Recipes

And I sometimes crave her lamb chops even though I not longer eat red meat. I was well into adulthood before realizing it was her tangy and sweet marinade I liked more than the actual cut ofd meat. She took that recipe to her grace. A few years ago I called a cousin and said, "I'm trying to make Mama's lemonade." He responded, "Then you are trying to make a cup of love." Later in the conversation he said, "I've been chasing her flavors my entire adult life." In our own way, all of us have been trying to hold tight to something she gave us.

~ Farah Jasmine Griffin

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I like when people say they add love to their recipes. If it's a typo, though, and they are actually adding "clove" - I don't like that so much. Cloves aren't my favorite.