mayonnaise free.
[speaker002:] Yeah, that cholesterol fat free?
[speaker001:] Yeah. That's really wonderful that they're coming out with so many
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] new things like that because like I told my husband this summer, I love to eat, you know, chicken salad and tuna salad
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and stuff like that and, and, you know, basically it certainly a l-, low calorie, you know, good thing except then you put your mayonnaise in there and spoil the whole thing.
[speaker002:] [Noise] I know.
[speaker001:] You know and now it's, it's, it's okay and you can even, I used to just put a tiny bit in. Well now, I'm just putting more and more in [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] I don't like tuna salad unless it's got lots of mayonnaise in it.
[speaker001:] Yeah, and it's only, it used to be like a hun-, hundred calories per tablespoon and now it's like twelve.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Oh!
[speaker002:] I know.
[speaker001:] I just think that's the best thing to have happened, I'm just so excited about that. Anyway [very faintly].
[speaker002:] Yeah, we did the low-cal stuff. Well with my kids I don't, they get enough sugar and
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] stuff anyway. Mine are bouncing off the walls normally anyway.
[speaker001:] Yes [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] And they don't need any added help.
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] So, when we're here at home, you know, with sweets and stuff, they, they don't, we don't really do that much. I do a lot of fruits
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] instead of the cakes and the candies and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] you know, stuff like that. And, and drink wise they have Kool-Aid, milk or water.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] Normally. Now when they go to their grandmother's house,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] which is every weekend. It's a, it's a different [pause]
[speaker001:] That's when they,
[speaker002:] a different story all around.
[speaker001:] As our family would say, a pig out [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] That's good.
[speaker002:] That's exactly what it is.
[speaker001:] Oh, one of my boys that, that's, twelve, um, [lipsmack] is, has high cholesterol.
[speaker002:] Oh really?
[speaker001:] Have you ever found out
[speaker002:] No,
[speaker001:] about your kids.
[speaker002:] not yet.
[speaker001:] Um, and my other one does not.
[speaker002:] Huh.
[speaker001:] So, oh, year or so ago he found out and he went on a fairly strict diet to try to get it down. And did! He was able to get it down. It's, I think it's mostly hereditary because we really have never eaten high
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] things in cholesterol. He's never eaten any eggs. He's never had anything but skim milk and you know, I've never bought butter [LAUGHTER]
[speaker002:] Huh.
[speaker001:] and things like that. But, um, [sniffing] oh, he just left for the doctor again and it's, it's kind of back up. Um, so he needs to be careful again.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] So we've really been talking about the foods, you know, for him to, to be sure to eat
[speaker002:] The lower cholesterol foods and stuff [NOISE].
[speaker001:] and, uh, so he's eating an apple a day for the last two days [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] [children].
[speaker001:] And all that kind of stuff does really help. Well, I think we've probably talked long enough and [static] [voices fade].